The Dragon's Gambit Launch Trailer

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries DLC #5
The Dragon's Gambit
Launching September 28th 00:00 UTC
mw5mercs.com/purchase
Embark on an epic quest line as your mercenary company joins forces with the 5th Amphigean Light Assault Group. Together, you must defend the Draconis Combine against a massive invasion by the FedCom Alliance. Brace yourself for the largest handcrafted campaign yet, spanning 15 thrilling missions, and prove your mettle in the face of this formidable threat as you strive to safeguard the future of the Draconis Combine.
More Information about the DLC
mw5mercs.com/dlc/the-dragons-...

[@normanred9212]

I can't wait to invade them as Smoke Jaguar

[@SkaerKrow]

And then lose Huntress. Funny what happens when you play the tape all of the way through.

[@bumble3572]

@@SkaerKrow And then be revived as Terra falls to the Clans. Funny what happens when you play the tape all of the way through.

[@ObiwanNekody]

Stomping Dracs is a reward in of itself. Possibly even more rewarding than stomping clanners, despite being so much easier.

[@TimberWulfIsHere]

​@@SkaerKrowthe tape?

[@Birbucifer]

@@bumble3572 As a nonvoting clan

[@Andriy_Doc]

I was so sure we won't see another DLC for this game. So glad I was wrong!!

[@normanred9212]

And they will have another too

[@Nanolis]

Imagine they'd move on to developing MW5:Clans and give it DLC instead of MW5 since it's on UE5, would be kind of weird to switch back and forth.

[@yrrot7]

@@Nanolis two (mostly) different teams.

[@Nanolis]

Ah, surprised they had the staff to have multiple teams, as a while back didn't someone say to Phil something along the lines of 'you don't want people to stop working on MW5 to work on MWO'?

[@connormckevern9471]

They have the ability to create a new document for every major campaign...

[@The-0ni]

I am absolutely stoked!!!! Thank you for the continued support for MW5!!!

[@BigRed40TECH]

HONOUR THE DRAGON! The Gunji No Kanrei and Coordinator lead us to victory!

[@grolsch973]

The help of ComStar led you to victory :)

[@Fanatic808]

THE COORDINATOR WILLS IT AND SO SHALL IT BE DONE!

[@BigRed40TECH]

@@grolsch973 Blake be Praised O.O

[@frankverisco4722]

Longbow is one of my favorite mechs. Glad I finally get to use it!

[@torincestovatel7730]

You´ve missed it Mechwarrior 4 from 2002 😉

[@Grimmwoldds]

"finally" Well, it's a reused Macross design, alongside the Rifleman, Warhammer, Archer, Phoenix Hawk, and Stone Rhino.

[@neogokiMK00]

@@torincestovatel7730 I loved the Longbow there, so many LRMs to just bury the targets at love range even with AMS you get some damage in if you bring ONLY LRMs

[@torcheddreadnought899]

You: Longbow... Me: They will fight.../caugh...die in the shade. Them: BooM!

[@neogokiMK00]

I want a Lance of Longbows with a Lance of mediums as Bodyguards, and a Lance of Heavys for attack after we said "Hi!"

[@OsirisLord]

The Draconis Combine is on the verge of defeat. The FedCom Alliance is poised for victory. Theodore Kurita has entered the chat.

[@steinarbergstl5799]

Yeah! They expected Theodore to be another Takashi. Ooops!

[@Bdakkon]

Awesome. You guys keep supporting MW5 with content and I'll keep supporting you by buying it.

[@fireleo78]

This has grown to be my most played game on my console, I was sure it would get old with the lack of UI, but they’re still making improvements. Its poised to be one of the best games in this generation.

[@Will_9761.]

The War of 3039 will be interesting to see. PGI should do the Andurien Crisis for a House Marik DLC. Either help the Anduriens leave the FWL or help the FWL put the Anduriens back in the Marik fold. It started from 3030 and lasted until 3040.

