MechWarrior

For other uses, see MechWarrior (disambiguation).

MechWarrior is a series of video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech.

MechWarrior
MechWarrior logo
Genre(s)	Vehicle simulation Vehicular combat
Developer(s)	Dynamix Activision Zipper Interactive FASA Interactive Tsunami Visual Technologies Wandering Samurai Studios Personae Studios Piranha Games
Publisher(s)	Activision Hasbro Interactive Microsoft Personae Studios Infinite Game Publishing Piranha Games
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, Sharp X68000, PC-98, Super NES, Sega Genesis, Windows, Mac OS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Arcade, iOS
First release	MechWarrior 1989
Latest release	MechWarrior 5: Clans October 16, 2024

Games

Release timeline

Main series in bold

1989	MechWarrior
1990–1992
1993	MechWarrior
1994	MechWarrior 3050
1995	MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat
	MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy
1996	MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
1997–1998
1999	MechWarrior 3
2000	MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
2001
2002	MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries
2003–2012
2013	MechWarrior Online
	MechWarrior: Tactical Command
2014–2018
2019	MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
2020–2023
2024	MechWarrior 5: Clans

See also: List of BattleTech games § Video games

Within the MechWarrior games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate view is available in MechWarrior 2, 3, 4, Online, and 5. Both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 were Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.

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