Today Piranha Games reached out with a press release announcing that Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries will miss its previously-announced September 10 release date.
The game will now come exactly three months later on December 10. A closed beta will be hosted starting on November 5.
On top of that, the game will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store.
Producer Russ Bullock accompanied the press release with a comment explaining the reasons for the decision.
“Our partnership with the Epic Games store allows Piranha the opportunity to make sure MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries meets our internal goal of creating the best MechWarrior game possible. Since we announced the development of the first single-player MechWarrior game in 17 years, we have stated that our goal was to deliver to fans a MechWarrior: Mercenaries experience with true freedom of choice and to be able to share that experience in a coop setting.
Understandably some fans will be disappointed that they have to wait a short while longer for MechWarrior 5, but it’s important to Piranha Games that we absolutely get this right. We are happy to say that our new partnership with Epic Games store allows us the time and ability to accomplish our goals both in the games development and marketing efforts.”
That being said, if you’re not happy about the move to the Epic Games Store, refunds will be offered:
“Fans looking to obtain refunds from their preorder of any tier are able to do so by September 1st. Preorder refunds of any tier will be refunded in full. Additionally, fans seeking refunds will be able to keep all bonus MechWarrior Online content from the Standard, Collector and Ultimate Editions of the preorder, which amount to $100, $180, and $300 dollars worth of in-game currency and content for MechWarrior Online including all bonus items like XP, premium time, badges, decals, cockpit items and more, depending on which preorder tier they purchased. Refunded preorders will be unable to participate in the upcoming closed beta for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, now scheduled for November as well as lose the exclusive MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC items.”
If you want to see more of MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, you can also check out the latest trailer, another trailer from December last year, alongside plenty of rather spectacular gameplay.
