More Q+A roundup today at MWO's official site, featuring back-mounted weapons, accuracy to the tabletop game, and a philosophical question of an UrbanMech falling in the forest, and if it makes a sound. The potential of more modes besides Deathmatch is explored and, while more are promised, it's a little disappointing they won't be offered at release. Than again, the same could be said for League of Legends, so maybe it won't be so bad.

In this five-part miniseries, we sat down with the developers behind the highly anticipated MechWarrior Online to talk about everything you want to know about this upcoming action title. Be sure to check out our previous interviews in the series:

• Brian Ekman, Creative Director
• Russ Bullock, President
• Paul Inouye, Lead Designer
• Matthew Craig, Technical Director
• Dennis de Koning, Art Director

And we've arrived at the conclusion to our MechWarrior Online interview series! For our final candidate, we've spoken to Piranha Games' Art Director, Dennis de Koning to speak about all of the artistic challenges of creating an explosive 'Mech-based game like MWO, as well as how he plans to bring MechWarrior to the modern masses. So without further delay, let's get on with the interview!

Did you miss the huge explosive nuke deaths from the other Mechwarrior games and wish they were back? Well, too bad! Cause your dreams are getting rained on in today's newest Q+A session, where they say they have "no plans" for nuke deaths, as well as talks of storm schedules, and pulse lasers. 

If you wanted to be snowblind, MechWarrior Online has your back, in the new Frozen City reveal. Like most war games before it, the snow effects are excellent, which adds more layers of depth to the combat beyond what you can see. But what's really important is the temperature, which drops the speed that your weapons heat up, and the ice, which causes loss of traction. 

More Mech Q+A! They've been talking about a lot of stuff important to the MMO scene, such as a spectator mode and balance among lower class and higher class mechs. There's also hints at what long-range missiles do when they aren't locked on and hit at close range, and how it "looks really cool when it hits the cockpit." Now I'm really curious.

If you're a hardcore Mechwarrior fan, today is a good day - MWO's founder packages are on sale, ranging from $30 to $120, each detailed on the site. The 30$ pre-order gets you $40 in-game currency, a premium account for one month, a Founder's Tag, and early access. The $60 package gets you all the previous stuff, double the currency and premium account timer, and an exclusive mech. The Legendary kit has all four of the exclusive mechs for Founders, the $80 in-game currency, three months of premium, a shot at being in the credits, and the Founder's Tag and early access. 

If you're anything like me you're excited for MWO, but the ability to play this game is not authentic enough, and you need a Steel Battalion-esque rig to make it awesome. Razer has your back. The Artemis Controller comes with a twelve-key keypad on the left that's fully programmable, a flight stick controller equipped with force feedback, and even a screen that's made for the minimap right in the center. All of this is made 100% for Mechwarrior Online when it launches.

If that's not your flavor, they also have a new version of the Copperhead, dubbed the Taipan, that's also gotten positive feedback at E3 right now. 

In this five-part miniseries, we sat down with the developers behind the highly anticipated MechWarrior Online to talk about everything you want to know about this upcoming action title. Be sure to check out our previous interviews in the series:

• Brian Ekman, Creative Director
• Russ Bullock, President
• Paul Inouye, Lead Designer
• Matthew Craig, Technical Director
• Dennis de Koning, Art Director

Sorry for the delay in our interview mini-series! We should now be back on track with an interview with Piranha Games' Technical Director, Matthew Craig, and boy does he have a lot to say! Read on for Matthew's thoughts on the future of MechWarrior Online (as well as his technical aspirations), as well as his inspirations and details on MechWarrior Online's launch day features.

Hot diggity - two new bouts of news today from Mechwarrior Online's blog. The first is the Founder's Program, giving the longtime Mech fans a chance to get one of two pre-ordered versions with a ton of new swag with it, including a custom mech, a ton of free in-game currency, a two-month account, and early beta access. It's all purchasable June 19th. And incidentally - the beta signups have begun, on the forums. 

There was a storm of Twitter questions that were answered recently from studio President Ross Bullock and Creative Director Bryan Ekman, and the developer blog was kind enough to assemble them on to an easily read Q+A post. There's way too much to cover past the jump, but here's some important stuff - legs can't be blown off, only made useless. House-specific mechs will be costlier depending on your allegiance. There is going to be an open beta. Skins and camo patterns are supported. Locational damage is "your greatest tactic in dealing with enemies." More on the site!