Although Weisman created the BattleTech Universe, Harebrained Schemes is working closely with Catalyst Game Labs, the current publisher of the BattleTech tabletop board games and novels, to ensure an authentic BattleTech experience.
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The project, which is targeting a May 2017 release, is being lead by the MechWarrior and BattleTech creator Jordan Weisman.
A narrative-driven campaign (likely the biggest draw for many BattleTech fans who have been clamoring for a single-player game in the universe for decades now) set in the rich lore of the Third Succession Wars of 3025 is hidden behind a million-dollar stretch goal. At the time of publication, the BattleTech Kickstarter is on $795,303, from 11,392 backers. Harebrained Schemes has also gotten permission to use the mech models from Piranha Games’s MechWarrior Online, so the universes will be artistically linked with one another.
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Harebrained Schemes, which has successfully crowd-funded a raft of Shadowrun games in recent years, took to Kickstarter again to ask for $250,000 for a new game in the long-running PC mech series. Expect turn-based combat in BattleTech to feel very different than a more cover-based combat system like Shadowrun’s. Founded in 2011, the Seattle-based studio is centered on deep collaboration between seasoned veterans and fresh talent who share a passion for crafting game worlds and delighting their audience. Their newest creation, Necropolis, is due out in early 2016.
