Joshua McEvedy, on 04 December 2018 - 08:00 AM, said:
It is not sun-setting in favor of MW5. MW5 is a singleplayer with a peer to peer co-op mode as reported by many outlets that came up to Mech_Con. MW5 is not releasing with any form of PvP multiplayer, that experience for the immediate future will remain firmly in the realm of MWO. While they share the same IP, both games at targeting different aspects of 'Mech combat. With MW5 firmly focused on Single / Co-op Player PvE, while MWO is firmly focused on PvP.
As far as the licensing is concerned, we simply cannot talk about that at this time, but I want to remind everyone that during the Q&A, Russ explicitly stated that he is heading down to Seattle this week to talk with Microsoft about that very subject. When there is something to report on that front, I am sure we will announce it just as we had before when the license was renewed 5 years ago. Until that time, do not expect any of us to be able to make any further comments on this subject.