14 DAY TRIAL // For the first time in 20 years, a MechWarrior game is coming to PlayStation. Piranha Games has just revealed that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and the Heroes of the Inner Sphere expansion will be coming to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on September 23. Additionally, developers announced that a physical edition of the game for PlayStation and Xbox will be released in November.
The PlayStation version of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries will feature full cross-play support for all major platforms, including Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One X, and Xbox One.
Also, fans of the franchise should expect over 30 new and enhanced features representing over a year’s worth of development time to be included in the upcoming release. Furthermore, the folks at Piranha Games confirmed that all MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries players will be able to experience the entirety of the Heroes of the Inner Sphere campaign when joining a match hosted by anyone who owns the expansion, regardless of platform.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries offers a sandbox experience, although it does include a campaign mode that features a new story introduction and optional tutorial. Make no mistake, this is a game where you unlock new mechs and customize them to achieve greatness.
You’ll play the role of a MechWarrior BattleMech pilot and explore warzones, take on quests, and try to find new mech chassis, weapons, equipment, as well as blueprints to upgrade your mechs.
PlayStation players will be happy to know that MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries features a bucketload of gameplay improvements, including full 360 LOD radar (with BAP available with DLC), more extreme conditions and effects, enhanced AI, enhanced salvage crates, and many more.
Also, developers added important UI improvements, such as the ability to track encounters and where to hunt Mechs that you want to add to your roster, instant action loading previously selected mechs and pilots, modding updates, and many more.