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The decision to make MechWarrior, the upcoming MMO from the multiplayer developer of Duke Nukem Forever, into a free-to-play title has been detailed by developers at Piranha Games.
In a Q&A on MechWarrior Online, developer David Bradley explained a number of reasons why developing this as a free-to-play title is different from developing a “normal” title:
“There are a couple of different aspects that I like the best. The first is that, being a free game, there’s no barrier to entry for a new player. If someone wants to play it, all they have to do is create an account and download the game, so we have a chance to reach a really wide audience. The other aspect is that we can launch with a solid core game but then continually improve and add to it with regular updates. This allows us to not only get in new features or Mechs that we want to see, but we can respond to the needs of the community as well.”
MechWarrior Online is currently being built on CryEngine 3 and is expected to come to PC in the second half of 2012.
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MechWarrior Online
- Platform(s): PC
- Genre(s): Action, Massively Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online, Shooter, Simulation, Strategy
