MechAssault: Phantom War for the Nintendo DS is coming out on August 29! That's only a few weeks from now!

But is it worth checking out? Well, we know that fans want their science fiction and fantasy games to have good stories (and be lots of fun), and the makers of MA:PW spent a lot of time making sure they got the BattleMech details down right (if you don't believe us, you can check out the screenshots and the trailer).

First, let's look at the messy universe where you take out your BattleMech and go Kaboom!Zap!Destroy! all over the place.

The story is set in the year 3134. Planets use HPGs (Hyperpulse Generators) to communicate across the vast distances of space. Then the HPGs mysteriously stop working. What happens when planets can no longer communicate with each other? A big mess, that's what. Chaos. (Turn on the scary dramatic music.) A Dark Age. (Make the dramatic music louder.) The Phantom War. (Dah dah dum!)