[@terrinils3165]

I spoke to the narrative director of MW5 a while ago, and he said he thought about it, but the Andurien crises would be difficult due to how long the conflict was. I'm not ruling it out, but PGI simply might not feel like putting the time and resources into creating that DLC. Especially since they just announced MW5: Clans.

[@flashbackflip]

​@@terrinils3165wow! Haven't heard about Clans - is this a dlc or stand alone game?

[@phillipmcfadden6695]

​@@flashbackflipstand alone game you play as clan smoke jaguar

[@flashbackflip]

@@phillipmcfadden6695 hmmmm.. i hope it will be converted into Mercenaries in the form of mods - all the models and environments.. i like the open nature of that setting. Also - will be glad for more narrated experience in Clans - like in Wing Commander but mechs

[@HalIOfFamer]

​@@flashbackfliphonestly good that they are making a new game. Mw5 was good really only with mods. I hope they fix that slight of honor they call a mechlab and also hopefully we get animations that don't look like duck waddles or whatever the javelin does at high speed.

[@steinarbergstl5799]

The war of 3039 and the beginning of the rise of Theodore Kurita! I've been wanting to play in this era... forever. One of the few where the focus was on the Combine rather than on just the FedRats and Hanse (and his offspring).

[@irishijo1]

15 missions and a Re-Seen battlemech? I'm on board for more previously Unseen designs coming to Mech 5, fingeres crossed for the most wide-spread mech in the Inner Sphere pre-clans next

[@det_mcnugget1025]

This is the last dlc before the next game I’m pretty sure

[@irishijo1]

@@det_mcnugget1025 Everything I have heard from PGI themselves has contradicted this statement, even Russ made a comment addressing someone calling Dragons Gambit the last DLC. Theres still more things they could release for MW5M, like a GDL campaign around the Helm Memory Core, but I do agree that there arent a whole lot of events they can pull from thanks to the start year

[@WayneWatson1]

The modders do a better job

[@thelordofcringe]

​@det_mcnugget1025 theres going to be at least one more dlc before MW5:C comes out. As MW5 will remain the dedicated mercenary company simulator for the franchise, it's possible we'll get a few more dlc in the future too. MW5:C is going to be more focused on the clan invasion era, I'd be surprised if we got even 75% of inner sphere mechs currently in mw5. Gotta add all those clanner mechs, new inner sphere stuff, and so on.

[@Argroh]

if anything, the release of MW5C is but a stand-alone expansion, this game will continue to be updated every so often. Lots of things in the Inner Sphere to do.

[@eliarevalo]

Glad to see this game still getting attention 😊

[@echeese63]

So it's safe to say that mech games, as a genre, are back?

[@dunmeroverlord]

Yes, I think armored core 6 finally brought it back

[@dotmbarricade3424]

No

[@Chromedbustop]

Back to where?

[@KABLAMMATS]

Yeah and Titanfall 2 is live again

[@-pressxtostart-]

​@@KABLAMMATSit was honestly amazing seeing 9000 players online on playstation recently 😊 titanfall is really fun even though im terrible

[@helltrigger87]

Can't wait to crush the fed suns as the Dragon merc

[@TheFullmetalManiac]

This oughta be fun. Especially considering all the jobs I took AGAINST House Kurita, lol.

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

I love the reference to that one Locust starting shit in the Periphery. It gets me every time I hear about them gunning down 8 children.

[@OmicronusMartinez]

Holy shit they reference Santiago?

[@BreakCheckTv]

This is one the one game that never leaves my SSD. Thanks you guys so much for the continued support of this game. Really cant wait to see what you guys have in store next for MW5. Really would like to see the option for Joint operations where you can split the portions of earnings with other players and they can bring there mechs along within the tonnage limit or something along those lines. Kind of like a drop in coop style. Really would like that instead of just having to and try to find different people to play with. Either way looking forward to what comes next!

[@Burritosalsa]

omg longbow how i missed you ❤

[@Andrewlik]

FOR THE COMBINE!

[@theoldone689]

FOR THE COMBINE!

