Hawken (video game)

Hawken
Developer(s)Adhesive Games
[a]
Hawken Entertainment, Inc.[2]
Publisher(s)Meteor Entertainment [b]
505 Games[3]
Producer(s)Jason Hughes
Designer(s)Khang Le
Christopher Lalli
John Park
EngineUnreal Engine 3
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows[c]
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Release
  • Microsoft Windows
  • December 12, 2012[1]
  • Xbox One
  • July 1, 2016
  • PlayStation 4
  • July 8, 2016
Genre(s)Vehicular combat, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Hawken is a free-to-play multiplayer mech first-person shooter video game. The game features five game modes: Team Deathmatch, Deathmatch, Co-op Bot Team Deathmatch, Siege, and Missile Assault. It follows the freemium model of game monetization, where in-game purchases are the main source of revenue.

Hawken had closed alpha and beta programs that took place before the official PC open beta release on December 12, 2012.[4] The game had been constantly updated with new content and balance changes in the form of a game patch until spring 2014. Following Reloaded Games' acquisition of the game's IP and assets in March 2015, the developers launched the game on console platforms in early July 2016.[5]

On October 2, 2017, the developers announced that the PC servers would be permanently shut down on January 2, 2018. The developers cited a need to "refocus [their] development efforts."[6][7] The game is still active on consoles, being developed by Hawken Entertainment and published by 505 Games.

In 2020, a group of fans have revived an offline version of the game for PC, with future plans for multiplayer support, under the project title "Hawakening."[8][9]

On May 17, 2023, a sequel titled Hawken Reborn by 505 Games entered into Steam Early Access.[10]

  1. ^ Scapes (2012-12-12). "All Pilots to Their Mechs, Open Beta is Live!". Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  2. ^ "Download HAWKEN Beta Now - HAWKEN: War is a Machine".
  3. ^ "IT'S TRUE! HAWKEN is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4! Check out the trailer!". 505 Games. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
  4. ^ "Closed Beta". Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  5. ^ "Dev Update - Catching Up! Coming Soon - PS4 & Xbox One! - PC Announcements". Archived from the original on 2016-06-18. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  6. ^ Chalk, Andy (October 2, 2017). "Hawken is being closed and removed from Steam in January". PC Gamer. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  7. ^ "Hawken Announcement". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02.[user-generated source]
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference revival-pc-gamer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Morton, Lauren (August 10, 2020). "Hawken fans are trying to resurrect the mech shooter, starting with singleplayer". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  10. ^ O'Connor, Alice (May 16, 2023). "Stylish mech shooter Hawken returning with a free-to-play PvE game: Hawken Reborn launches into F2P early access on Wednesday". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved May 18, 2023.


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