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2/28/2012
FUNDING!
Venture capital firms Benchmark Capital and FirstMark Capital, also responsible for backing League of Legends, have invested in Hawken and Meteor Entertainment! Here's a few links relating to the news:
Venturebeat Article
Kotaku: "Because Hawken looks awesome"
Interview with Mark Long, CEO of Meteor Entertainment
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Meteor Entertainment's new website
Now, for anyone curious let me clarify a few things about Meteor and Adhesive.
They are both branches of the same company; Meteor Entertainment is the publisher and Adhesive Games is the developer. The reason we split things up like this is that it will allow Meteor to offer its services to other developers, while the Adhesive branch can maintain it's own unique identity and reputation developing its own titles.
The $10mil in funding you read about above will go toward achieving both of these goals. $10mil is not the budget of Hawken, it's the budget of setting up both divisions and creating the structure of a free-to-play platform that can then be utilized by other independent developers. Hawken will of course be a top priority, but Adhesive will receive necessary funding through Meteor as if it were a traditional publishing deal (even though they are essentially one entity).
Hope this makes things a little clearer!
2/6/2012
Hawken confirmed for PC
Sign up for the Hawken closed beta at https://www.playhawken.com/! Enlist friends and your callsign will be reserved immediately.
UPDATE:
Since there are a number of inaccuracies in the article linked above, there has been some confusion about details of the game/publisher and a number of complaints or concerns about the free-to-play model. Hawken will not be "pay to win". Jon has made a thread clarifying some details, and we have both shared our (similar) thoughts on the direction of Hawken:
Clarifications about Hawken
Why make Hawken Free to Play
1/5/2012
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Hello and Happy New Year to everyone!
First and foremost let me apologize for the extended silence on our end. I'd like to thank everyone for their patience and understanding as the Adhesive crew lays low and continues work on Hawken. For a few different reasons we can't currently share specific details or progress on the game, the team is still engaged in "stealth mode" for a little while longer.
Just know that we've taken fan suggestions to heart and are working to make Hawken a deeper experience (but still MP only
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So the good news is that the game is alive and well and with even more content. In fact, Adhesive Games is looking to fill a few more positions on the Hawken team. To see what we're looking for, head over to the newly created "Jobs" section on the forums (which should have some listings posted tomorrow).
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For now we can't reveal anything too mindblowingly new, but we'd like to share a few screenshots and tidbits of concept art from the game (which I've peppered throughout this post).
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Thank you once again for your patience, support, and feedback... and don't worry, you'll definitely be hearing some more significant news from us in the coming months!
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P.S. - We're going to give away a few extra team t-shirts to forum-goers so keep checking the t-shirt thread for more info on that.
8/30/2011
Landmark Challenge photos, and the PAX 2011 Desert vid!
Desert Gameplay Video, with Landmark Challenge photos at the end!
If you missed the PC Gamer presentation that this was featured in, here's the whole thing:
Full PC Gamer PAX panel with desert video at the very end.
8/26/2011
The new Hawken teaser trailer is up on IGN! http://www.ign.com/v...=103025&show=HD
And here it is on our own Youtube channel.
8/22/2011
Hey Doods!
Keep your Forward Looking Infrared cams active this week because we've got a couple more videos coming your way.
One will be presented at PC Gamer's PAX panel on.... PC gaming.... this Friday (we were going to do a live multiplayer gameplay demo but found out there would be no network access on the stage, so we threw together some gameplay clips at the last minute). It should be more straight-forward gameplay from our desert level (brown, brown, brown!), straight from our own studio playsessions. It might give you more of an idea of the pacing of our combat.
The other video should be out the end of this week too, on IGN first and then on our Youtube channel. It's a little more cinematic and will tease vaguely at some of the Hawken story.
Both videos will show off some playable environments and actual gameplay. Nothing new will be revealed, but we just wanted to put something out to remind everyone we're still here, working on the game.
Status Report On Development:
We're polishing up more maps and replacing temp art with more finalized work.
I'm focusing pretty heavily on UI (with designs from some of the other guys here), stuff like getting a proper sniper scope and homing missile lock-on in there, as well as objective-based UI and HUD details.
There's a few new weapon models in the game now, since we were reusing a few models for multiple weapons, and we added lower-poly third-person models (all the TPS weapons used to be the same high-res models as the FPS view).
There's a Training Facility in progress, where you can learn movement and combat mechanics in a stress-free environment.
Due to popular demand, we're starting to explore the modularization (i think that's a word) of the mechs, to allow for more customization of armor and components.
That's all I'll say for now, but trust me, when we've got something worthwhile to announce or show, you guys will know about it
6/15/2011
I'll kick things off by sharing some details about what the team has been working on recently and what you can look forward to in the near future.
E3!
As you probably know, last week was the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Although Adhesive Games didn't have a fancypants booth or...anything... at the convention, the team was very busy the whole week! We had a foolish amount of demos and meetings with publishers, and we're very optimistic about nailing down the details on platforms in the near future.
Our only media presence at E3 was a brief live demo we did for G4TV, where we showed off our desert map and new "Siege" team mode. Khang Le was interviewed during the gameplay and came across as a nubile adonis.
The gist of Siege mode is that each team has a base and must fight over and collect resources on the map. The resources must be returned to your base in order to launch a giant battleship which will then attempt to reach and destroy the enemy's base. There's more details on Siege mode that we'll talk about in the future, but feel free to ask questions if you like.
After the G4 demo, interviewer and Attack Of The Show host Kevin Pereira named Hawken one of his picks for Best of E3! That was a great surprise for us!
T-Shirts
The Hawken shirts are in (pictures coming soon)! We ordered these for the team for E3, but went ahead and got a whole bunch extra in case fans are interested. Sizes are S, M, L, XL and XXL. We still need to sit down and calculate the exact price and how to receive payment, but I'm guessing they'll be around $20. We aren't trying to make a buck off of these but just want to cover the costs plus shipping. Look for a post in the next day or two with pics and more details.
Progress And Things To Come
So sometime in the near future we'll be putting out another Youtube vid of Hawken in action. This time around we'd like to show off a bit more of the desert level and Siege mode. We also have some new weapons finished and other details you haven't seen yet.
As promised, we'll also show off the submissions to our Hawken Landmark Challenge so thank you to everyone who participated!
Art-wise, the team has been working on fleshing out more maps, and creating props, structures and other things I'm keeping secret for fun. On the design and programming side we've been developing another team mode with a very different feeling from Siege or Deathmatch. Personally I've been working on rigging and animating a few new weapons, as well as some elements of the maps that affect gameplay.
Moving forward we will be working on adding more variety to the Mechs visually and through other customizations. We also need to put a lot of work into the UI other visual feedback. At some point we'll reveal our Heavy Mech and additional maps, but we'll be keeping some things close to our chest until Hawken is further along.
So thanks again for hanging in there and for the support, feedback, and ideas from everyone on the forums!
