Mechwarrior Online – MMO Fallout

Mechwarrior Online has continued its global expansion with servers now available for European gamers, situated out of Strassbourg. Pirhana Games has revealed that average ping times have dropped by an average of 50% with some areas seeing more than a 75% boost to latency. Servers will be available for Oceanic players next month.

“The MechWarrior Online community has always been competitive by nature given the fundamentals of the MechWarrior gameplay, and now that we’ve added European servers a huge portion of our player base that lives in that region can experience MechWarrior Online at the highest competitive level,” said Russ Bullock, president of developer and publisher of Piranha Games.

Mechwarrior Online is currently in the final phase of feature implementation.

(Source: Official website)

I feel like every time that I see Mechwarrior Online in the news, it’s over some expensive new toy available in the cash shop. Today is no different, as Pihrana Games have begun selling gold plated mechs for $500 USD. The mechs were released alongside the clan collection, which itself offers bundles of mechs in packs ranging from $30 to $240. The mechs themselves aren’t actually being released until June 2014, and they come with a unique module that hasn’t been detailed yet.

Once again, if you’re looking for $500 to blow on something that might not be here a decade from now, MMO Fallout is always looking for sponsors.

(Source: PCGamesN)