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—with in-game purchases as the main source of revenue.

Hawken had closed alpha and beta programs that took place before the official PC open beta release on 12 December 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 the console platforms in early July 2016.[5]

On October 2, 2017, the developers announced via the game's Facebook page that on January 2, 2018, the PC servers will be permanently shut down, along with it the PC platform and any DLC/purchasable content. The developers cited a need to "refocus our development efforts".[6] The game is still active on consoles, being developed by Hawken Entertainment and published by 505 Games.

In 2020 a group of fans called "Hawakening" have revived the game in offline mode for PC, they promise soon to recover its multiplayer functions.

On May 17, 2023, a sequel titled Hawken Reborn by 505 Games entered into Steam Early Access.[7]

  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. ^ https://www.facebook.com/playhawken/photos/a.266722556726084.65918.146679755397032/1698236836907975/?type=3&theater [user-generated source]
  7. ^ 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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