Editing MechAssault (section)

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 87/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/mechassault/ | title=MechAssault | website=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123030807/https://www.metacritic.com/game/mechassault/ | archive-date=November 23, 2023 | url-status=live | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | author=Marriott, Scott Alan | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=38622&tab=review | title=MechAssault - Review | website=AllGame | publisher=All Media Network | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114195929/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=38622&tab=review | archive-date=November 14, 2014 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
| Edge = (XBL) 5/10<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Edge staff | title=MechAssault (Xbox Live) | magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]] | publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]] | issue=120 | date=February 2003}}</ref><br />4/10<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Edge staff | title=MechAssault | magazine=Edge | publisher=Future Publishing | issue=118 | date=Christmas 2002}}</ref>
| EGM = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite magazine | author=EGM staff | url=http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1488351,00.asp | title=MechAssault | magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | publisher=Ziff Davis | issue=162 | date=January 2003 | page=198 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040229073456/http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1488351,00.asp | archive-date=February 29, 2004 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>{{efn|Three critics of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' gave the game each a score of 9/10, 8/10, and 8.5/10.}}
| EPD = 8.5/10<ref>{{cite web | author=MacIsaac, Jason | date=November 18, 2002 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=10061&full=1 | title=MechAssault | website=[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]] | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030112231221/http://www.elecplay.com/review.html?article=10061&full=1 | archive-date=January 12, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| EuroG = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Bramwell, Tom | date=November 22, 2002 | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-mechassault-x | title=MechAssault | website=[[Eurogamer]] | publisher=[[Gamer Network]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526132758/https://www.eurogamer.net/r-mechassault-x | archive-date=May 26, 2022 | url-status=live | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| Fam = 28/40<ref name="fam">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=1993&redirect=no | title=メックアサルト | language=ja | magazine=[[Famitsu]] | publisher=[[Enterbrain]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203065106/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=1993&redirect=no | archive-date=February 3, 2022 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| GI = 8.75/10<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Brogger, Kristian | url=https://archive.org/details/game-informer-issue-116-december-2002/page/136/mode/2up | title=MechAssault | magazine=[[Game Informer]] | publisher=[[GameStop]] | issue=116 | date=December 2002 | page=136 | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| GameRev = B+<ref>{{cite web | author=Sanders, Shawn | date=November 2002 | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/34297-mechassault-review | title=MechAssault Review | website=[[GameRevolution]] | publisher=[[CraveOnline]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909053520/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/mechassault | archive-date=September 9, 2015 | url-status=live | access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
| GSpot = 9/10<ref name="gspot">{{cite web | author=Gerstmann, Jeff | date=November 8, 2002 | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mechassault-review/1900-2897126/ | title=MechAssault Review | website=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=Fandom | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041229030107/http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/mechassault/review.html | archive-date=December 29, 2004 | url-status=live | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | author=Hodgson, David | date=November 8, 2002 | url=http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/mechassault/542471p1.html | title=GameSpy: MechAssault | website=[[GameSpy]] | publisher=IGN Entertainment | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609100841/http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/mechassault/542471p1.html | archive-date=June 9, 2007 | url-status=live | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| GameZone = 9.6/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Knutson, Michael | date=November 18, 2002 | url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/mechassault_xb_review/ | title=MechAssault - XB - Review | website=GameZone | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118081823/http://xbox.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r20047.htm | archive-date=January 18, 2008 | url-status=live | access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
| IGN = 9.2/10<ref>{{cite web | author=Goldstein, Hilary | date=November 6, 2002 | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/06/mechassault | title=MechAssault | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009200743/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/11/06/mechassault | archive-date=October 9, 2024 | url-status=live | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| OXM = 9.3/10<ref>{{cite magazine | title=MechAssault | magazine=[[Official Xbox Magazine]] | publisher=[[Future US]] | date=January 2003 | page=72}}</ref>
| XPlay = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | author=Keil, Matt | date=November 29, 2002 | url=http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0%2C24330%2C3409396%2C00.html | title='MechAssault' (Xbox) Review | website=[[X-Play|Extended Play]] | publisher=[[TechTV]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021216203151/http://www.techtv.com/extendedplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3409396,00.html | archive-date=December 16, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| rev1 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev1Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Keighley, Geoff | url=https://ew.com/article/2003/01/10/mechassault/ | title=Mechassault [sic] | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | publisher=[[Time Inc.]] | issue=690 | date=January 10, 2003 | page=77 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012013616/https://ew.com/article/2003/01/10/mechassault/ | archive-date=October 12, 2015 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Boyce, Ryan | date=November 13, 2002 | url=http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_4386.html | title=MechAssault | magazine=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] | publisher=MaximNet, Inc. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021203052120/http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/reviews/review_games_4386.html | archive-date=December 3, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
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The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="mc"/> [[Jeff Gerstmann]] of ''[[GameSpot]]'' said, "If you're going to buy one game with your Xbox Live starter kit, ''MechAssault'' is the one to get."<ref name="gspot"/> In Japan, where the game was ported for release on June 12, 2003, ''[[Famitsu]]'' gave it a score of all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40.<ref name="fam"/> ''[[GamePro]]'' called it "a blitzkrieg of metal-mauling combat and strategy, purely for stick jockeys. It's no sim, but it's not simple either."<ref>{{cite magazine | author=Atomic Dawg | url=https://retrocdn.net/images/e/e3/GamePro_US_172.pdf | title=MechAssault | magazine=[[GamePro]] | publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] | issue=172 | date=January 2003 | page=122 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041213003612/http://www.gamepro.com/microsoft/xbox/games/reviews/27074.shtml | archive-date=December 13, 2004 | url-status=live | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>{{efn|''[[GamePro]]'' gave the game 5/5 for graphics, two 4.5/5 scores for sound and fun factor, and 4/5 for control.}}

