MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is now available on the
Epic
Games Store, offering the chance to pilot your own BattleTech Mech in the
first single-player MechWarrior action game in nearly 20 years. Here's a new
Launch Trailer with
some boffo cinematics, there's also a set of MechWarrior 5 Origins novellas on
the official website. Here's the big
picture:
Almost 20 years since the last single player MechWarrior game
hit pilot’s PCs, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries from Piranha Games is now available
for download on the Epic Games Store ($49.99 standard, $59.99 collectors
edition.)
Additionally, the full suite of short stories leading up to the events in
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries have been released, and now an anthology collection
of all eight is available:
https://mw5mercs.com/novellas. The new and original series is penned by
Randall N. Bills, author of over half a dozen novels, and whose led the
publication of hundreds of sourcebooks and rulebooks set within the BattleTech
and MechWarrior universe over the past two decades. (https://store.catalystgamelabs.com.)
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries marks the return of the series’ mission-focused
campaign structure, allowing pilots to call the shots while leading either
AI-controlled allies or up to three friends through optional co-op into
dangerous contracts. Unit leaders will decide which risky missions to accept,
where their priorities lie across the Inner Sphere’s volatile conflict zones, as
well as how to best utilize the resources earned from their dances with death.
Featuring expansively destructible environments, pilots can tear through
structures while swatting helicopters out of the sky and reducing rival pilots’
rides to scrap. Strategize in the moments in-between battles in the Mech Bay
with mission recovery and choose your pre-deployment loadouts to maximize your
chances of glory on the battlefield. Whether you play solo or team up via co-op
with friends, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is all about risk, reward, and
consequence.