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Developed on the back of the Free to Play Online Multiplayer [[MechWarrior Online]], '''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''' ('''MW5''') is a [[BattleTech]]-themed single-player simulation under development by [[Piranha Games]] and due for release in 10 September 2019.
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Developed on the back of the Free to Play Online Multiplayer [[MechWarrior Online]], '''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''' ('''MW5''') is a [[BattleTech]]-themed single-player simulation under development by [[Piranha Games]] and due for release December 10th, 2019 as an Epic Games Store exclusive title.
  
 
==Gameplay==
 
==Gameplay==
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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is set in 3015 during the final decade of the Third Succession War, casting the player as a rookie [[mercenary]] MechWarrior able to accept contracts from the various factions available in this time period. The campaign is said to go all the way up to 3049, just before [[Operation REVIVAL]], better known as the Clan Invasion.
 
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is set in 3015 during the final decade of the Third Succession War, casting the player as a rookie [[mercenary]] MechWarrior able to accept contracts from the various factions available in this time period. The campaign is said to go all the way up to 3049, just before [[Operation REVIVAL]], better known as the Clan Invasion.
  
The setting has the player, ready to take revenge against a raiding group for the the death's of their parents.
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The setting has the player, ready to take revenge against a raiding group for the death's of their parents.
  
 
===Trailer===
 
===Trailer===
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*''[[Spider]]''
 
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===Medium===
 
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*''[[Cicada]]''
 
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*''[[Dervish]]''
 
*''[[Enforcer]]''
 
*''[[Enforcer]]''
 
*''[[Griffin]]''
 
*''[[Griffin]]''
 
*''[[Hunchback]]''
 
*''[[Hunchback]]''
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*''[[Kintaro]]''
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*''[[Phoenix Hawk]]''
 
*''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
 
*''[[Shadow Hawk]]''
 
*''[[Trebuchet]]''
 
*''[[Trebuchet]]''
 
*''[[Vindicator]]''
 
*''[[Vindicator]]''
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*''[[Vulcan]]''
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*''[[Wolverine]]''
  
 
===Heavy===
 
===Heavy===
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*''[[Archer]]''
 
*''[[Black Knight]]''
 
*''[[Black Knight]]''
 
*''[[Cataphract]]''
 
*''[[Cataphract]]''
 
*''[[Catapult]]''
 
*''[[Catapult]]''
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*''[[Champion]]''
 
*''[[Dragon]]''
 
*''[[Dragon]]''
 
*''[[Grasshopper]]''
 
*''[[Grasshopper]]''
 
*''[[JagerMech]]''
 
*''[[JagerMech]]''
 
*''[[Marauder]]''
 
*''[[Marauder]]''
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*''[[Orion]]''
 
*''[[Quickdraw]]''
 
*''[[Quickdraw]]''
 
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*''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]''
 
*''[[Banshee (BattleMech)|Banshee]]''
 
*''[[BattleMaster]]''
 
*''[[BattleMaster]]''
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*''[[Charger]]''
 
*''[[Corsair (BattleMech)|Corsair]]''
 
*''[[Corsair (BattleMech)|Corsair]]''
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*''[[Cyclops]]''
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*''[[Hatamoto-Chi]]''
 
*''[[Highlander]]''
 
*''[[Highlander]]''
 
*''[[King Crab]]''
 
*''[[King Crab]]''
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*''[[Marauder II]]''
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*''[[Mauler]]''
 
*''[[Nightstar]]''
 
*''[[Nightstar]]''
 
*''[[Stalker]]''
 
*''[[Stalker]]''
 
*''[[Victor]]''
 
*''[[Victor]]''
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*''[[Zeus]]''
  
 
==Featured Vehicles==
 
==Featured Vehicles==
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*Pfc. Adil Saio
 