[@battletechpropaganda]

on the world of santiago a mechwarrior in the 17th galadon regulars, a dcms provincial unit seconded to garrison duty in support of the non-invasion retaliated against snowball throwing children who'd been giving him crap for standing around in a locust while trying to look tough at the same time.

[@jackfwoodward]

before fellow citizens ended up giving him even more shit to a point he attempted to retreat, fell over, and let loose on lasers and flamers after they attempted to breach the cockpit

[@Fanatic808]

AT YOUR COMMAND COORDINATOR

[@GuardianM25]

Love to hear new MW5 news

[@Ragnarok182]

Still waiting patiently for my Dire Wolf but the longbow Missle boat is going to be good time as well. 😈

[@kierancarter8369]

See the news release about the clans

[@battletechpropaganda]

there will be no clan mechs in mw5:mercs, also its called a daishi you clanner.

[@DeadRaiserGaming]

@@battletechpropaganda Steam page is already up for MW5: Clans. It's a standalone singleplayer "sequel" to MW5: Mercs. It's more akin to MW4: Vengeance and MW4: Mercs if that helps.

[@brenton3796]

Awesome 😁 currently really excited to see what happens

[@solidshot7849]

For the First Prince! Today we slay the dragon! (PS I know you fight for the combine in the dlc, but that Davion dakka will always have my heart)

[@VilkarinSalvokath]

.....The cinematic at the start and end makes me think of a certain incident in the Periphery hundreds of years prior to the current setting.

[@doyouevenpraise189]

glad this game still gets support and new content!

[@JustinKase1969]

Very excited! Are we working for the Combine or Fed Suns? If we are working for the Combine, we all know how this will end, as just about any Mercenary Company knows how it will end when working for the Dracs. If this is true to lore, it won't be a good ending for us.

[@Aiolos07]

Working for the Combine, you are fighting against the FedSuns/Lyrans.

[@tetsatou2815]

Yeah, we're working with the Dracs, and thank Christ for that. Kinda getting tired of having no real reason to work for anyone but FedSuns, when they're smug and boring.

[@JustinKase1969]

@@tetsatou2815 Working for the Dracs certainly won't be boring, especially when they betray you at the most opportune moment (for them) ;)

[@JustinKase1969]

@@Aiolos07 Thanks, wasn't sure!

[@Dazzxp]

​@@JustinKase1969so just like real life then lol

[@BlackCatUltra]

Oh my I hope they add clan invasion. And possibly ferois fiber or engine mods. And having clan mechs that run clan heat syncs that work only in clan mechs. Ready for the Dragon dlc!

[@Gibblets411]

Well, 50/50... Clan sequel was announced. Mechwarrior 5: Clans, but it's not tied into MW5 exactly Alternatively, download the YAML mods, and get Coyote's missions and VonBiomes while you're at it.

[@BlackCatUltra]

@@Gibblets411 I got friends on console so until they get PC I won't cause I wouldn't want to play without the clan. And as you said it's was announced by a KZbin spoof at the moment, hope that changes.

[@Gibblets411]

@@BlackCatUltra Idk if it went through cause my comment had a link to it, but MW5 Clans has a Steam Store page.

[@CallsignYukiMizuki]

MY PATRIOTIC RASALHAGUE ASS FIGHTING FOR THE DRACS THE SAME WAY THE DRACS FOUGHT ON THE REPUBLIC'S BEHALF DURING THE RONIN WARS. GLORY TO RASALHAGUE! FOR THE COMBINE!

[@matthewborders4623]

Can’t freaking wait !

[@adrianv8915]

Writing kicked up a notch. 🤘

[@alentejano22ptg]

Ironically, this time we are in fact going rouge.

[@josiepicado9179]

Just watched. Looks amazing!

[@Martin_Hermann]

There is so much story potential in Battletech. They could churn out DLCs for hundreds of years.

[@Laserred01]

I haven't played MW4 in... I don't remember how many years! Might check it out.

[@Vanq17]

Wait, so they're releasing DLC for Mercenaries and they're working on the standalone Clan game? Damn, its good eating for Mechwarrior fans!

