Mechwarrior 4 free release ready to go; Microsoft behind delays

Posted Nov 14th 2009 3:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Action, Full Games

Last summer fans of the MechWarrior franchise were excited when news hit that a free version of MechWarrior 4 would be released. However its been some time since that announcement was made and there's been no real updates on what's happening on that front.

This week, the team behind the freeversion at MekTek posted up an update on their site declaring that "the release is ready". So what's the hold up. In a word: Microsoft. According to the site the game's developer and owner Microsoft "has endured several administrative changes which currently impede the release." However meetings are scheduled to be held later this month and MechWarrior's current owners Smith and Tinker believe that after those meetings take place "it will only take 1-2 more days before permission is granted."

Tags: mechwarrior, mechwarrior-4, microsoft, smith-and-tinker

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Why isn't there a link to the source for this article?Posted at 11:33AM on Nov 16th 2009 by J

Nevermind...I just realized that the picture itself is the link.Posted at 11:34AM on Nov 16th 2009 by J

What isn't mentioned in the article, by the way, is that the "1-2 days" figure comes AFTER Thanksgiving...

So, as of the 16th, no new updates...and not likely to change until next week.Posted at 11:36AM on Nov 16th 2009 by J

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