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Retro Review: Remembering the Glorious Destruction of MechWarrior 4: Vengeance

There is a very high chance your hard drive was vibrating under the weight of FASA Interactive and Microsoft’s absolute masterpiece: MechWarrior 4: Vengeance back in late 2000. It was…

Chris May 24, 2026

Retro-Games

Heavy Metal Masterpiece: Looking Back at MechWarrior 3 and Pirate’s Moon

Release Date: MechWarrior 3: June 1, 1999 Pirate's Moon: December 3, 1999 Developer: Zipper Interactive Back in the late nineties, the PC gaming landscape was an absolute wild west of…

Chris May 17, 2026

Retro-Games

The Best Mech Game Ever Made? A Deep Dive into MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries

Release Date: September 25, 1996 (MS-DOS and Windows 95) Developer: Activision Back in 1996, the world was a very different place. We were rocking dial-up internet, wearing way too much…

Chris May 10, 2026

Retro-Games

Wolves: The Return of Xbox’s Most Iconic Giant Robot Fighter

If you’re anything like me, you probably remember that specific, chunky green logo of the original Xbox with a massive amount of fondness. It was a time of experimentation, where…

Chris May 10, 2026

Retro-Games

Neon Skies and Heavy Metal: A Deep Dive into MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat

Release Date: July 24, 1995 (MS-DOS) Developer: Activision If you grew up in the mid-90s and had access to a PC that wasn’t a complete potato, there is a very…

Chris May 9, 2026

Reviews

Steel Giants and Mercenary Dreams: A Review of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

If you have ever had the primal urge to pilot a hundred-ton walking tank through a skyscraper just to see it crumble, then MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is effectively your digital…

Chris March 15, 2026

Gaming News

C-Bills, Coolant, and Crude Pixels: Why MetalMercs is the Retro Mech Sim You’ve Been Craving

If you’ve ever sat in front of a modern AAA game with its photorealistic ray-tracing and thought to yourself, “This is cool, but I really miss the blocky, 8-bit charm…

Chris February 8, 2026

Reviews

The Glorious Weight of Big Stompy Robots

If you have ever looked at a skyscraper and thought to yourself, "I really wish I could attach a PPC to that and kick a tank," then Harebrained Schemes has…

Chris February 8, 2026

Gaming News

The Iron Price of Profit: MicroProse and Apoc Unveil ‘Steel Bounty’

On December 18, 2025, legendary publisher MicroProse—the studio behind classics like MechWarrior 2—officially announced Steel Bounty. Developed by indie studio Apoc, this new title is being hailed as a spiritual…

Chris December 21, 2025