Inner Sphere News Roundup - Week of 17th Sept. 3049

Welcome to the weekly roundup of news from the Inner Sphere, for the week of 17th September 3049.

Mon. Sept 17, 3049:
Wangker Aerospace announced work on a “Banshee fighter prototype”; a test bed for numerous, new technologies.

Ask the Devs Part 17

The questions and answers from the seventeenth round of 'Ask the Devs' have been posted:

Q: Have you guys ever considered making customization more akin to refit kits in Strat Ops? See page 188 for what I mean.[Stormwolf]
A: Yes, and we feel our system is the best mix of tabletop, past MechWarrior games, and our own spin. It allows customizability without compromising the idea and purpose behind the weapon, chassis, etc. [Garth]

Inner Sphere News Roundup - Week of 10th Sept. 3049

Welcome to the weekly roundup of news from the Inner Sphere, for the week of 10th September 3049.

Mon. Sept 10, 3049:
 Independence Weaponry publishes 1,000 page report it states “proves VTR-9K Endo Steel chassis has no defects”.

Fan-Made MWO Closed Beta Trailer

Trawling through YouTube today I stumbled upon the below fan-made trailer for the MWO closed beta. It has been done in the manner of a lot of 'top frag' videos from CS:GO and the like, being a montage of ingame footage spliced together in time to a soundtrack.

Senior Gameplay Engineer Thomas Dziegielewski Chat Transcript

Last night the MWO devs hosted a chat with Senior Gameplay Engineer Thomas Dziegielewski, the transcript of which can be found below the jump.