Multiplayer BattleTech 3025

Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025

Developer(s)	Kesmai
Genre(s)	MMORPG

Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 is a PC MMORPG developed by Kesmai during the same period as Microsoft's MechWarrior 4: Vengeance. The game occupies the fictional 31st century universe of BattleTech and focuses centrally on the large robotic war machines called BattleMechs ('Mechs) and the individuals who pilot them. The game was released as a beta in 2001 and shut down with little explanation on December 6, 2001.

History

Multiplayer BattleTech: 3025 is the third online incarnation of the BattleTech series. The first was Multiplayer BattleTech: EGA, available on the GEnie game service, followed by Multiplayer BattleTech: Solaris.

Kesmai originally farmed out development of the title to Israeli developer 2 AM, but the resulting product was considered a failure and resulted in the game being pulled back into Kesmai studio under the lead of Nick Laiacona and Matt Shaw. During this period Kesmai focused on reengineering the 3D combat portion of the game to use the studio's internal K3D rendering engine. Development continued after Kesmai's purchase by Electronic Arts and included an overhaul of the galactic conquest portion of the game.

Gameplay

Players of 3025 connected to an MMOG-style server, selected an affiliation in the form of a Great House, selected a planet, then descended to the surface to engage in a virtual four-on-four battle with opposing players. The results of such battles were planets being won and lost for the five major houses, shifting the borders of various factions in the Inner Sphere. 3025 used many more of the original BattleTech rules than the MechWarrior series.

BattleTech

Universe	BattleMech Characters

Tabletop games	Classic BattleTech CityTech AeroTech BattleForce BattleSpace BattleTech Collectible Card Game BattleTroops MechWarrior MechWarrior: Dark Age The Succession Wars

MechWarrior series	MechWarrior SNES 3050 2: 31st Century Combat 2: Mercenaries 3 4: Mercenaries 4: Vengeance Online Tactics

Other video games	BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Inception BattleTech: The Crescent Hawk's Revenge MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf Phantom War MechCommander 2 MegaMek Multiplayer BattleTech 3025 EGA Solaris MechWarrior: Living Legends BattleTech

Other	FASA WizKids FanPro Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Centers BattleTech: The Animated Series BattleTechnology List of novels MechWarrior: Dark Age (novels)

Book:MechWarrior series Category:BattleTech

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