“Battletech” is the latest tabletop-to-computer conversion by Harebrained Schemes, the formerly Indie developer which was purchased by Paradox Interactive in 2018, three months after “Battletech’s” release. Harebrained Schemes’ prior efforts focused almost entirely around the resurrection of the ‘Shadowrun’ cyberpunk tabletop RPG in the form of “Shadowrun Returns” and its two expansions, “Dragonfall” and “Hong Kong.” Prior to that long-term project, the team was an unsuccessful iOS mobile game developer, while between “Shadowrun Returns” and “Battletech,” the team worked on an equally-unsuccessful Roguelike/Soulslike in “Necropolis.”
The ‘BattleTech’ IP is, like the ‘Shadowrun’ IP, the brain child of Jordan Weisman, one of Harebrained Sch... |
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