BattleTech Background and Origin

The BattleTech Universe

A Look at FASA's Rich Gaming and Fiction Franchise
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Where did BattleTech come from?

Our favorite board game has been around for a long time.
Some interesting facts.

The connection between the pods and the new MechWarrior...

The guy who is making the new MechWarrior (what some refer to as MechWarrior 5, but isn't) is the same guy who MADE BattleTech at FASA and then helped start Virtual World Entertainment !

In the Virtual-Reality Arena the Techies Are the Real Warriors, a story of the Version 4 (Tesla II) Cockpits. (Circa 1997)

Then when Microsoft bought FASA Interactive, Weisman said that Microsoft "destroyed development culture" at FASA.

"FASA Interactive founder Jordan Weisman has spoken out about Microsoft's acquisition of his highly-regarded studio, saying that the corporation "destroyed" its development culture and came close to doing the same with Halo developer Bungie. " Read more...

Weisman started Smith and Tinker that created a game for boys that blends web play and toys.

Smith and Tinker, with the aide of Piranha Games, released a teaser video of MechWarrior and then was quickly pulled for including an "Unseen". This video was to promote the reboot of the BattleTech franchise. Then MechWarrior Online appeared and offered some background on how the teaser and the game came to be.