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 de...
READ MORE >Purchase no longer required for Hawken Early Access
Hawken is fully free-to-play once more, as a purchase is no longer required to enter the game's Early Access.
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see all 8 commentsHawken crashes onto Steam Early Access
The free-to-play Hawken has arrived on Steam Early Access and current players have been given Steam keys to make the transition easier. If you're looking to jump into the game for the first time, it's not going to be so much free-to-play for you.
READ MORE >"lol this and TItanFall are the must fun i've had in a multiplayer since UT3 and COD4... Hawken ..."
see all 11 commentsHawken adds co-op survival mode
Shooting people, we're to understand, is wrong, yet shooting AIs is somehow fine. If that's in line with your monstrous morals, mechtastic free-to-play FPS Hawken has now added a co-op mode. You and your chums team up in Bot Destruction to murder waves of AI drones, mechs, a...
READ MORE >"It's in and working. It's pretty nifty. The resolution of the occulus display makes it a ..."
see all 13 commentsHawken patch changes progression, adds Last Eco map
Hawken is receiving a massive patch, which features an overhauled UI, new leveling system, and Last Eco map, among other changes.
READ MORE >"I don't know. It doesn't scratch my itches. Like if I want something quick and zippy, I'd want ..."
see all 8 commentsHow office prank helped Hawken publisher's CEO see problematic pin-up
A blog post details how an office prank at Hawken publisher Meteor Entertainment changed the CEO's mind about a pin-up poster.
READ MORE >"BS, have you read any women's romance novels? They're all about "ultra muscular brave soldier ..."
see all 34 commentsHawken medic mech class stomps out today
You call yourself a mech fan yet what do you do when you clamber up inside your robosuit? You blast other mechs to pieces! You monster. No, the true appreciator dedicates themself to maintaining and restoring mechs as they stomp around. For these noble people, free-to-play m...
READ MORE >"It seems highly silly to add a Medic class given the speed and style of the fights leaving no ..."
see all 4 commentsHawken dev details the challenges of virtual reality
After it was revealed that Doom 3: BFG would not be shipping with the Oculus Rift, another game had to step forward to be the pack in for the VR goggles once they shipped to retail. Adhesive Games' Hawken accepted the challenge.
READ MORE >Hawken trailer demonstrates PhysX shinies
The physics acceleration revolution may have failed long ago, but Nvidia's keeping the dream alive for romantics by cramming its PhysX tech into games whenever it can. A new Hawken trailer shows the fancy particle effects PhysX enables in the free-to-play stompy mech shooter...
READ MORE >Hawken devs looking at mech melee weapons, clan decals
Stomping a round in a huge mech can be immensely gratifying. But to be honest, if could be even more exhilarating if that mech had a huge mace in one hand and a sword in the other. Right? Well, it appears the Hawken devs at Adhesive Games are thinking along the same lines.
READ MORE >Hawken trailer celebrates imminent open beta
Hawken is finally entering open beta tomorrow, and Adhesive Games has released a new launch trailer to celebrate the impending event.
READ MORE >Hawken launch delayed to early 2013; open beta hits December 12
Free-to-play multiplayer mech game Hawken has had its official launch delayed until early 2013, instead opting to go to open beta on the originally scheduled release date of December 12. In anticipation of the open beta, it will be closing its Vanguard Initiative pre-sales t...
READ MORE >"Oh I have, believe me - I'm in love with the pacing, the cockpit detail, and the whole giant ..."
see all 7 commentsShacknews, GameFly offer 50,000 beta keys for Hawken
If you have been itching to climb into a mech and blow away other mechanical giants in a multiplayer frenzy, GameFly and Shacknews are giving away 50,000 keys to Hawken to let players test their skills in an upcoming closed beta beginning on November 8.
READ MORE >"I'd love a beta key. I don't have a Facebook account though. Oh well."
see all 69 commentsHawken publisher raises additional $18 million
Hawken publisher and parent company Meteor Entertainment has secured another $18 million in its second round of funding, building a war chest that it says may go toward a free-to-play acquisition.
READ MORE >Hawken videofest details stompy robot shooting
Free-to-play FPS Hawken is about big stompy robots and looks pretty, you may already know. You may be content with that knowledge but for those who wish to have more, developer Adhesive Games has put together a series of videos explaining buying customising mechs, how combat...
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"Yeah, it actually plays a lot like Virtual On. I'm really impressed with it; just no time :( ..."
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