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MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries - Ashes and Ascension

Lead your Mercenary Company through a new 18-mission campaign, 13 new 'Mechs, new Inner Sphere OmniMechs, variants, weapons, ground units, and more. As the Inner Sphere goes on the offensive and takes the fight to the Clans.

Release date
October 6, 2026
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Piranha Games Inc.
Publisher
Piranha Games Inc.
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Lead your Mercenary Company through a New Campaign. Looking to capitalize on the rare show of cooperation between the Great Houses following the Battle of Coventry, First Prince Victor Steiner-Davion has called on all the nations of the Inner Sphere to come together to respond to the threat of a renewed Clan invasion. Lyran Alliance Archon Katrina Steiner-Davion graciously offers to host the international conference on Tharkad. With the fate of the entire Inner Sphere at stake, all eyes now turn to the First Whitting Conference.

And everyone, be they house loyalist or independent mercenary, cannot help but be sucked up into the conference’s all-consuming orbit. Experience an 18-mission campaign, our longest yet. Hunt down 10 new High-Reward Crates. Explore the updated Inner Sphere map, spanning 3058–3060. Jump into Career Mode with 5 new faction starts set in 3050. Expand your arsenalAcquire 13 new 'Mechs - Arctic Cheetah, Arctic Wolf, Ice Ferret, Huntsman, Hunchback IIC, Nova Cat, Sun Spider, Marauder IIC, Warhammer IIC, Blood Asp, Supernova, Stone Rhino, and Bane.

Deploy 3 new Inner Sphere OmniMechs, the Blackjack, Black Hawk-KU, and Perseus. Discover 9 new Inner Sphere 'Mech variants, including the Annihilator, Hatamoto-Chi, King Crab, Longbow, Nightstar, Phoenix Hawk, Victor, Centurion, and Hunchback. Equip your 'Mechs with 11 new Inner Sphere weapons, including IS ER Small and Medium Lasers, IS Ultra Autocannons, IS LB-X Autocannons, the IS Light Gauss Rifle, and IS Streak SRMs.…

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★ 7.1/10Steam · 145 ratings
SteamLast checked November 1, 2026

Most helpful8

Recommended
As much as I wish Clans sold better for the Company I am glad Mercs is getting more content going forward. The Sandbox style is…
Recommended
So here is the TLDR first, as always. After the middling Chaos Reign DLC, I was hoping for better from MechWarrior 5: Ashes and Ascension.…
Recommended
What can i say? If youve gotten 9 dlcs in you have to be doing something right... and PGI are, Please keep updating this game…
Not recommended
While I have a lot of hours in this game, and will likely put in many more once the mods catch up, I can't help…
Not recommended
Seems like DLC7 (SoK) was the last good DLC for the game. While the cinematics have gotten much better since the early days, the gameplay…
Not recommended
operation Bulldog, beautiful cutscenes , fantastic voice work , new mechs and equipment, but… …you can only do the same mission so many times. At…
Recommended
The quality of the story gets higher and higher with each update. Old Man Mason will be in this till hes 90 but as long…
Recommended
I enjoyed the campaign even with the proc-gen missions padded in. It's definitely a spike up in difficulty because of the short time between missions,…

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Not recommended
Wish there was a neutral option. The setting, the writing and the tension are good. The missions are brutal with extremely narrow repair windows, which…
Recommended
Fun DLC with our long story finally getting wrapped up. It makes for a good ending but I wouldn't mind more DLCs like this one.
Recommended
Recommend for the new mechs, weapons and stuff ONLY. The campaign is...frustrating. Its a bunch of normal missions with some cutscenes mixed in. And to…
Recommended
The 18 mission campaign was very well done. The mission types in the campaign fit in well with the story and compliment each other. The…
Not recommended
Can't claim the vast majority of the mechs in salvage without buying another DLC. Either poorly planned or just greed.
Recommended
Decent DLC, like the challenge and campaign length. Story was good even though could have been more "developed".. But overall, i don't mind more DLCs…

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