Mechwarrior 5 - Confirmed!

It is however being developed by PGI, so take that with a grain of salt. 

News just dropped at MechCon 2016 that Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is slated to come out some time in 2018. To show off the new game, Pirahna Games posted a Pre-Alpha look at the game on YouTube, which can be found here (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz8Y1V8gy1A ), on their new Website for it, they posted the below excerpt showing the setting of the game (Can be found here: http://www.mw5mercs.com/) 

The year is 3015.

Humanity has expanded to the stars, colonizing a vast region of space known as the Inner Sphere. Where the Star League once ruled in relative stability, generations of countless wars, alliances, and betrayals have divided the Inner Sphere into five distinct Successor States. These states, also known as the Great Houses, have fought and quarreled for centuries over the remnants of the Star League and control of the Inner Sphere. They are now in the midst of a Third Succession War, one which has been raging for almost 150 years.

While the battlefields of the Inner Sphere burn with an array of devastating weaponry, none is more formidable than the BattleMech. These immense fighting machines, piloted by elite fighters known as MechWarriors, dominate the wars of the future with enough firepower to annihilate entire cities.

In MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries you will adopt the role of a rookie MechWarrior pilot thrust into combat as the Third Succession War continues to fracture the Inner Sphere. Take contracts from the factions of your choosing and engage in tactical, first-person, PvE ‘Mech combat through an immersive, career-based Mercenary campaign driven by player choice. Victory, prestige, and profit will not only require skill on the battlefield, but in the acquisition, maintenance, and enhancement of your BattleMechs.

Set for release in 2018, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is under development by a dedicated development team at Piranha Games. MechWarrior Online, Piranha’s existing F2P multiplayer-focused tactical ‘Mech combat game, will continue its ongoing live development by the MWO team at Piranha.

I for one am Very excited to here this news drop, perhaps overly so. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is slated to come out 9 years after it's original announcement in 2009, where shortly after, legal action by the one and only, the monstrosity known as harmony gold (Notice the fact that I refuse to capitalized their name... cancelled the project, and we were left with Mechwarrior Online in it's wake. But, better late than never. 

PGI, you have one chance at this, for me, and for many other Mechwarrior/Battletech fans. Don't. Let. It. Slip. 

That is all.