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Jordan Weisman, founder of Smith & Tinker and previously founder of the disbanded [[FASA|FASA Corporation]] which worked on the MechWarrior series, negotiated the license back from Microsoft after the software giant left the property idle for years, since their last foray with the MechAssault series. Russ Bullock from Piranha Games was a longtime fan of the series and wanted to start a joint collaboration with Weisman. He contacted Weisman to develop a prototype project that eventually became the new iteration in the MechWarrior series. Production of the new MechWarrior game first began on October 2008, where the two studios started discussing the project on pen and paper. After coming up with a presentation for a prototype scenario, both studios began ramping up a full-time team to work on the new game in March 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002164p1.html|title=IGN MechWarrior Q&A - The First Details|work=IGN|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=2009-07-09|accessdate=2009-07-09}}</ref>

The game was officially announced in July 2009 with a three-minute debut trailer. At the time, the game was dubbed simply as ''MechWarrior,'' as it was meant to be a reboot of the series and not a continuation of the previous four games.<ref>{{cite web|title=MechWarrior Revealed|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/100/1002275p1.html|work=IGN|publisher=IGN Entertainment|date=8 July 2009|accessdate=16 May 2012}}</ref> The official title of MechWarrior Online came later in development. In October 2011 a [[Twitter]] campaign was launched as the start of the advertising campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twitter.com/#!/InnerSphereNews|title=InnerSphereNews|accessdate=2011-10-04}}</ref> Initial problems over locating a Publisher were resolved when a large group local to Piranha Studios, met and discussed joining forces. Once a way forward had been established, this local Group, who had been interested in developing and publishing such a title, created Infinite Game Publishing. This was precipitated by the purchase by Piranha of the licensing rights to MechWarrior from Smith & Tinker, which it was hoped would create more positive responses from publishing houses. Now that a publisher and funding had been located, Piranha could commit financially to the project and press ahead with development.

On May 22, 2012, Piranha Games announced the start of closed beta testing for Mechwarrior Online.<ref>[http://mwomercs.com/news/2012/05/259-operation-inception Piranha Games Inc. and Infinite Game Publishing Inc. Launch MechWarrior® Online™: OPERATION INCEPTION in North America]</ref>, finished on october 2012

A partire dal [[16 ottobre]] 2012 Mechwarrior Online entrerà in Open Beta <ref>{{cita web|url=http://www.gamemag.it/news/mechwarrior-online-in-open-beta-dalla-prossima-settimana_44165.html|titolo=MechWarrior Online in Open Beta dalla prossima settimana|accesso=13-10-2012}}</ref>.