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Okay, to point a few things out that I discovered:

1) That's not actual gameplay footage. That's graphics footage made using the Quake 3 engine. It is typical of any game trailer now days to do something like that. I'm betting the "game footage" watermark on the lower right is 'shopped. However, if gameplay comes close enough, then I will explode Happy all over my kitchen. According to the interviews and articles, special effects will remain - buckling and shattering of windows, heat waves from PPC blasts, etc.

2) The people who are making this are the same people who brought us Battletech in the first place 25 years ago. The original creator was then working for Microsoft, quit after years since Mech4's release, and just three years ago, bought the rights back from MS. This is their baby. Expect it to be good.

3) Yes, 3015. The series is a reboot. According to the creator (the mastermind of the entire BT/MW Saga), its kind of hard to write for a space opera after so much material has already been presented, and makes it a bit more difficult for new players to appreciate what has already been put out there. So, the new ruler of House Davion has just come into power, the 3rd Succession War has just ended, and the 4th is nearing its beginning. Again, expect it to be good.

4) Looks like there's going to be some cross-platform action. Single player, co-op, multiplayer.... People on LAN or across a network lobby (not sure if it's XBox Live yet or not) can play together in a mix of PC AND Platform(s). Intended release for PC and XBox 360 thus far. Imagine being on your XBox 360 while your friend is on their PC, and you're both co-op'ing the same campaign game, or going head-to-head... or more. It takes what Shadowrun wanted to do and makes it work for real this time in a more epic scale.

5) For those who haven't gotten Mech4 and all of its expansions yet, keep an eye out at MekTek.com. This game company authorized the release of all Mech4 material for download FOR FREE to celebrate the 25th Anniversary.
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5) For those who haven't gotten Mech4 and all of its expansions yet, keep an eye out at MekTek.com. This game company authorized the release of all Mech4 material for download FOR FREE to celebrate the 25th Anniversary.
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Uh... From what I've gathered, MekTek.com is some sort of hardware supply website...

You sure you got the right website?
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http://www.mektek.net/

My bad.
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Ah... Well, this makes me want to pull out my old joystick once we're able to download MW4 and stuff like that...
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Yeah, my brother's got a two-joystick set with like twenty different buttons; and two of the three saved settings are for Mechwarrior games. ^__^

We should totally rock some matches of MW4 Mercs once it's released.
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Yeah, my brother's got a two-joystick set with like twenty different buttons; and two of the three saved settings are for Mechwarrior games. ^__^

We should totally rock some matches of MW4 Mercs once it's released.
Forgive me for just using a keyboard and mouse, then. I'm probably not going to be moving much anyway. Sniper at heart.
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Yes. That is all that needs be said.

Also, when the Mechwarrior 4 free release happens, I would so be in for that. Might even break out a joystick... Who knows?
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Yeah, I had some mad skillz for the longest time too, even before MW4, when MW3 was the newest one.

Also, if the cross-platform rumor is true, then I'll finally be able to prove to people that I actually AM better on PC than XBox. Yeeeeeees.
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