The game isn't due until 2018, so there isn't much to say about the exact game mechanics or storyline. However, there's promises of a choice-driven campaign where buying and maintaining BattleMechs hinges on your combat performance. Will the invading Clans make an appearance, we wonder?

The teaser video certainly points to improved immersion, including when you're outside of your war machine -- there's a sequence where you have to board your mech Star Citizen-style. The Unreal Engine visuals also look to be an upgrade over existing robotic shooters, including those outside of the BattleTech universe. Although it's far, far too soon to declare this game a success, what's present suggests that Piranha might breathe life into a genre that many had written off.