MechWarrior
# MechWarrior

MechWarrior is a series of video games set in the fictional universe of BattleTech.

## Games

Release timeline :

| 1989 | MechWarrior |
| - | - |
| 1990 |
| 1991 |
| 1992 |
| 1993 | MechWarrior |
| 1994 | MechWarrior 3050 |
| 1995 | MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat |
| 1995 | MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy |
| 1996 | MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries |
| 1997 |
| 1998 |
| 1999 | MechWarrior 3 |
| 2000 | MechWarrior 4: Vengeance |
| 2001 |
| 2002 | MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries |
| 2003 |
| 2004 |
| 2005 |
| 2006 |
| 2007 |
| 2008 |
| 2009 |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
| 2012 |
| 2013 | MechWarrior Online |
| 2013 | MechWarrior: Tactical Command |
| 2014 |
| 2015 |
| 2016 |
| 2017 |
| 2018 |
| 2019 | MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries |

Within the MechWarrior games, players take control of a single BattleMech and combat other BattleMechs, tanks, infantry, and more, from within the cockpit of their machine. A third-person alternate view is available in MechWarrior 2, 3, 4, Online, and 5. Both MechWarrior 2 and MechWarrior 3 were Origins Award winners, taking Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game 1995 and Best Action Computer Game 1999 respectively.

## In-universe timeline

* MechWarrior takes place at the end of the Third Succession War.
* MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, MechWarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy, Mercenaries, and MechWarrior Online deal with the events soon before, during, and soon after the Clan Invasion of the Inner Sphere.
* MechWarrior 3 and MechCommander are concerned with different parts of "Operation Serpent" and "Operation Bulldog", the combined Inner Sphere counterattack against the Clans, targeted at the Smoke Jaguars.
* MechWarrior 4: Vengeance, its expansions, and MechCommander 2 deal with the Federated Commonwealth Civil War.
* MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries takes place during the Third Succession War.

## Live-action film

Electric Entertainment, a Hollywood production company founded by Dean Devlin, currently holds the option to produce a feature film based on the MechWarrior universe. In 2003, Devlin approached Paramount to pitch the project but failed to receive funding. The project is currently in development limbo.

