MechAssault was the first BattleMech video game published for the Xbox. Developed by Day 1 Studios and published by Microsoft MechAssault was initiated when Denny Thorley of Day 1 Studios approached Jon Kimmich of Microsoft about developing an original BattleTech game built from the ground up to support console play.[1] "MechAssault" was released in November of 2002. A sequel MechAssault 2: Lone Wolf was released on December 28 2004. Both games are set in the BattleTech fictional universe