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Mechcommander

Developer: FASA Interactive · Published by MicroProse Software, Inc. · 1999
A restored Vault stub from the August 1999 POCG news desk.
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About This Game

Mechcommander is covered here as part of the August 1999 POCG news archive. This Vault entry is a restoration stub tied to period news coverage, preserving the release, demo, beta, promotion, hardware tie-in or development update as it was reported at the time. The story connects the game to the late-1999 PC and console scene, when gold master announcements, demos, patches, online ladders, hardware bundles and retail shipments were all hitting at once. Further release details, platform notes, developer history and review context can be expanded during the full Vault restoration pass. For now, this entry exists so the news archive has a clean game relationship instead of leaving the story floating loose.

In the News3 mentions
Aug 291999
Mechcommander Gold To Ship Next Week
Mechcommander Gold To Ship Next Week is the word today, so this one is out of the developer cave and headed toward duplication. Microprose is behind the announcement....
Release
Dec 251998
Microsoft Buys FASA Interactive
Microsoft Buys FASA Interactive: It seems that FASA Interactive, developers of the MechCommander and the MechWarrior line of games, has been bought by Microsoft.
Release
Jul 131998
MechCommander Cheat Codes
FASA Interactive put out all the cheat codes for MechCommander in their Support section of the website.
Release