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Glory, Dietrich, and Eiger in the Harebrained Schemes game Shadowrun: Dragonfall, on which Mike McCain served as director
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Oscar-Winning BattleTech Director Returns for Harebrained Schemes' Next Game

Shadowrun: Dragonfall and BattleTech director Mike McCain has returned to his former studio Harebrained Schemes to head up work on the developer's next title. Per a press release, McCain will both…

January 30, 2024 | 10:50 EST

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Paradox & Harebrained Schemes Are Parting Ways Following Weak Sales of Latest Game

Today Paradox Interactive announced that it's parting ways with its subsidiary studio Harebrained Schemes effective January 1, 2024. The split is a result of a mutual agreement according to a press…

October 17, 2023 | 04:07 EDT

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The Lamplighters League Announced for PC and Xbox by BattleTech Developer & Paradox

Today, during the Paradox Announcement Show, Harebrained Schemes announced its brand new game The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World. The game is a stylish pulp tactical turn-…

March 6, 2023 | 12:10 EST

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Paradox Will Host Announcement Show "Presented by Xbox" Next Week

Today Paradox Interactive revealed that it'll host a game announcement next week, and there seem to be a lot of interesting goodies on the menu.  The show will air on March 6, 2023, at 6:00 pm CET,…

February 27, 2023 | 01:26 EST

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BattleTech Goes Superheavy in Next Expansion, Heavy Metal

Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes announced the next expansion for BattleTech: Heavy Metal, coming November 21st at ParadoxCon today. Heavy Metal packs in eight new 'Mechs, seven from the…

October 19, 2019 | 04:30 EDT

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Off The Shelf / On The Tabletop - BattleTech

This week, the On The Tabletop team take a look at Catalyst Game Labs' (CGL) new BattleTech Starter Sets. BattleTech as a franchise is huge. There is a whole host of tabletop and video games to meet…

July 23, 2019 | 01:00 EDT

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BattleTech Tabletop Interview - Bringing The Future Of BattleTech To Us Now!

Catalyst Game Labs have the license for the upcoming BattleTech tabletop releases. Following the recent video game release, we interviewed some members of the CGL BattleTech team, which you can read…

May 16, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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BattleTech

BattleTech is a turn based strategy game, based on the tabletop system that started in 1984. Previous BattleTech games have all been first person and real time strategy, this is the first title…

November 2, 2019 | 11:03 EDT

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Battletech Tips and Tricks Guide

Want some BattleTech tips? TechRaptor has your back! Harebrained Schemes' BattleTech was released just over a week ago. While some players have been operating their BattleMech mercenary outfits well…

May 6, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Harebrained Schemes Reveal BattleTech Post-Launch Roadmap

Last week Harebrained Schemes (HBS) released their turn-based strategy title, set in the long-running BattleTech universe. You can check out our review of BattleTech here. A week after launch, HBS…

May 4, 2018 | 10:44 EDT

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Review

BattleTech Review

BattleTech has a huge history in terms of tabletop gaming and video games. Starting life on the tabletop in 1984 as a wargame, it has been transferred across nearly every tabletop market including…

April 24, 2018 | 05:57 EDT

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An Introduction to BattleTech

On the April 24, 2018, Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive will release BattleTech on Windows, Linux, and OS X. What some of you may not know is that the BattleTech series has a 34-year…

April 22, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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PC Gaming Show E3 2017 - Battletech

At the PC Gaming Show we got a look at Battletech, a turn based mech stratgy game developed by Hairbrained Studios, the developers behind the recent Shadowrun games. As all Battletech should have,…

June 12, 2017 | 02:25 EDT