Whether they transform into cars, jets, or simply bring incredible amounts of firepower to bear on anything in their path gamers have a long love affair with giant robots. The sheer number of games involving mechanized engines of destruction is daunting, in many ways making up its own sub-genre whose titles range from ancient titles in the dim origins of gaming to modern titles brimming over with special effects.

The undisputed king of the giant robots though has always been the now-defunct FASA’s Mechwarrior series, known for its customization and strategy as much as for its action. The last two titles in the franchise have both been Xbox releases which were met with less than open arms by the majority of Mechwarrior fans.

Since then the studios behind them have been closed by Microsoft, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for fans of the IP, because in 2007 FASA founder Jordan Weisman bought the rights to his company’s old games and now word is beginning to slip that we might be looking at the revival of the franchise. Piranha game’s website lists that they are working on a AAA licensed franchise for the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360, while Voodoo Extreme has a nine second clip posted that shows a single leg of a gigantic machine.