Mechwarrior is the computer video game version of Battletech, a board game about stompy robots blowing hell out of each other in a sci-fi knights and kingdoms setting somewhere between Dune and Mad Max. It’s a scavenger economy, where the most important weapon is a walking tank known as a battlemech and its skilled pilot, the mechwarrior. In the 31st century, life is cheap. Battlemechs aren’t. Piranha Games is reviving that setting in the virtual universe with Mechwarrior Online. New information about the game in progress has just hit the web. Ten Ton Hammer has the story.