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Warhammer 40K marching to smartphones and tablets

David Hinkle — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:00:00 EST

Games Workshop has licensed its Warhammer 40K property to Roadhouse Interactive, a Vancouver-based mobile studio aiming to create a new game for smartphones and tablets. Described as a side-scrolling action game where one space marine takes on hordes of enemies, Roadhouse Interactive's Warhammer 40K game is currently in development for unknown platforms, though we're assured more information will be released in the coming months.

Warhammer 40K initially started as a tabletop war game created by UK outfit Games Workshop, set far in the future of an alternate universe inhabited by multiple factions: the militaristic Imperium of Man, the savage Orks, the elf-like Eldar and the Daemons, a malignant race of spiritual beings. Warhammer 40K is no stranger to video game tie-ins, our last taste being Relic Entertainment's Warhammer 40K: Space Marine.

[Image is screenshot from Warhammer 40K: Space Marine]

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MechWarrior Tactics developer snags social studio

Mike Suszek — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:00:00 EST

Roadhouse Interactive, developers of MechWarrior Tactics, recently announced the acquisition of social game developer Embassy Interactive in a press release. Now known as Roadhouse Game Studios, the newly-obtained Vancouver team "will focus on new product development for Facebook, smartphones and tablets."

Embassy Interactive developed the UFC Undisputed Fight Night game for Facebook and Tangram Puzzle Pro for iOS.

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MechWarrior Tactics 'friends and family' beta begins May 22

Mike Suszek — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:30:00 EST

MechWarrior Tactics, the upcoming turn-based strategy game by Acronym Games and Roadhouse Interactive set in the BattleTech universe is entering a "friends and family" closed beta program on May 22.

Those that register on the game's forums will receive a beta key "sometime after" May 22, according to an official post on said forums. As of now, it has yet to be determined if you are expected to play the game with friends and family, or ignore them.

[Thanks, Joe!]

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MechWarrior Tactics fires off trailer featuring cinematic replay

Alexander Sliwinski — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:00:00 EST

We were impressed with the premiere presentation of MechWarrior Tactics during GDC. The free-to-play, turn-based strategy game set in the BattleTech universe looked good and included the stand-out feature of replaying actions in a cinematic after each turn. Here's a look at the game's UI and the cinematic feature in action.

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Mechwarrior Tactics features cinematic replays, more details stomp out

Alexander Sliwinski — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 07:00:00 EST

We got our first real look at MechWarrior Tactics today at GDC. The game fills a weird niche with some neat features. The free-to-play, turn-based strategy plays like something more akin to iOS treats Hero Academy or Words with Friends, with asynchronous or concurrent turn-based combat forming the heart of the game. It's a "core" title set in the BattleTech universe -- so, it's "mid-core"?

After each player makes his move in the one-versus-one, player-versus-player map, the game tosses all the turn-based pretense aside and replays the action in a spiffy cinematic. By the time MechWarrior Tactics launches later this year, developer hope to have the camera AI choose the sexy angles for maximum mech-exploding money shots. The camera is all about the long shots in the pre-alpha build.

At the end of a match, players are able to watch the whole match as one movie, and share it on their favorite social media platforms, like Friendster, YouTube and Facebook.

Roadhouse Interactive and Acronym didn't go too deep into how the game's store will operate, but they did show us a booster pack which featured three armaments and a mech chassis. Like most of the current free-to-play games coming to market, money won't win the battle -- but it will speed up building the Atlas of your dreams.

Gallery: MechWarrior Tactics (3/1/12)

Gallery: MechWarrior Tactics (Concept Art)

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Mechs meet hex in MechWarrior Tactics screens

JC Fletcher — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:30:00 EST

The first screens of MechWarrior Tactics reveal a combination of realistic (well, "realistic") robots and environments, combined with classic strategy game hex grids. We're going to imagine there's a little robot who paints those on the ground every morning.

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MechWarrior Tactics deploys on PC in North America this year

David Hinkle — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:30:00 EST

A new, free-to-play entry in the classic MechWarrior series has been announced for the second half of 2012. MechWarrior Tactics is in development at Roadhouse Interactive and A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games, with publishing duties handled by Infinite Game Publishing.

MechWarrior Tactics is a free-to-play, turn-based strategy game employing micro-transactions for purchasing "vital combat and cosmetic resources to outfit each Mech, assemble a lance of four Mechs, and then go online for epic multiplayer showdowns competing for large payouts and top billing on global leaderboards." Right now, that's all we've got to go on -- if you want to register a commander name, you can head over to MechWarrior Tactics' official site.

Otherwise, feel free to go mech shopping via our gallery below.

Gallery: MechWarrior Tactics (Concept Art)

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