''GameSpot'' named it the best Xbox game of November 2002,<ref>{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | date=December 7, 2002 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gotm/120702/p3_01.html | title=GameSpot's Game of the Month, November 2002 (Xbox) | website=GameSpot | publisher=[[CNET]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315202702/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/gotm/120702/p3_01.html | archive-date=March 15, 2004 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> and later presented it with the annual awards for "Best Online Game on Xbox",<ref>{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | year=2002 | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox6.html | title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Online Game on Xbox) | website=GameSpot | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030212110704/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox6.html | archive-date=February 12, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> "Best Shooter on Xbox",<ref>{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | year=2002 | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox11.html | title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Shooter on Xbox) | website=GameSpot | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030221121336/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox11.html | archive-date=February 21, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> and overall "Game of the Year on Xbox".<ref>{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | year=2002 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox25.html | title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Game of the Year on Xbox) | website=GameSpot | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030613112412/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox25.html | archive-date=June 13, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> It was a runner-up in the publication's "Best Sound" and "Best Graphics (Technical)" categories.<ref>{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | year=2002 | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox2.html | title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Sound on Xbox) | website=GameSpot | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021223110354/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox2.html | archive-date=December 23, 2002 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=GameSpot staff | year=2002 | url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox4.html | title=GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002 (Best Graphics (Technical) on Xbox) | website=GameSpot | publisher=CNET | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030202020722/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/bestof2002/xbox4.html | archive-date=February 2, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 2, 2022}}</ref> The game won the awards for "Best Online Xbox Game" and "Best Online Console Game" at ''[[EP Daily|The Electric Playground]]''{{'}}s 2002 Blister Awards, and was nominated for "Best Graphics in a Console Game", "Best Console Shooter" and "Xbox Game of the Year", but lost to ''[[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (video game)|Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell]]'' (Graphics, Xbox Game of the Year) and ''[[Metroid Prime]]'', respectively.<ref>{{cite web | author=EP staff | year=2003 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=10626&page=4 | title=Blister Awards 2002 (Console Awards) | website=The Electric Playground | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030514171906/http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=10626&page=4 | archive-date=May 14, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=EP staff | year=2003 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=10626&page=5 | title=Blister Awards 2002 (More Console Awards) | website=The Electric Playground | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030514172958/http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=10626&page=5 | archive-date=May 14, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=EP staff | year=2003 | url=http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=10626&page=6 | title=Blister Awards 2002 (Even More Console Awards) | website=The Electric Playground | publisher=Greedy Productions Ltd. | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030514172609/http://www.elecplay.com/feature.html?id=10626&page=6 | archive-date=May 14, 2003 | url-status=dead | access-date=February 23, 2025}}</ref>

By July 2006, the game had sold 750,000 units and earned $26 million in the U.S. ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]]'' ranked it as the 85th highest-selling game launched for the [[PlayStation 2]], Xbox or [[GameCube]] between October 2000 and July 2006 in that country. Combined sales of the ''MechAssault'' series reached 1.1 million units.<ref>{{cite magazine | author1=Campbell, Colin | author2=Keiser, Joe | date=July 29, 2006 | url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 | title=Top 100 Games of the 21st Century | magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|NextGen]] | publisher=Future US | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115051/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3537&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=1 | archive-date=October 28, 2007 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

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