Warhawk, broken arrow + new vehicle

We´re not just getting 1.3 in a not to distant future and a new map with the new expansion entitled, broken arrow, we´re also going to recieve a new vehicle.

This time it´s the soldiers getting beefed up royalo, first 1.3 will bring wrenches and other enhancements to the ground troops and then once broken arrow arrives with it´s new map it will also reveal a new apc vehicle, the new apc is a ground vehicle, armored personal carrier, and as the name suggests it´s capable of taking on 6 ground troops, allowing them to shoot while being protected.

The apc is heavily armoured in warhawk and will smash through other vehicles, with the one exception being the tank, it will also allow players to spawn inside of it! and even get a random weapon.

Wow, talk about changing tactics in this fast paced game that is warhawk.
Well it looks like the best online multiplayer game will just get better, cant wait for this to hit.

ign knows even more

Warhawk rocking home

Aparently Warhawk wont just let you launch a session from within home and chat with your warhawk friends, it will enable a virtual sandbox of warhawk´s levels, letting you and 7 others chat up and in real time move around troops over the "true to life" properly scaled warhawk room to create proper tactics.

Great stuff and well, this is something that will elevate clan warfare in warhawk and soon you´ll hear gamers all over the world pestering their game dev´s to implement such a feature, but warhawk was first with it, great move and a feature the e game sports world will pure and simply love.

Kotaku showing some warhawk love

Warhawk 1.3 details + new dlc

Major updates for ground troops and tight integration with home and improvements to communication and servers, + the new dlc, broken mirror isnt to far off, end of march is the current date being tossed around for broken mirror, which looks to be set in a snow covered map.

Btw, did you know that we the people playing warhawk has played more then 7.3 million hours on the official servers since warhawk launched last autum, great numbers and quite telling to how popular warhawk is and why there´s always a ton of people playing it online.

1. weapon 1, the field mechanic wrench, it´s both a tool to repair friendly vehicles (great stuff) but it´s also a one hit kill weapon against other ground troops, just like the knife, but even better it can destroy enemy vehicles, just swing away baby :).

2. bio field generator, just like the wrench its a doublesided sword, a: it will heal groundtroops, just tos it like a mine and then make sure you stand inside of it´s field of range, but if you´re a enemy soldier, well the oposite happens, your health get drained damned fast.

Great tweaks to further enhance gameply and teamplay, which warhawk btw already has alot more of then most online shooters we´ve ever played.

More tweaks are improvements to voip, which we dont realy care for when it comes to casual gaming, it´s more annoying then good, but for clan wars, well then it´s a very welcome improvement.

A very welcome tweak tho is that you can now mute players that dont understand the concept of maturity.

Read more in the official playstation blog post

Warhawk 1.2 and Omega dawn faq

1.2 is due out anytime now, 10.00 GMT and that is today.

1.2 is as every patch will be free of charge, patches for warhawk will as history dictates for other games, fix bugs and issues and add new server side features, however they will also bring with them more layouts for existing maps and new game features, according to official news, the next free of charge patch 1.3 will bring with it new stuff for our beloved warhawk stormtroopers, a fancier word for groundtroops.

And tomorrow, Omega dawn will be out and once 1.2 is installed you´ll have two ways to purchase Omega dawn, through the PSN store or directly through warhawk, by doing it through warhawk you dont even have to restart the game, you purchase it and it will automaticly install and bam, pick a Omega dawn server and rock on, talk about a smooth process.

Read more in the official faq here.

Oh btw, Warhawk will continue to get booster packs like Omega dawn aslong as there´s demand for it, so hopefully Omega dawn will sell like crazy so we´ll get more maps and vehicles to play with in the future :)

warhawk 1.2 specifiqs

Well if you´re like us you cant enough of warhawk so here´s some specifiqs from the soon to be released free 1.2 update.

5 new layouts (4 to 8 player layouts)

* Eucadia: High City
* Island Outpost: Standoff
* The Badlands: South City
* Destroyed Capitol: Garden Showdown
* Archipelago: Close Corridors

Other updates includes, but arent limited to

Buddy slot reservations which makes sure that if you started the server, your friends will always be able to connect, so no need to lock down a server completely, great news!

And finaly, just like games like Singstar, warhawk will from now on have their own integrated psn store, great stuff once again, you´ll still reach all your warhawk stuff on the regular psn store, but if you´re already gaming (warhawk that is) no more need to hit xmb and then visiting the store, just check out and purchase or download whatever you need straight from the game. Can we hope for an integration on the same extraordinary level as the singstore.

+ lot´s of game fixes and so forth.

Warhawk news, free 1.2 and 1.3 update on route

1.2 will get a worldwide release come, december 19 followed the day after by warhawk´s first add on pack omega dawn (new "boss" type 7 person multiplayer vehicle + one new map with 5 layouts and updates to the original games maps to allow for the new drop ship.).

Once 1.2 and omega dawn has been roled out 1.3 will hit the world of warhawk sometimes in 2008, best of all, this free of charge update will not just contain fixes and updates to available game content, it will contain new content aswell which has to do with troops.

More news is that 1.2 (due out 10.00 gmt, 19 December) will come with free layout updates even for those whom wont pick up omega dawn, great stuff and playstation 3´s best online shooter just keeps on getting better, upping the anté for games like unreal tournament III and killzone 2 and others, not that it´s the same thing, they can side exists, but it´s great to see such an affordable quality game getting improved so heavily upon this early on in it´s lifespan.

