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 agile Flea ...

BattleTech provides exciting strategic decisions and a compelling story, ... Rocket boosting a 60-ton mech to the top of mountain then raining down missiles on your enemy will never not be cool.

With all these tactical considerations and customisation options, BattleTech seems pretty clever, but nothing is as satisfying as the simple pleasure of watching two mechs box.

In BattleTech, turn order is determined by a mech's initiative score, and that is dictated by the weight class of the machine. Light mechs go first, then medium, heavy, and assault mechs go last.

The new BattleTech is incredibly fun, and feels like a strategy game I’ve been waiting for for a long time. It’s systems are complex and deep, but still surprisingly understandable at a glance.

BattleTech has no undo function for a turn gone awry, so it's vital to know exactly where your mechs will end up after a move, what they'll be able to see, and who can see them - the UI achieves this.

BattleTech: Heavy Metal brings Mechs, ... COIL guns give you reasons to stick with lighter Mechs for longer, and it’s all wrapped together by the biggest Flashpoint that the game has seen so far ...

Battletech’s Flashpoint DLC Brings More Varied Tactical Mech Action Miguel Moran 27/11/18 Comments Closed In a year jam-packed with Game of the Year caliber releases, it can be easy to forget ...

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 ...

Mech positioning is a critical part of success, since where you're facing and standing affects buffs and other combat benefits in addition to who can fire at you. BattleTech is a strategy game set ...

BattleTech is fundamentally a game about just barely scraping by, and deciding what to improve and which mech to repair first can be pivotally important choices to make.