Hawken, the free-to-play mech shooter, is up for pre-load on Xbox One here. Now, you might be wondering why I haven’t said preorder, well, because it’s free-to-play. You also might be wondering why I said that, I remember someone actually asked us that in one of our previous articles when we discussed pre-loading DC Universe Online. The game launches on July 1 but is only around 5 GB so download it right now.
War is a Machine. Pilot hulking death machines and use massive weaponry to destroy your foes in fast-paced FPS gameplay.
HAWKEN is a multiplayer first person shooter that places you inside a mechanized war machine on the battlefield of a dystopian world. With tactical, fast-paced gameplay in customizable and upgradable mechs across multiple competitive modes, HAWKEN is explosively fun.
KEY FEATURES
• 26 unique mechs in 3 classes
Determine your method of mass destruction. Pilot lightweight assassin-like mechs or wade into the thick of action with heavy bruiser mechs. Every mech is unique and can be tailored to fill a variety of distinctive roles on the battlefield.
• Exceptional customization
Arm your mech with massive sniper rifles, powerful cannons, explosive rocket launchers, and much, much more. Select from among a wide array of upgrades, enhancements, consumables, and cosmetics.
• 6 game modes
Play cooperatively or competitively in Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Missile Assault, Siege, Coop Bot Destruction, and Coop vs AI Team Deathmatch modes.
• 9 stunning environments
Experience a planet in the depths of war. Battle across decaying cityscapes, post-apocalyptic wastelands, and more.
• Easy to learn, hard to master. Teamwork advisable.
Asher is a games journalist, former News Writer (Gaming) at Windows Central. They contributed 1110 articles to ICXM between 2015–2017, focused on opinion pieces, game reviews, Windows and PC, and Xbox news: wrote over 1,100 ICXM pieces on Xbox news, hardware reviews, and platform commentary before joining Future plc’s Windows Central in 2017.