Battletech’s third – and, until further notice, final – expansion is due for release on November 21. Called Heavy Metal, it’ll introduce eight new mechs. Seven of these, including the ...

30 years ago, you would have found Weisman setting up BattleTech Centers around the world – physical venues where mech fans could go to play multiplayer in enclosed cockpits fitted with multiple ...

Why do light mechs fade into uselessness? Why does it feel like I’m running a Pokémon team instead of a private army? Enter the BattleTech mod scene. Over the years, they’ve done a Reverse ...

When Harebrained Schemes launched Kickstarter campaigns for two turn-based strategy games based on Jordan Weisman's fantasy world of Shadowrun, the company raised more than $3 million. Today ...

Dealing damage is an art, not a science, in the BattleTech universe. Here’s how it works. To “kill” a mech, you have to destroy its center torso, also referred to as the CT. Damage is ...

BattleTech made me think about positioning in a big way, as your mechs have a limited firing arc ... with some compelling 2D cutscenes that look concept art come to life. I never found myself ...

As a turn-based tactics game, BattleTech can let its mechs slowly lumber across a river, or weigh them down with eight different oversized weapons that all fire in one enormous firework finale of ...

The terrain, while still a little muted in its art thanks to BattleTech currently being in “super pre-alpha,” is interesting and erratic—not as smooth and flat as many other strategy games.

The long-running tabletop mech game BattleTech has spawned numerous video games, including MechWarrior, MechAssault, and 2018's BattleTech, but if you've ever wanted to get into the board game ...