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The mech genre's been in a bit of a lull lately. Although we have From Software's Armored Core 5 and Double Fine's Trenched on the horizon, I haven't been really exicted to pilot a 50-ton war machine since From's 2008 Armored Core: For Answer. Still, that's in the third-person, fast-paced camp. I haven't stepped into the cockpit and really felt the weight of these bipedal monstrosities since FASA Studio's MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries back in 2002 (now available for free!).
Along comes Hawken from indie-developer Adhesive Games. The reveal trailer above looks reminiscent of Double Helix's Front Mission Evolved (which disappointed on many accounts) with its speed of combat but has much more interesting level design — even if Hawken appears a lilttle rough around the edges at this point.
And since the game will be a PC release first (the developers hope to eventually port to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360), I'm hoping to see the traditional client/server list from which to join battles. Automatching in Evolved (and in general), for example, is entirely inadequate.
[via DasReviews]