Piranha Games, in conjunction with Smith and Tinker Inc have acquired the rights from FASA Studios and Microsoft to produce and base games off of BattleTech’s MW franchise.

more details as they are released!

The technology streams games directly to your system at lightning fast speeds.  This means many things:

• You’re system specs are irrelevant. You’re basically streaming an interactive high quality movie.  So no more upgrading.
• The game is saved on the servers, not your HD, so no more installing/updating/uninstalling etc.  Its all server side.
• No more trips to Walmart at midnight either…
• Platform is irrelevant.  You can play on PC or stream to your TV and use an XBOX-like controller.  Everyone’s playing the same game, together.
• You can play demos or rent games to try them out before you buy. No installs, just stream and try.
• System wide spectate that allows you to watch anyone, anywhere, in any game, whether you have it or not.  Watch a tourney or epic battle in a game you don’t even play.  Watch a friend play to see how the game works before you try it.
• And many more things…

Its all theory until its proven in the real market, but the creators are already backed by most of the largest developers such as EA, Activision, Ubi etc. and plan for a Winter 2009 release.

Watch the videos below for more info.

Tired of wondering if you can play that new game all your friends just got?    Do you wish you could run a test to analyze your dusty hardware?  Now you can!  System Requirements Labs have developed a tool specifically designed for checking your systems specs with the game specs of the past, present, and future!  Just go to System Requirements Labs and give it a try.