Let´s hope it get´s rewarded with tons of new players and even more quality servers.

warhawk dropship video

Vehicle transportation



First flight



What else is there to say, Well the obvious one, give us the download so we can play it, looking far better then i could have imagined and it seems to operate real smooth :)

warhawk

well no need to write anything, the new expansion pack isnt far away and well, it´s warhawk so obviously it´s going to be great fun.

Warhawk, expansion Omega dawn at psn in dec

Operation: Omega Dawn pack features:

* Set at night for added impact and tension, + a new aerial vehicle called KT-424 Combat Dropship.
* 5 new map layouts featuring advanced building complexes and huge industrial towers.
* KT-424 Combat Dropship can take 1 pilot, 6 soldiers + 1 ground vehicle; and carries a new weapon – the MBEC-3 Heavy Support Cannon.
* The Original 5 large layouts from the original maps have been modified to include the new Combat Dropship.

Available on Psn this December.

Great news being posted at threespeech, and let me tell you, we´ll be standing in line to purchase this, warhawk is together with nhl 08 the most played game in our household and starting your own server playing with 3 more family members and friends against a bunch of online peeps is crAzy fun.

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warhawk expansion under way

according to game informer magazine warhawk will get it´s first expansion pack in december, featuring modified and updated maps and amongst other things a complete dropship, able to pick up tanks and ground troops for massive ground assaults, the dropship is also protected by mounted missile turrets.

The expansion pack will be released on psn and also include brand new maps.

We personaly cant wait for this update to hit home on PSN, warhawk is such a bliss to play with the rest of the family and our friends, we regurlarly blast our kids and each other to bits and pieces in what has to be one of the funniest online multiplayer games in years.

one more article about the expansion

Heavenly sword review @ psu

a 9.0 verdict with the following pro´s:

- Unforgettable atmosphere combined with ample replay value.
- Beautifully detailed with everything in harmony from animation all the way to the audio system.
- Great combat system complimented by impressive A.I.

And the following qoute will have to make due unless you click the link and check out their review.

what it dares to do in the video game industry that makes it remarkable and unique. Never have there been such life-like characters in any game--characters which instill a sense of care from the player through the stories in each of the character’s eyes whether antagonist or protagonist. The presentation is completely remarkable, with support from full motion capture performances and beautiful voice acting.

We´re busy playing warhawk and nhl 08 and Cocoreccho, but we´ll eventually get around to puting up a review of Heavenly sword.

warhawk. part II, first hand impressions

After playing warhawk for a few more weeks i just had to repost again and say that this game is pure brilliance.

The implementation of the sixaxis motion sensor is so smooth it´s like second nature using it, at first it will feel weird, and i guess some sceptics leave it at that, not giving more then a few minutes, but if you do, the rewards are pretty quick.

Driving the warhawks in pro mode, using the right analog for increased and more extreme manouvers, the left analog for separat aiming and the motion sensor for diving,climbinb and banking left and right is just so second nature after a short period of time, makes you wonder how any flightsim can do without motion sensor controls and warhawk isnt even ment to be realistic, it´s all about pure fun and skill based gameplay..

Great stuff in other words and realy, how anyone can prefer the wii control over this is an enigma, sure it´s personl preferences but warhawk truly is an online multiplayer masterpiece.

As a comparision im also recently been playing quake wars on our high end pc and warhawk is pretty much the same thing.

Just that as good as quake wars is, and it is, warhawk holds all the trumph cards.
It´s more fastpaced, it´s more instant to get into, it´s not as cluttered and mystic at first glance, everyone can dig into warhawks goals and gameplay the first few seconds but mastering is another story tho.

Warhawk actually looks better to, but what they do share is that they are both realy fun to play, but once again warhawk has the upper hand.

Best online fps i´ve played since q2ctf now that i´ve given it a few weeks and easily this years online fps king so far, and to be honest, i dont see most heavy contenders being able to detronize it, sure games like UT III will be all out and cool but just like quake wars they wont most likely be able to deliver that pure fun ride that is warhawk.

ps3.warhawk review pt2

Ps3 fanboy put up a review of warhawk, and just like myself they felt it´s the best ps3 game so far and one of the best online multiplayer games to date with nice graphics and pure fun and fast paced gameplay with plenty of depth´s and intiutive controls even for non gamers.

check out their glowing 4 man review

ps3. Haze going ps3 exclusive and warhawk first hand

First things first.

Warhawk is damn fun, easy going and highly affordable, sure it´s by far the most expensive psn game, but it is as worthy of that pricetag as any full blown online first person shooter like battlefield and quake wars.

It´s not as indepth as let´s say quake wars but it´s as fun as games can be and it´s simple, to the point and executes on what online shooter games should.

The one thing i do miss, being an old quake player is a higher skillcap, but since i dont have time to play games to get good at them anymore, warhawk is actually the most fun i´ve had with an online multiplayer game since i discovered urban terror for quake 3 a long,long time ago, and while it´s not as indepth or skilldemanding as urt, it´s just as fun and addictive.

So do yourself a favour, hit psn from your ps3 and pick it up, great stuff and tons of players are duking it out, and well it will eat away your time baby, so dont miss out on eating in between frag sessions :)

Heck, im giving warhawk 9.3 out of 10 *
And ign.com picked it as game of the month

Haze: As for haze, it´s aparently gone from multiplatform,ps3, xbox 360 and pc to ps3 exclusive, And yes, that is indeed confirmed by Ubisoft.

warhawk screen

and what a screencap it is, look´s like quite an intense firefight :)