[@Molonlabe07]

I was waiting for this to finish my current playthrough, can't wait for clans now, so hyped for that.

[@doodiezgrandpa6520]

clans will be the next game, and the last dlc for mw5 will be in q12024, this was oficialy anonced on a g7 meetings. the new mw5:Clans game will be a "remake"of sorts, of MechWarrior 2

[@doodiezgrandpa6520]

this is the teaser work in progress kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGq4doWqorSraqc&ab_channel=TMC

[@Molonlabe07]

@@doodiezgrandpa6520 ya I know it's a new game, I'm still hyped for it

[@gary9346]

Oh damn I'm excited

[@palemoogle3049]

I'm very excited

[@keithpalmer4547]

I played this through was a fun campaign. Highly recommend.

[@YurNikolaev]

Waiting for it!!!

[@user-lb9nl6dh8y]

For The Dragon! :)

[@dragonkhight3315]

Hey hello. This is Kurita. We need your help, mercenary. What? you hear rumors about us?....we lied and dont pay? Noncence. This time...i mean, we pay you. And LOOK! We have longbow! Cmon.

[@XxFulgrimxX]

I guess the idea is to cover all the major pre-Clan Invasion Inner Sphere conflicts in Merc?

[@purplekey9330]

"Hans Davion wishes to bleed the Draconis Combine out of existence" Oh if only they were successful

[@vanuzasouza9054]

Wow mechwarriorior is fire Man

[@nuttyrat]

Woohooo!! can't wait!

[@thomasludwigs2532]

"And then he said 'It's war crime time!' and then he war crimed all over them."

[@sergey6659]

Wonderful!!!

[@noodles2459]

Information is ammunition. God this makes me want a battletech Tv show again so bad.

[@Markosinkpen117]

Glory to the Combine! BANZAI!!!!

[@humbleweirdo2860]

Oooo very exciting!

[@SkaerKrow]

They will know the strength of the Pillar of Steel.

[@Troubleshooter11]

Aaaw, the day after my birthday. You guys shouldn't have :)

[@shadowwolf1516]

Love this game can't wait for clans

[@jomama1352]

I cant wait. Wish we could get renasters of older battle tech ganes like mw2-4 and mechassault 1 and 2.

[@jukahri]

I'll take MechCommander 3

[@JRufu]

So yeah... just took a Longbow for a spin.. turns out 50 missiles in VERY effective.

[@AntonioMartinez-hi6bh]

Hell Yeah!

[@Lastburn]

Can't wait to bully the kuritas after working for them again

[@BFG-Based]

I... kinda played MW5M too much last year, I'll wait for MW5C :)

[@kumii0981]

Remember its only 3039 we have another 16 before the clan invasion.

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

I still hope one day we also get some drivable tanks for change or other small stuff.. helicopters, etc.

[@kolowrath]

‘Mech!!! ❤

[@brownbear992]

0:41 we gonna talk about that? lol

[@escapegulag4317]

first Armored Core and now this! amazing!

[@Ironclockwork]

'Tis a good time to be a fan of giant stompy robots.

[@escapegulag4317]

@@Ironclockwork sure is!

[@kennethellis2666]

Camacho's Caballeros and Grave Walkers mentioned? Guess we're going to Vega.

[@matyipagonyi3962]

The longbow was always my favourite battlemech, i cant wait to see what the hero variant will bring!

[@steinarbergstl5799]

The Longbow: For when the answer to the question "How many LRM's do you want?" is "Yes!"

[@GunRunner106]

2x UAC20s and a bunch or ER lasers. there is also always that classy double PPC variant... 3x (light) AC5s per arm tho....

[@matyipagonyi3962]

@@GunRunner106 those could be nice variants but there is no uac20 in mw5 nor light autocannons :(

[@GunRunner106]

@@matyipagonyi3962 well those are like post clanner stuff, if game keeps going as is and adding more we get there evtl~ most of the variants of the longbow are clanner or post clanner tech like that 70 LRM variant or a ll those MRM versions....

