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Hello everyone, Due to a Unity engine security issue, we’re releasing a Hotfix update for BATTLETECH. This update only addresses Windows and Mac builds; we are still investigating options for Linux and expect to have a solution shortly. You can read more about the security issue
Remember Harebrained Schemes' turn-based BattleTech game? That was great. 85% great if you listen to our BattleTech review from back when it came out. It is also, now, the best part of a decade old, and there's no sign of anything like it on the horizon, especially with Paradox c
Hello Battletech fans! We wanted to tell you about a different kind of Mech game, also published by Paradox Interactive! Have a look at this trailer! Mechabellum is a tactical wargame where you gain victory by adapting your strategy and outthinking your opponents. You command var
fter years of lurking quietly, original r/battletech subreddit creator ddevil63 returned to action over the weekend to shut down forum moderators who were deleting Pride-related posts and establish a new set of content rules for the subreddit based on a simple premise: "Battletec
Ed Note: With the recent release of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries on Steam, it's a rather good time to republish this article I wrote in 2013 about the timeless design of mechs, one of the most interesting vehicles—and targets — in gaming, and what aspects of their design makes them
Need some BattleTech tips? The world of the MechWarriors is harsh, encompassing a universe where metal is more valuable than people. BattleTech is one of the best turn-based strategy games around, but it's a game you need to take seriously if you're going to win. Luckily for you,
Looking back at it now, 2020 doesn’t feel like a banner year for strategy games, but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been a few gems. The list below – gathered by a panel of experts and regularly updated – contains games from as recently as 12 months ago alongside classics from a
If you've spent any significant time with Harebrained Schemes' BattleTech you've undoubtedly had a sense that just as much of the game takes place in the MechLab as on the field. There are interesting tactical decisions to be made certainly and BattleTech packs a lot of detail in
Even if official development of BattleTech has now finished, it will always remain one of our favourite turn-based strategy games . It may be a bit rough around the edges, but it also has everything you could want: gritty, frontier-style survival, giant robots, accounting... it's
If you've spent any significant time with Harebrained Schemes BattleTech since it launched you've undoubtedly had a sense that just as much of the game takes place in the MechLab as on the field. There are interesting tactical decisions to be made certainly and BattleTech packs a
Even if official development of BATTLETECH is now finished, it will always hold a special place here as one of our favourite turn-based strategy games. Rough around the edges it may be, but it also has everything you could want- gritty, frontier-style survival, giant robots, acco
In BATTLETECH, there are two battles going on. The most obvious is taking your Mechs planet side and beating the opposition into scrap. The secondary front is the main economics of the game: keeping your mercenary lance solvent, while optimizing yourself for increasingly difficul
June is here, and Microsoft is once again upending its big bag of video games over its buckets marked Xbox Game Pass on console and PC , with this month's freshly tumbled treats including Kingdom Hearts HD on Xbox One and BattleTech on PC. Starting tomorrow, 11th June, Xbox One G
Paradox Interactive are pitching in on Covid-19 coronavirus relief efforts with a sale on several of their big management games and RPGs until Friday, April 3rd. You can snag some mighty hefty discounts on things like Cities: Skylines, Pillars Of Eternity, and BattleTech. Paradox
Thank you for playing BATTLETECH! Release 1.9.1 is now available on Steam and GoG. Other platforms will release as soon as possible. The main areas of improvement are: a fix for crash-on-exit, a fix for the debug console, improved error handling, updates to the mod support readme
LIVE - BATTLETECH 1.9 Update Release Notes Thank you for playing BATTLETECH! Release 1.9 is now available on Steam, GOG, Humble, and Paradox Plaza. The main areas of improvement are: ‘Mech and vehicle variants, gameplay options, Convoy AI, and mod support. Release 1.9 Notes, 2/20
After three expansions and almost two years, BattleTech is just about done. The developers, Harebrained Schemes say they have one last free update due later this month February then that’s the end of their current plans for the turn-based tactical mech ’em up. After this, they’re
For a time it looked as though strategy games had sunk into a kind of deathly malaise, unsure which territory to claim next and which ones it should leave well and truly alone. Fast forward to 2020, though, and strategy games have never looked healthier, which is why we’ve compil
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be struck off. Here we stand in the dark neo-year of 2020. The spam bots have risen to prominence, the governments of
One Off The List is our weekly list feature. Is there something you think doesn t deserve to be on this list? Comment with your reasons why, and next week it may be taken off. Mech love, not war. That is the lesson we must learn from the futuristic prophecies of the MechWarrior g