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Showing posts with label MechWarrior Online. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MechWarrior Online. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

New Releases: Week of October 29th

Here's a look at what's new this week.

This week's post comes a day late courtesy of the "Frankenstorm" that took a dump on the East Coast yesterday. Hopefully you've still got power, dear reader, as PC gaming tends to rely heavily on access to electricity.

While the console world is busy enjoying Assassin's Creed 3 this week, we're stuck waiting another 3 weeks for the PC release. Thankfully we've got some other decent-looking titles to distract us until then.


This Week in PC Gaming

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Friday, October 19, 2012

MechWarrior Online: Closed Beta First Impressions

Who doesn't love gigantic vehicles and explosions?

MechWarrior Online Logo

The first MechWarrior game was released for DOS on 1989. Set 1000 years in the future, the game allowed players to bring the ruckus via BattleMechs, gigantic walking robot vehicles armed to the teeth with advanced weaponry.

The latest addition to the long-running series is MechWarrior Online, a free-to-play title in development by Piranha Games. I scored an invite to the closed beta a couple of weeks ago, installed the game, and managed to completely avoid playing it for several days. I finally got around to logging some play time earlier this week, and thus far it's definitely not terrible.


MechWarrior Online Launcher
The MechWarrior Online launcher window.

 
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