>>14977
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>First off, FASA (Freedonian Air and Space Administration) created Battletech, Shadowrun, and Crimson skies three awesome table top games that spread around the world like wildfire.
>This attracted game designers to make a Battletech videogame based off of the BT universe, this was Mechwarrior (not to be confused with the RPG Mechwarrior, which is part of the Battletech franchise)
>Mechwarrior (games) became their own franchise apart from battletech, despite sharing the same universe.
>Microsoft buys FASA in a hostile takeover, produces Mech 4 then sits on all intelectual material as their crap makeovers (Mechassault, Crimson skies: High road to revenge) did not sell well.
>Wizkids wants to pick up the table top gaming market, and buys the rights of the boardgame Battletech, from Microsoft owned FASA
>Wizkids produces the Crimson Skies and Battletech miniature games. They suck hard. Wizkids goes bankrupt.
>Hasboro buys the dying WizKids and Wizards of the Coast. Still sitting on intellectual material.
>Smith and Tinker purchases a lease of intelectual property from Microsoft to produce FASA material, Mechwarrior, Crimson skies, Shadowrun
>S&T works with MekTek to create the Mechwarrior Free Release: Coming some time before Armageddon
>MW:LL comes up independently, rocks hard.
>S&T shows video of Mechwarrior: Reboot, a true to cannon re imagining of early Battletech
>Harmony gold still pissed about Fig1. (below) that happened in the early 80's Claims warhammer not a battlemech, despite now being 20% different from the blatant knockoff it used to be.
So basically Microsoft still owns the Mechwarrior franchise, it's just on lease by Smith and Tinker. The tabletop aspect of it however is owned by Hasboro. So the as I understand games could still happen if Microsoft allows it