Hawken

[GullyFoyle]

Teaser: Hawken

This breathtaking footage is from Hawken, a first-person multiplayer mech game that’s being developed by an indie studio of 9 people, including the talented artist Khang Le (whom you may remember as part of the ill-fated Project Offset). Adhesive Games is using UDK to create the game, which will feature multiple team-based modes as well as a free-for-all deathmatch mode. There’s no word yet on release date or platform, but they’re targeting downloadable services for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.

 

[Red Storm]

Impressive stuff, but as is always the case with indie devs, I want to see these announcements when the game is close to being finished, not with a "release date unknown" which basically means "in a few years we might have a better idea of when."

 

[Rakewell]

Wow.

Really interesting. Looking forward to that.

 

[spaceman]

looks cool
why they name it after chewing tobbaco

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

looks cool
why they name it after chewing tobbaco

Better than District Shogo Tribes 9

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Looks stunning.

Now I'm interested.

 

[AstroManLuca]

before I opened the thread I was imagining a First Person Stephen Hawking sim.

 

[SMOGZINN]

before I opened the thread I was imagining a First Person Stephen Hawking sim.

Heh, it would be the most consoled game ever. The entire game can be played with one finger.

Stephen Hawking: A Brief Asskicking of the Universe!

 

[Dumac]

Wow. I am super excited. I hope it doesn't go the way of project offset >.>

 

[Rhezuss]

Looks weird...but interesting.

 

[Powermoloch]

damn, loving the style there

 

[BD231]

Sniper mechs?? Interesting.

Personally I can't stand mech games that take the weighty feeling away from mechs though, to arcade-ish.

 

[Anomaly1964]

HUGE cities...cool.

 

[Dumac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEAEARD-Fo&feature=player_embedded

New COCKPIT video!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: You should add it to the OP, GullyFoyle

 

[Thor86]

With an Alpha build like this to demo, I would think it will be out in the next year. Just guessing.

 

[llee]

Looks like it's based off the Unreal Editor Development Kit that Epic released.

That would make it a lot cheaper to develop, which explains why only 7 guys are on the project.

 

[heat901]

ummmm wow....

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Wow, win.

Except this isn't the type of mech game I've been wanting. I want something more tactical, strategic, slower. Not all twitchy. But that is a personal preference thing, and this still looks awesome.

 

[Dumac]

Wow, win.

Except this isn't the type of mech game I've been wanting. I want something more tactical, strategic, slower. Not all twitchy. But that is a personal preference thing, and this still looks awesome.

Mech games are so rare, but they are all so different and unique.

It really is a great genre.

 

[Monster_Munch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEAEARD-Fo&feature=player_embedded

New COCKPIT video!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: You should add it to the OP, GullyFoyle

The sound effects are great in that video, it sounds like a transformers movie or something.

 

[Anomaly1964]

Again, the environment feels HUGE in this game!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like Call of Duty with a different HUD?

 

[rivan]

Sniper mechs?? Interesting.

Personally I can't stand mech games that take the weighty feeling away from mechs though, to arcade-ish.

This. I REALLY want a new mech game, but this seems like a TF2 reskinned.

Mechs shouldn't be twitchy, and the first thing I thought of in the opening scenes was "ooh... that building's about to fall over on it's own - will this be mechs+destructible environments?"

Turns out it's really neither.

 

[Dankk]

We need this game. We need it badly. It feels like the mech genre has faded out, and we need someone to bring it back. This looks amazing.

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like Call of Duty with a different HUD?

Yes.

 

[sigurros81]

So is this a multiplayer mech game, or is there going to be a story driven single player campaign?

The reason why I ask is because I love Activision's mechwarrior series. Great gameplay, customization, based on a cool universe.

Damn, why did they stop making MechWarrior games. I have fond memories of playing Mech2 in 640 high res mode on my Packard Bell Pentium 75mhz. The thing would chug everytime there are a big battle going onscreen.