[@jamesmortimer4016]

Will my AI be smart enough to keep it´s distance when I put it in a longbow?

[@Jeff-ne1lh]

Nice!

[@RSColddawg]

Sweet!

[@Cenot4ph]

awaiting all the mod updates before getting into this

[@changeagent228]

All I can think about is Clans now. Juicy UE5.3 graphics come on!

[@Fryepod3628]

AYEEEEE

[@jagglebones]

i love this game

[@daisusaikoro]

Holy shit. That second voice is Miro from AEW. Has to be. It sounds so much like him.

[@daisusaikoro]

Actually Miro opens the whole thing. That's freaking Miro!

[@motorcycle-man]

Yo major warcrime in that first scene😂😂

[@mclang5932]

I really don't want to fight for Kurita... But _man gotta do what man gotta do_ it seems.

[@antokankaras]

piranha games, please fix those stutters when Ryana radios in / new units spawn. i heard it is related to asset loading in UE 4 or something. please fix those stutters they are annoying and immersion breaking in otherwise perfect mech game. this is a direct order from the company commander himself.

[@trentpeterson3495]

"LONG BOW!!!"

[@jhonvoyage2564]

YASSSS!!!

[@VirtualGamesPlay]

ждём с нетерпением👍👍

[@dertoning]

Hard to view this without seeing a healthy dose of ComStar assistance in the background.

[@nicholasribbot7367]

All of the dlcs have been great additions so far guys but seriously just give us a bunch of mech packs

[@Slobbynobby]

Love mech games this shit is gonna go hard af

[@markopolo13245]

daishi (Dire wolf) has been in production since 3010, this dlc is in 3039, where's my chunky boy

[@Machine_Cult]

nice!

[@RemTV]

is it anything like the rasalhague dlc? i hope you guys didn't just shove a gauntlet of enemies for my lances to grind their faces against...

[@thelordofcringe]

Rasalhague is exactly how it plays out in the lore, ironically. Just insane blobs of units thrown around on the steiner Davion border during that era. I guess that's what happens when one side has no competent officers and the other is sending them all to fight border conflicts with Hanse Davion

[@RemTV]

@thelordofcringe well just because it plays that way in the lore it doesn't make it a fun DLC

[@thelordofcringe]

@@RemTV I know, it's just funny that terrible gameplay design ends up mimicking the lore

[@battlemech]

longbow!

[@shabah2644]

still haven't played mw5, adulting and all that but one day I will and all the dlc with it. I must admit id rather be fighting for fedcom, but I guess as a hired gun I should just focus on who is providing the paycheck. anyways in all seriousness this looks really good and looking forward to playing it.

[@OmicronusMartinez]

In the base game, the entire Concord of Kapteyn (Marik, Liao, and Kurita's semi-official ceasefire alliance post-FedCom alliance) wants my merc company wiped out and my head on a stick. This dlc I think is more centered on the Combine and the War of 3039.

[@ZenoTypeX2]

i could swear the person saying good to have you on bord commander sounds familiar

[@JimBobJoeB0b]

Lmao I love how they openly advertise the silly rag doll physics

[@DimensionX-9]

That Dragon punched the other mech into another dimension lol

[@Calbeck]

Much as I'm opposed to House Kurita on every level except physical, this looks REALLY good.

[@brentkalmbacher9092]

NARC beacon locked, firing all pods.

[@joenewson3376]

I LOVE THIS GAME HATE ALL YOU WANT

[@rodrigolillo4290]

Hope to see a reference to clans

[@ShinseiRen]

1:04 is this our man Baradur?

[@kragglewulf4105]

Mech Clans better be alot like the 90s mech warrior games. There is no "tactics" in the current Mercs one, its not bad I love it, but its not great. Cant wait MADCAT MADCAT MADCAT!

[@dmora2386]

Wonder if there will be branching storylines?

[@SrAntonio301]

Is this coming out before the clans content?

[@wolfluva24]

Ooooh hallooooo Dies ist Ihre freundliche Steiner-Späherlanze, die hier ist, um Ihre Siedlung zu besetzen