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[StuntChicken007]

https://twitter.com/...467572253061126

[martian]

StuntChicken007, on 29 February 2020 - 06:44 AM, said:

MW I.P. has been purchased for another 5 years by pri games from microsoft.
https://twitter.com/...467572253061126

To be exact: Microsoft is the owner of the "MechWarrior / MechCommander / BattleTech" intellectual property when it comes to electronic games.

Companies like Piranha Games Inc. or Harebrained Schemes pay Microsoft to get a temporary license (5 years in this moment) for the use of the I.P., but Microsoft keeps its ownership.

[StuntChicken007]

Umm, Hence for another 5 years. Never said they bought it out right lol. But, Umm, Thanks for the clarification. Of course people could just watch the twitter feed also.

Edited by StuntChicken007, 29 February 2020 - 07:33 AM.

[Prototelis]

Harebrained schemes doesn't license mechwarrior.

[martian]

Prototelis, on 29 February 2020 - 10:19 AM, said:

Harebrained schemes doesn't license mechwarrior.

Microsoft has all electronic rights. It bought them twenty years ago and it has kept them ever since.

[StuntChicken007]

Yep

[Prototelis]

martian, on 29 February 2020 - 11:45 AM, said:

Microsoft has all electronic rights. It bought them twenty years ago and it has kept them ever since.

To mechwarrior.

[martian]

Prototelis, on 29 February 2020 - 12:56 PM, said:

To mechwarrior.

To all electronic games based on the BattleTech universe IP, no matter if those games are called MechWarrior, MechCommander or BattleTech.

[n00biwan]

Maybe MW6 will have more meaningful multiplayer...

Use MWO to make MW5, get license from MS for another 5 years, use the time to farm more cbills... I mean $ from MW5 (thank modders for longevity) and the trickle from MWO to make MW6 just before deadline, bag another 5 years.

Maybe this time they'll get it right? I mean, the driving around in robots part of MW5 is ok, feels good? They just need to work on multiplayer, AI, storytelling, missions, maps, mechlab, voice acting, a couple of minor details:D

Set MW6 just before the clan invasion, IS gear only, set the DLC (or even expandalone) as the war of refusal(probably have to use the MW2 style play both sides but accept that actually JF wins), DLC 2 is the clan invasion . There is plot for days that they can work with (and hijack for alternative outcomes). MWO2 can be born out of this... right?

Edited by n00biwan, 29 February 2020 - 02:19 PM.

[JediPanther]

Guess we keep our mwo mechs for that much longer. Still under 100 mechs on is side and hardly 30 clan. Maybe in 4 years I'll think of expanding.

[martian]

I wish somebody would make MechCommander 3

[VonBruinwald]

martian, on 01 March 2020 - 01:14 AM, said:

I wish somebody would make MechCommander 3

And MechAssault 3!

[ingramli]

Look at MWO and MW5, I realized that, another 5 years (will be) wasted...

WTF

[martian]

ingramli, on 07 March 2020 - 05:41 AM, said:

Look at MWO and MW5, I realized that, another 5 years (will be) wasted...

WTF

Who knows?

Maybe PGI will go bankrupt sooner (such IGP, for example).

[Vellron2005]

I smell MWO2 on the breeze...

[Dauntless Blint]

They "just" need to bring in dynamic maps generator code, balance the game, re'skin or use a better engine. and upgrade this platform... start from scratch using all they learned from failed faction play balance and other supporting games. <S>

[MW Waldorf Statler]

you must make MWO 2 in a other Engine and start from Scratch, no Progrmmers for Cry 3 to find on the Jobmarket since years.
and thats a other Game as MW5 ,many elements and effect not to realizied in a serverbased Multiplayer Game like MWO.

Edited by MW Waldorf Statler, 10 March 2020 - 06:57 PM.

[Lord Sevenous]

martian, on 29 February 2020 - 01:17 PM, said:

To all electronic games based on the BattleTech universe IP, no matter if those games are called MechWarrior, MechCommander or BattleTech.

And Harebrained Schemes got their license from Piranha Games
https://twitter.com/...359180344274945

[martian]

Lord Sevenous, on 10 March 2020 - 08:41 AM, said:

And Harebrained Schemes got their license from Piranha Games
https://twitter.com/...359180344274945

Harebrained Schemes got their "sub-license" from PGI.

And where has PGI got their license? Yes, from Microsoft, as I have said three times already. PGI can call their game "MechWarrior" only because they paid Microsoft.