A Heartbreaker mech in Steel Hunters.
A Heartbreaker mech in Steel Hunters.
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Wargaming unveils Steel Hunters sci-fi mech game

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Wargaming, the online game company behind the hit World of Tanks and World of Warships franchises, announced its new original intellectual property Steel Hunters – a free-to-play, mech hero shooter that uniquely blends battle royale and extraction mechanics. 

The game offers an intense mech power fantasy where you control formidable mechanical giants – Hunters – and participate in action-packed battles, pursuing various objectives to level up and acquire gear.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.