This is really exciting! Hopefully we do see something on stage at E3 this year.
Piecing some stuff together off the top of the head:
Remember that Hawken was going to be a $15 Xbox 360 Arcarde title.
Then it switched to be a PC only game as free 2 play model.
Then it was front and center in the initial Oculus VR hype train at gamescoms, and NVIDIA showcases, a few years back.
What is happening now? VR is finally making the big consumer splash, mechs are in a lot of main stream games now, and the devs have been continuously assuring us that something big was happening involving "exciting new partners". Playstation and Xbox are releasing VR ready consoles. Free 2 play games have proven themselves as viable on new gen consoles. How long do you think it would take to port a game like Hawken to a PC-like console such as the PS4 or XboxONE? A year and a half? Two years? Timing seems about right all things considered.
As for cross platform support? That is unlikely but possible. At least maybe between XboxONE and PC or PS4 and PC. Definitely not PS4, XboxONE, and PC together. Sony has already said that is out of the question for any games on the Playstation.
Would this hurt the PC community for Hawken? No, any publicity is good publicity for Hawken on PC at this point.
For the most part just speculation. But one could hope. I would definitely buy Hawken for the PS4. Nice detective work Miscellaneous.
If this is all true X-Ployt is about to be #1 Hawken player on console lol.....
Edited by CounterlogicMan, 09 June 2016 - 02:05 PM.