MechWarrior
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| MechWarrior | |
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| GenreTemplate:Pluralize from text | Vehicle simulation Vehicular combat |
| DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text | Dynamix Activision Zipper Interactive FASA Interactive Tsunami Visual Technologies Wandering Samurai Studios Personae Studios Piranha Games |
| PublisherTemplate:Pluralize from text | Activision Hasbro Interactive Microsoft Personae Studios Infinite Game Publishing Piranha Games |
| PlatformTemplate:Pluralize from text | MS-DOS, X68000, PC-98, Super NES, Genesis, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Saturn, Arcade, iOS |
| First release | MechWarrior 1989 |
| Latest release | MechWarrior 5: Clans October 16, 2024 |
MechWarrior is a series of video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech.
Games
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In-universe timeline
- MechWarrior takes place at the end of the Third Succession War.
- MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy, Mercenaries, and MechWarrior Online deal with the events soon before, during, and soon after the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.
- MechWarrior 3 and MechCommander are concerned with different parts of "Operation Serpent" and "Operation Bulldog", the combined Inner Sphere counterattack against the Clans, targeted at the Smoke Jaguars.
- MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, its expansions, and MechCommander 2 deal with the Federated Commonwealth Civil War.
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries takes place during the Third Succession War.[1]
- MechWarrior 5: Clans takes place during the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.[2]
Live-action film
Electric Entertainment, a Hollywood production company founded by Dean Devlin, currently holds the option to produce a feature film based on the MechWarrior universe.[3] In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is in development limbo.
See also
- MechWarrior (role-playing game), a 1986 tabletop game
References
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- ^ MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MechWarrior 5: Clans". mw5clans.com. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Linder, Brian (2003-02-27). "Coming Soon: MechWarrior Movie". IGN. Archived from the original on June 25, 2003. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
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