Piranha Video games president Russ Bullock has confirmed that the studio has “one other MechWarrior recreation in improvement,” and says followers can anticipate a full announcement later this 12 months.
Bullock shared the information throughout an look on NoGutsNoGalaxy podcast yesterday (January 11), the place he additionally briefly outlined the route it should take the long-running collection.
“There’s one other MechWarrior recreation in improvement [at] Piranha” revealed Bullock, who clarified that “it’s not MechWarrior On-line 2 – it’s not the successor to MechWarrior On-line, it’s not an internet PvP [game].”
Bullock recommended that followers consider it “extra in step with MechWarrior 5 however a standalone A “standalone” ‘MechWarrior’ recreation is in improvement,” and shared that the upcoming recreation “follows extra of a single-player, co-op sort of pathway.”
Whereas Bullock didn’t share too many extra particulars on Piranha Video games’ subsequent title, he added that it will likely be launched on PC and console, with extra particulars to return this 12 months.
“It’ll be introduced later,” Bullock revealed. “If I had a guess it could even be…who is aware of, someplace in 2021 it will likely be introduced – perhaps whilst late as the autumn.”
The final title within the collection was MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, which launched in 2019 – 15 years after 2004’s MechWarrior 4: Vengeance. Whereas 5 initially launched as an Epic Video games Retailer unique on PC, it quickly made its strategy to Steam and different platforms.
Final 12 months, MechWarrior 5 and its Heroes of the Inside Sphere growth arrived on PlayStation 5, making it the primary MechWarrior recreation in 20 years to seem on Sony’s console.
Along with cross-play, the PS5 model additionally introduced a brand new story introduction, improved AI, and over 30 new or enhanced options.
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