*Pfc. Adil Saio
 
*Cyrus Howell
 
*Cyrus Howell
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==Community Editions and Preorders==
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Prior to signing with Epic Games, Piranha Games offered preorders for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries from the MW5 website. Running from 1st January 2019 to 30th April 2019, these three Community Editions were primary focused on existing ''MechWarrior Online'' players and included steadily increasing volume of MWO content. As extra incentive to [[MechWarrior Online#Operation Inception - Founders Program|MWO Founders]], the amount of MC provided at each tier was doubled. Towards the end of the Community Preorder as an extra incentive PGI offered additional MWO 'Mechs, pre-order before April 9th received the CPLT-C2 (S) ''Catapult'', WHM-9D (S) ''Warhammer'', MAD- 9M (S) ''Marauder'', KGC-001 (S) ''King Crab'', before received April 16th received the WHM-9D (S), MAD- 9M (S), KGC-001 (S), before April 23rd received the MAD- 9M (S), KGC-001 (S) and before April 30th to receive the KGC-001 (S).
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===MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Privateer Standard Edition ($49.99USD)===
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'''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content'''
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*Digital copy of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
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*Digital Game Manual
 +
*"Instant Action" Closed Beta/Demo Access with Co-Op support
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*Digital Soundtrack
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*Access to the Official MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Discord Server for discussion, MW5 mod making and bi-monthly AMAs with PGI
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'''MechWarrior Online Content'''
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*''Marauder II'' Standard Edition Pre-Order Pack
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*12,000 MC - Founders received 24,000 MC
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*30 days Active MWO Premium Time
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*72,800 GXP & 4.1 Million C-Bills
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*MW5-themed Title, Badge, Decal, Cockpit standing Item, Warhorn item, Hanging Cockpit Item
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===MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Warrior Collector's Community Edition ($79.99USD)===
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'''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content'''
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Same content as Standard Edition plus:
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*Exclusive MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries "[[Chloe's Cavaliers]]" Legendary Pattern
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*MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Desktop Pack
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'''MechWarrior Online Content'''
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*''Marauder II'' Collector's Edition Pre-Order Pack
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*20,000 MC - Founders received 40,000 MC
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*60 days Active MWO Premium Time
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*145,600 GXP & 8.2 Million C-Bills
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*2 MW5-themed Titles, Badges, Decals, Cockpit standing Items, Warhorn items, Hanging Cockpit Items
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===MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Mercenary Ultimate Community Edition ($119.99USD)===
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'''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content'''
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Same content as Collector's Edition plus:
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*Exclusive MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries "[[Interstellar Expeditions]]" Legendary Pattern
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*Digital Technical BattleMech Manual
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'''MechWarrior Online Content'''
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*''Marauder II'' Ultimate Edition Pre-Order Pack
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*30,000 MC - Founders received 60,000 MC
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*90 days Active MWO Premium Time
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*291,200 GXP & 16.4 Million C-Bills
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*3 MW5-themed Titles, Badges, Decals and 9 Cockpit Standing Items, Warhorn items and Hanging Cockpit Items
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After conclusion of the Community Edition preorder and becoming an Epic Games Store exclusive title, two pre-order options were offered, providing exclusively MW5 content only.
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===MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Standard Edition ($49.99USD)===
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*Digital copy of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
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*Digital Game Manual
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===MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Deluxe Edition ($59.99USD)===
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*Digital copy of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
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*Digital Game Manual
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*Digital Soundtrack
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*MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Desktop Pack
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Revision as of 20:52, 22 October 2019

Mechwarrior 5 Cover Art.jpg
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
Product information
Type Computer game
Development Piranha Games
Publication information
Publisher Piranha Games
First published 2019
MSRP $49.99USD
Content
Era Succession Wars era
Timeline 3015 - 3049
Series MechWarrior (video games)
Preceded by MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries


Developed on the back of the Free to Play Online Multiplayer MechWarrior Online, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (MW5) is a BattleTech-themed single-player simulation under development by Piranha Games and due for release December 10th, 2019 as an Epic Games Store exclusive title.

Gameplay

The year is 3015. Humanity has expanded to the stars, colonizing a vast region of space known as the Inner Sphere. Where the Star League once ruled in relative stability, generations of countless wars, alliances, and betrayals have divided the Inner Sphere into five distinct Successor States. These states, also known as the Great Houses, have fought and quarreled for centuries over the remnants of the Star League and control of the Inner Sphere. They are now in the midst of a Third Succession War, one which has been raging for almost 150 years.

While the battlefields of the Inner Sphere burn with an array of devastating weaponry, none is more formidable than the BattleMech. These immense fighting machines, piloted by elite fighters known as MechWarriors, dominate the wars of the future with enough firepower to annihilate entire cities.

In MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries you will adopt the role of a rookie MechWarrior pilot thrust into combat as the Third Succession War continues to fracture the Inner Sphere. Take contracts from the factions of your choosing and engage in tactical, first-person, PvE 'Mech combat through an immersive, career-based Mercenary campaign driven by player choice. Victory, prestige, and profit will not only require skill on the battlefield, but in the acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of your BattleMechs.

