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MechWarrior will join the eSports ranks with a $100,000 tournament

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Yesterday MechWarrior became the newest title added to the competitive ranks of online eSports. A number of newly released games, such as Rocket League for example, have kicked off with a bang, specifically with eSports in mind. MechWarrior has taken a similar approach, except they will re-launch the one-of-a-kind strategic first person shooter with a $100,000 tournament in 2016.

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What is a MechWarrior?

You may have stumbled across MechWarrior in the past, but much like myself you may be lost as to how a game which sounds so cool has flown under the radar for so long. MechWarrior was released in 2013 by Infinite Game Publishing, but unfortunately their free-to-play model was not as successful as they’d hoped which inevitably led to their sale to Piranha Games.

Piranha kicked their buyout off with a free-to-play release on Steam last week, which brings about the next big announcement – a $100,000 World Tournament. The inaugural “World Championship” will feature teams from three major regions – North America, Europe and Oceania. Each will host their own regional qualifier, leading to a regional championship and will end in teams making their way to the World Championship.

MechWarrior separates itself from other eSports by offering a fast-paced FPS with strategic components which aid you in defeating your opponent. Let’s not forget that you’re fighting in robots. What is more badass than taking down your enemy while controlling a giant robot? It’s apparently not an easy game as well, which further promotes its hopeful sustainability as a competitive eSport. Let’s hope it picks up and unlocks a whole new genre of competitive strategic FPS games.

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Last Updated: December 15, 2015

23 Comments

  1. The Grand Admiral Chief

    December 15, 2015 at 11:04

    • miaau

      December 15, 2015 at 11:08

      Well, I played bout 10 hours of Mechwariior 4 last month. So there. IT was AWESOME

      Not slow and boring, that. Just bad graphics.

      Or did I not understand the GIF

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      • Captain JJ 4x

        December 15, 2015 at 11:11

        He’s spending too much time on Imgur today, that’s what it means 😉

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        • The Grand Admiral Chief

          December 15, 2015 at 11:23

          In workshop…..booooooored

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 15, 2015 at 11:31

            You should come to our workshop, it’s exciting right now. They just delivered some very pricey equipment that we ordered in Oct which needs to be installed for our client before xmas… and they delivered the wrong stuff.

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 15, 2015 at 11:33

            Christmas presents for all!

          • The Grand Admiral Chief

            December 15, 2015 at 11:52

            Nandos incoming @ 13h00…..

      • The Grand Admiral Chief

        December 15, 2015 at 11:15

        The latter 😛

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        • miaau

          December 15, 2015 at 12:09

          great, great. so what did it mean, then?

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  2. Captain JJ 4x

    December 15, 2015 at 11:07

    I actually started download this the other day…then I saw that RoboCraft allows you to build a robot (or whatever you want) from the ground up and the community seemed a bit less serious.
    Loving it so far because the community is pretty cool. Feels like I’m playing LEGO most of the time…which works for me.

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    • miaau

      December 15, 2015 at 11:10

      ATLAS. Not just a titan, but a true giant among robots. And flexible too…

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      • Captain JJ 4x

        December 15, 2015 at 11:12

        Wait what?
        What’s ATLAS?
        I’ve only been playing for about 6 hours now, so I’m still new to it.
        But damn I love crafting my own creations and then going up against people in blocky AT-AT lookalikes or…flying toilets.

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        • miaau

          December 15, 2015 at 11:14

          Atlas is a big ass Mech. But, in MechWarrior 3 and 4 at least, was fairly fast and could turn. But it is a big, big mech, with better weapons, in my opinon, than the mech called “Awesome””, cause Atlas can deliver the good, i.e. damager and stay alive while doing say. I loved my Atlas back in the day.

          also, from Mechonline thingy
          http://mwo.gamepedia.com/Category:Playable

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          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            December 15, 2015 at 11:16

            No, no – this is Atlas. (Mandatory daily Warframe mention)

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 15, 2015 at 11:17

            Not sure if upvoting you would be support, or just fueling an addiction.

          • miaau

            December 15, 2015 at 12:09

            does he know his skeleton is on the outside? Did it hurt?

          • Captain JJ 4x

            December 15, 2015 at 11:16

            I only played the first and second MechWarrior games, thereafter they didn’t quite grab my attention as much anymore. Though I’d like to give this one a shot…maybe. I have too many damn MP games that I haven’t touched.

          • HvR

            December 15, 2015 at 13:13

            I will rate 2 the best, then 3 then 4 and mercenaries on tied third.

            If allowed I will stick Mech Commander games in there in tied for 2nd spot.

      • HvR

        December 15, 2015 at 13:13

        Mad Cat always been my favourite

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    • Unknown

      December 29, 2015 at 20:55

      I played both…. I just like the mech side because lets be real who doesn’t want to fight in giant robots.

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  3. HvR

    December 15, 2015 at 13:16

    Still thinking of joining in but seems to be very watered down from the originals.

    Apparently lots and lots of customization taken away, control simplified to essentially a shooter and either dozens upon dozens of hours of grinding to get a mech or pay-2-win.

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    • Unknown

      December 29, 2015 at 20:55

      the amount of customization is insane. If anything it feels like to much. As far as p2w goes it is to early for me to tell. The simple amount of customization seems to offset this. Its more like p2b confused.

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  4. Unknown

    December 29, 2015 at 20:54

    about damn time

    Reply

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