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5 unusual facts about ''MechWarrior''


Dragon's Fury

Dragon's Fury, fictional faction in the MechWarrior: Dark Age table top war game set in the BattleTech universe

Falcon Northwest

Their ads have included games such as Half-Life, Unreal, Alien vs. Predator, and MechWarrior, among many others.

Invisible wall

In several MechWarrior series installations the mission area isn't blocked by any kind of obstacles, however the boundary is marked on the radar and approaching this boundary will call an audio warning.

MechWarrior

The series' intellectual property is currently owned by Microsoft Game Studios (MGS), although Smith & Tinker Inc., has announced that it has licensed the electronic entertainment rights to the franchise.

Shattered Steel

The gameplay is similar in style to the MechWarrior video game series, featuring mechanized combat in bipedal machines called "Planet Runners".


MechAssault: Phantom War

MechAssault: Phantom War is one of the games in the popular MechWarrior series and is part of the BattleTech universe created by FASA.

MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries

MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries was released in September 1996 as a stand-alone add-on to MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat and the last BattleTech game made by Activision.

MechWarrior Online

Jordan Weisman, founder of Smith & Tinker and previously founder of the disbanded FASA Corporation which worked on the MechWarrior series, negotiated the license back from Microsoft after that software company had left the property idle for years.


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