MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries to Add Crossplay on May 27 - News

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Publisher Sold Out and developer Piranha Games announced a new update for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries that will release on May 27 will add cross-platform play and over 30 new and enhanced features. 

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is available now PC via the Epic Games Store, while it will launch alongside the update on May 27 for the Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and GOG.

"The MechWarrior community feedback has been vital for the 30-plus quality-of-life updates and new content at launch,” said Piranha Games president and executive producer Russ Bullock.

"We’ve strived to meet fan expectations for what a MechWarrior experience is with this release—including a new co-op cross-platform experience, base game price drop, and downloadable content with the ability to join a friend for free—and look forward to hearing from them on May 27."

View a new trailer of the game below:

Read the latest information on the game below:

echWarrior 5: Mercenaries finds players in the battlefields of the future, dominated by BattleMechs, hulking machines of war capable of leveling entire cities. As the inheritor of a once-glorious Mercenary company, the quest for glory and revenge will stretch light years, chasing the threads of interstellar intrigue on the journey to become an elite MechWarrior and mercenary commander.

The merc life of a MechWarrior BattleMech pilot continues in the “Heroes of the Inner Sphere” downloadable content. Follow your chosen career path from War Dog to Treasure Hunter in the new Career Mode. Explore new warzones, new quests, and new missions that span the full scope of the Inner Sphere. Hunt the Heroes with special quests that tell the story of seven new heroes and their lostech mechs. Find new mech chassis and variants, weapons, equipment, as well as blueprints to quirk your prized mechs.

Piranha Games has spent a year addressing player concerns for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, implementing enhancements and crushing pain points resulting in over 30 major updates.

Highlighted new features include:

• Cross-Platform Play – Fight alongside your friends with four-player player-versus-enemy co-op support on PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store) and Xbox.
• Downloadable Content Sharing – Play cooperative games with players that own the downloadable content to experience the content.
• Extreme conditions.
• Loads of Gameplay Changes – Including Infantry present throughout game, full 360 LOD radar (with BAP available with downloadable content), more extreme conditions and effects, enhanced AI, enhanced salvage crates, and so much more.
• Campaign Changes – New story beginning and optional tutorial.
• User Interface Changes – Ability to track encounters and where to hunt desired ‘Mechs, instant action loading previously selected mechs and pilots, modding updates, amongst others.

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

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