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    Stueymon: I would Kick pregnant mothers out of the way to get this if it comes out with a similar Giant controller to the one released with Steel Battalion more »
    Cash907Censored: The dude was in a WarHammer, and he was spooked by a freakin' Jenner? That's like someone in a Mack truck running away from a Yugo. more »
    Ruthless, If you let me: Along with Ed, I was/am freaking out with GLEE! as my avatar might hint at.The "In Game Footage" watermark on the pics is wrong, this was a trailer bu... more »
    Ed Grabianowski: It's true, I did actually freak out with glee. I'm still freaking out with glee, as a matter of fact. more »
    krispykrink: It's about time! Been a BT/MW fan since before there were any computer games for it, just tabletop. When MS bought the rights, they totally destroyed... more »
    FrankenPC: This is great news. I was such a MechWarrior junkie, I had the torso control foot peddles. I WAS the mech... more »
    Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon: Yeah, now that's just awesome. more »
    littlewade: so do we get to defend the inner spear from the villainous clans? Curse you jade falcon more »
    TemporalSword: No PS3 love? *grumble grumble* more »
    kagekiri: How does the Mechwarrior world explain how these giant war machines deal with air-support? They seem pretty slow and weak on countermeasures, so it se... more »
    HamlinEuropa: Explain to me how Harmony Gold or the Macross franchise isn't suing the life out of them for ripping off their mecha designs again? Although, since th... more »
    Darklighter: Please excuse me while I wipe the drool off my keyboard. more »
    YourTechSupport: *ahem* I.. DIG ... GIANT ROBOTS! YOU.. DIG ... GIANT ROBOTS! WE.. DIG ... GIANT ROBOTS! CHICKS.. DIG... GIANT ROBOTS! ... nice! more »
    SaheliOrion: I'm glad to see a reboot of the franchise, but in this day and age, that seems like a death sentence. To be honest, the promo piece was really boring ... more »
    zerofritz: anything that brings back the feeling of the old MW games and none of the feeling of the Xbox games is okay in my book. Since MS bought FASA, and then... more »
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  • #popart

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  • #poll

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  • #monsterpocalypse

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  • #transformers

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  • #art

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  • #monsterpocalypse

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  • #giantrobots

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  • #mechwarrior

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  • #voltron

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  • #monsterpocalypse

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  • #exteel

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  • #photography

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