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Hawken video game will be released December 12, 2012

Would you like to play a video game that has been in development for some time and is long awaited?  Hawken, an online, downloadable, free-to-play video game has launched its beta for the game.  Hawken  will be released on December 12, 2012.

Hawken, published by Meteor Entertainment and in development by Adhesive Games, is a first-person shooter sci-fi mech combat multiplayer game in which war weapons include gatling guns, rocket launchers and rifles are used for combat. Hawken also has jetpacks where players can traverse the terrain.

Graphic for Hawken

The cockpit is the game's hub and lets you know the status of your health as well as how much ammunition is remaining. This game is categorized as a mech-warrior or mech-battle type game.

To date, over 200,000 gamers have signed up for the closed beta testing of Hawken.

The monetizing part of this free-to-play game is the purchase of virtual goods such as better weapons, armor and defenses.

Posiive feedback so far has been received about Hawken, including statements that the game has stunning visuals and groundbreaking gameplay.