MechWarrior is back and going harder than ever with a completely standalone game confusingly titled MechWarrior 5: Clans, some five years after MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. Clans is a bold game that improves on the classic sim-lite action of MechWarrior by adding a more modern, story-driven framing—which succeeds at the cost of flexibility.

MechWarrior 5: Clans launches day one on Microsoft’s subscription service, Game Pass. Piranha Games, best known for MechWarrior Online, releases MechWarrior 5: Clans across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S on October 16, and we now know it also hits Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass then.

The second wave of new Game Pass games for the month of October includes Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and MechWarrior 5: Clans.

Welcome to another Xbox Game Pass update for October 2024! Today, we've got two new additions to the service - including a brand-new release in the form of MechWarrior 5: Clans. Here's some more information on that day one drop, alongside today's other Xbox Game Pass addition:

Clans, I had a stunning realization—it’s been quite a while since I last played a MechWarrior game. Back when I was a kid, Metal Mech was one of those oddities that ended up in my NES collection. While not a true MechWarrior game,

Clans, the latest in the long-running series of vehicle simulation games that allows players to control their very own BattleMech, will be available on not only PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, but also Xbox Game Pass and PC Game Pass when it launches on October 16 at 5:00 p.