Hawken update adds co-op team deathmatch

Adhesive Games has deployed the April Update for its mech-based shooter, Hawken. The latest patch offers some adjustments to the game's economy, pilot progression, and some balance tweaks for the various fighting machines, but it also tosses in a new game mode: co-op team deathmatch.

Ozzie Mejia

April 24, 2014 6:05 PM

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Adhesive Games has deployed the April Update for its mech-based shooter, Hawken. The latest patch offers some adjustments to the game's economy, pilot progression, and some balance tweaks for the various fighting machines, but it also tosses in a new game mode: co-op team deathmatch.

Co-op team deathmatch allows teams of six players to join forces and battle teams of bots. The opposing team's difficulty is scaled to the human team's fitness score. It's good practice for teams looking to get some training in before taking on human opposition, though XP and Hawken Credit (HC) rewards will be reduced.

Pilots will also be able to level up significantly faster with the new April update, since the total XP required to reach level 30 is being cut in half. Those that have already reached the required XP totals will see their levels increase automatically following the new patch.

The full patch notes for Hawken's latest update can be found here. Hawken is currently on Steam Early Access and is free-to-play.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?