{"id":1197825,"date":"2026-02-18T13:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zcXeqQaHnHPQiuYSaTX59c"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T13:10:50","slug":"mechwarrior-5s-beefy-story-expansion-is-out-and-it-has-the-most-videogame-title-ive-ever-had-the-pleasure-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/mechwarrior-5s-beefy-story-expansion-is-out-and-it-has-the-most-videogame-title-ive-ever-had-the-pleasure-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"MechWarrior 5’s beefy story expansion is out, and it has the most videogame title I’ve ever had the pleasure to read"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I love a clunky-ass videogame title. Some may argue that videogame names should be kept simple and punchy, like Doom<\/a> or Quake<\/a> or BioShock<\/a>. I would counter that your videogame isn’t truly <\/em>a videogame unless the name has at least two punctuation marks in it. I’m talking Vampire: The Masquerade\u2014Bloodlines<\/a>, or my personal favourite, The Walking Dead: Saints and Sinners \u2013 Chapter 2: Retribution. If you don’t have to pause for breath while saying it, it isn’t a proper videogame.<\/p>\n

MechWarrior 5: Clans<\/a> is relatively mundane as titles go, but the newly released expansion for Piranha Games’ mech shooter elevates it to wondrous new levels of silliness. The DLC is called MechWarrior 5: Clans \u2013 Ghost Bear: Flash Storm<\/a>, which is objectively the greatest name for a game ever. What is a Ghost Bear? Why is there a Flash Storm? I must know the answer to these questions!<\/p>\n

In fairness, Ghost Bear: Flash Storm has considerably more to it than a silly name. This is a beefy expansion that adds a whole new campaign to MechWarrior 5, one that sees you piloting the mechs of Clan Ghost Bear’s Silveroot Keshik (that’s my first question answered) an elite squad of mech pilots dedicated to demonstrating the glory of their ursine spectre tribe.<\/p>\n

The new campaign features 12 missions that’ll see you fight for control of the planet Alshain, a world heavily industrialised for mech production. You’ll also take the fight beyond the planet’s atmosphere, warring for dominance over orbital factories and fighting on the hull of the Ghost Bear’s command ship, the grizzly. I love a game that lets me fight on the outside<\/em> of a spaceship. It’s why Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare<\/a> is my favourite CoD campaign since 4.<\/p>\n

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