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Plot synopsis

Setting

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is set in 3015 during the final decade of the Third Succession War, casting the player as a rookie mercenary MechWarrior able to accept contracts from the various factions available in this time period. The campaign is said to go all the way up to 3049, just before Operation REVIVAL, better known as the Clan Invasion.

The setting has the player, ready to take revenge against a raiding group for the death's of their parents.

Trailer

In 2015, Smith and Tinker released a gameplay trailer for MechWarrior 5, featuring combat in 3015 on the planet Deshler. It is not known if any elements featured in the trailer will be included in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. (Transcript)


On December 2nd, 2018, a third trailer was shown at Mech_Con for Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries.

"We've taken you as far as we can. Death comes for us all, but for you; not today. High among the stars, rebuild and avenge us!"
- Voice from the trailer.

Featured BattleMechs

Most of the Mechs featured in Mechwarrior 5 will come from the Mechwarrior Online Roster.

Light

Medium

Heavy

Assault

Featured Vehicles

Featured Dropships

Featured Planets

Featured Characters

  • Major Ryana Campbell
  • Lt. Arthur Willoughby
  • Sgt. Emiko Hayashi
  • Pfc. Adil Saio
  • Cyrus Howell


Community Editions and Preorders

Prior to signing with Epic Games, Piranha Games offered preorders for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries from the MW5 website. Running from 1st January 2019 to 30th April 2019, these three Community Editions were primary focused on existing MechWarrior Online players and included steadily increasing volume of MWO content. As extra incentive to MWO Founders, the amount of MC provided at each tier was doubled. Towards the end of the Community Preorder as an extra incentive PGI offered additional MWO 'Mechs, pre-order before April 9th received the CPLT-C2 (S) Catapult, WHM-9D (S) Warhammer, MAD- 9M (S) Marauder, KGC-001 (S) King Crab, before received April 16th received the WHM-9D (S), MAD- 9M (S), KGC-001 (S), before April 23rd received the MAD- 9M (S), KGC-001 (S) and before April 30th to receive the KGC-001 (S).

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Privateer Standard Edition ($49.99USD)

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content

  • Digital copy of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
  • Digital Game Manual
  • "Instant Action" Closed Beta/Demo Access with Co-Op support
  • Digital Soundtrack
  • Access to the Official MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Discord Server for discussion, MW5 mod making and bi-monthly AMAs with PGI

MechWarrior Online Content

  • Marauder II Standard Edition Pre-Order Pack
  • 12,000 MC - Founders received 24,000 MC
  • 30 days Active MWO Premium Time
  • 72,800 GXP & 4.1 Million C-Bills
  • MW5-themed Title, Badge, Decal, Cockpit standing Item, Warhorn item, Hanging Cockpit Item

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Warrior Collector's Community Edition ($79.99USD)

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content Same content as Standard Edition plus:

  • Exclusive MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries "Chloe's Cavaliers" Legendary Pattern
  • MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Desktop Pack

MechWarrior Online Content

  • Marauder II Collector's Edition Pre-Order Pack
  • 20,000 MC - Founders received 40,000 MC
  • 60 days Active MWO Premium Time
  • 145,600 GXP & 8.2 Million C-Bills
  • 2 MW5-themed Titles, Badges, Decals, Cockpit standing Items, Warhorn items, Hanging Cockpit Items

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Mercenary Ultimate Community Edition ($119.99USD)

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Content Same content as Collector's Edition plus:

MechWarrior Online Content

  • Marauder II Ultimate Edition Pre-Order Pack
  • 30,000 MC - Founders received 60,000 MC
  • 90 days Active MWO Premium Time
  • 291,200 GXP & 16.4 Million C-Bills
  • 3 MW5-themed Titles, Badges, Decals and 9 Cockpit Standing Items, Warhorn items and Hanging Cockpit Items

After conclusion of the Community Edition preorder and becoming an Epic Games Store exclusive title, two pre-order options were offered, providing exclusively MW5 content only.

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Standard Edition ($49.99USD)

  • Digital copy of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
  • Digital Game Manual

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Deluxe Edition ($59.99USD)

  • Digital copy of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
  • Digital Game Manual
  • Digital Soundtrack
  • MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Desktop Pack

Resources

References

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