

Instead, the company has answered the challenge in respectable fashion, promoting a whole new identity and bringing it under the spotlight.

However, for Activision, the unceremonious severance of one of its most successful series has not left it high and dry.

FASA Interactive has since relinquished Activisionof its development rights under the Mechwarrior license, presumably in search of a bigger piece of the profit pie. Mechwarrior 2 was king, and that was that. While rising in popularity among pen-n-paper role playing fans, it was a no-name and a non-factor in the world of computer gaming. A year ago, the name Heavy Gear would have been enkindled little more than a glimmer of recognition or interest among gamers.
