Some rumors are 0% true. These rumors are at least twice as accurate.
Rockstar to break away from Take-Two? Their contract is up in 2009. Will Take-Two’s delinquent child leave home?
New Mechwarrior or Shadowrun titles? The founder of FASA buys his own IP back from Microsoft. ‘Cuz Microsoft needed the money.
A rumor nixed: No Dreamcast 2. I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.
Heard any rumors?
After FASA Studio dissolved, many (including me) expressed disappointment at what seemed to be the end of the Mechwarrior series. Now, a brave mod team has stepped up to the challenge of continuing the series.
Titled Mechwarrior: Living Legends, the mod will be based in the Crysis engine. No, that’s not a typo. Even better, Microsoft (the holder of the Battletech/Mechwarrior license) gave the mod team a non-commercial license to develop the mod.
Mechwarrior: Living Legends is currently still in the concept phase, but it’s good to hear that someone is carrying the torch. We may get our next-gen Daishis and Atlas mechs after all.
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