Steam 505 Games is reviving the forgotten F2P online mech battle game "Hawken" on May 17th

[Krvavi Abadas]

notably, this wasn't the first time an attempt was made to bring it back. there was a fan-made modification that got the game working offline back in 2020. but this is a fully official version.

it's been retooled however. the original version was a PvP shooter, while this new "reborn" edition focuses on PvE combat. at least in it's early access state.

"By going PvE, it lowers the barrier to entry a little bit with people who might see a PvP game and get discouraged, just because they think they don't have the skill set needed to come in," said senior producer Brian Decker when I asked about the shift to single player, so 505 is "focusing on the PvE, the narrative, the world," at least for now.

 

[Tangerine_Cookie]

I have a vague memory of trying to play this for like five minutes back in the day.

 

[Deleted member 1896]

I remember the beta was a lot of fun!

 

[Reinhard Schneider]

Ooooooh i used to play this one! Man, Talk about a blast of the past.

Shame it's not being ported to consoles, but i'll take it

 

[Weebos]

Never played this, but I do remember that people really liked it.