Mechwarrior Online - Unofficial hype thread - Free-2-Play PC exclusive - Open Beta on the 16th

[MrBubbles]

zarx said:

MrBubbles said:

im confused...they licensed a license? or they bought a license to use the material off a license holder? if there was an agreement for party B to use the material of party A, how can party C come and buy those rights off party B without any dealings with A?

They licenced the rights to the licence (well the rights to make a game bassed on the license anyway) that the original rights holder had recently re-acquired from Microsoft.  lol that's why it's taken so long for a new Mechwarrior it's a bit of a legal nightmare and MS weren't interested in using the licence themselves but were still holding on to it.

it pretty clearly states they were only licensed from microsoft