It’s time to start to get excited again! For your viewing pleasure: Polygon managed to get a kick ass story regarding his time spent with the latest MechWarrior 5 build, covering some exciting new changes and including a pretty nifty history of BattleTech. Full details can be found here. Source: Polygon.com
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A new BattleTech fan film in the works!
It was brought to our attention that there apparently is a new BattleTech fan film in the works. We immediately investigated the rumors and found it to be true! In development by Bravo Whiskey Charlie Films (BWC Films), this new film blends live action with computer generated imagery provided by high quality video as found […]
Read More →Future Possibilities for Tabletop BattleTech
I am lucky to count myself part of an active and ongoing BattleTech gaming group. While we have a great time stomping about in our ‘Mechs, trying to complete campaign objectives, by necessity we are stuck playing only a single battle per meeting. Each battle, ranging from lance on lance all the way up to […]
Read More →MechWarrior: Tactics No More?
An Anticipated Title Seems to Be Having Some Difficulties There seems to be confusion and worry about the possible abandonment of a to-be exciting addition to the BattleTech universe. MechWarrior: Tactics was an in-browser free-to-play game that has been under development for several years. Several known gaming web sites and magazines even featured the game […]
Read More →CGL Adding New Lance Packs, Intro Set Reprint
Assault Lance assaulting something or the other. Announced today, Catalyst Game Labs is issuing a reprint of the successful Introductory Box Set to meet demand, and should be back on game store shelves by late summer of 2014. Also announced is a line of Lance Packs, using the same improved plastic miniatures found in the […]
Read More →XTRO Royal Fantasy Tournament Released
Recently the latest experimental technical readout (XTRO) has been dropped on us. I’m not sure if the April 1st release date has anything to do with the contents of XTRO, but it’s a quite amusing, but interesting, addition to the BattleTech lineup. The main gist of this release is a tie in of various designs […]
Read More →Retrospective Look at Lost Destiny
Book Three of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole Lost Destiny concludes the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy, which was preceded by the rather good Blood Legacy by Michael A. Stackpole. We’ll be concluding our retrospective look at Lost Destiny as part of a continuing series of articles (starting with Lethal Heritage and Blood Legacy) […]
Read More →Retrospective Look at Blood Legacy
Book Two of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole After the conclusion of “Lethal Heritage” you’re left in a bind. Michael A. Stackpole left us at the end of that book with a heck of a shock. We’ll continue exploring Blood Legacy as part of a continuing series of articles (starting with […]
Read More →Retrospective Look at Lethal Heritage
Book One of the Blood of Kerensky Trilogy by Michael A. Stackpole It’s hard to imagine the state of the BattleTech universe without the influence of Michael A. Stackpole’s work upon it. Back in the 90’s, my first BattleTech novel that I had picked up completely by sheer luck was indeed Stackpole’s “Lethal Heritage“. It […]
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