title: MechWarrior
text: # 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.
  
  