Smith & Tinker is Jordan Weisman's new holding company for ex-FASA intellectual property, if I have that quite right; I do know he (through the company) has reacquired the rights to the Battletech universe from the wreckage of FASA Interactive and Microsoft. So they and Piranha Games look to be creating a new MechWarrior game, set before all the others in the "old" Inner Sphere days of 3015. Which, by the by, is the era I played the most in my misspent college days...
-- Steve's eagerly awaiting more.
PS: Apparently battletech.com is going to be releasing MechWarrior 4 as freeware to mark the 25th (!!) anniversary of Battletech. Cool, but man I'm starting to feel old again.
edited to add: More details available at the Escapist, including the juicy tidbit that they're looking at including battlefield roles for all classes of 'Mech in multiplayer and that you can gain experience for playing the same type of machine over time... so it's not just a long grind up from Locust to Atlas, and even the little guys can win out against the big-bads. *chafes hands* I can't wait.
Current Mood: 
jubilant
jubilant