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Check Out the Multiplayer Mech Madness of Hawken

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Welcome to the crazy far-flung future, where indie games look as good as the big-budget ones.

I bet when you hear the phrase "indie games," your mind doesn't immediately run to stuff that looks like this:   



  

This crazy-looking giant-robot extravaganza is Hawken, a multiplayer-only mech shooter coming to the PC. Hawken earns the "indie" moniker because the home page for the developer, Adhesive Games, lists all of nine people (and three former employees) working on this thing. I'm sure the use of Unreal Engine 3 has eased the development process a bit, but you have to admit it's a pretty damn impressive-looking project for such a small group of people to turn out. (How well it plays is yet to be seen, of course.)

This footage has been floating around since last week, but I just caught it today and wanted to bring it to the attention of anyone who hasn't seen it. Consider me interested, and consider yourself informed!
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Something about the word "Hawken" makes me think "Wanzer". Maybe it's the mechs and I'm just stupid.

edit: After playing through Front Mission Evolved, this is very refreshing. I still believe there's an awesome game to be made by translating the various cutscenes in the PS1 and PS2 Front Missions games into real-time action.  And SHOGO's multiple gameplay formulas of inside and outside the mech have stuck in my memories a lot more than most other FPS series of late. There's definitely an ignored ganglion to tickle there.

Perhaps this game will whet the appetites of those who can make our micro macross dreams come true.

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@easthill: Why limit themselves to just the PC when they could at least try to get it on the 360/PS3, and therefore reach out to a larger audience? A bigger audience allows for more of a chance for more money for these devs.

Also, this game seems to be getting some attention far before it's done, whereas those god awful FPS Multiplayer games that keep coming out on XBLA have absolutely no press.
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I want a Multi-Player thing in my system.

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"  I bet when you hear the phrase "indie games," your mind doesn't immediately run to stuff that looks likethis: "

lol Brad, silly statement to make. Theirs tonnes of indie games that look really nice, Lead & dead is a perfect example. It definitely looks like an indie game, pure and simple : ) 

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Hella keen for FPS mech action
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If you stick to the mainstream you're bound to be behind somewhat when it comes to the independent scene. Modding and just what is possible with tools out there these days has come a long way and there's some really impressive stuff being made. Not to mention that some of the stuff made by very keen, intelligent people looking for a career in video games development, while not content-extensive, has every now and again caused a stir for a long time now (demo-scene et al.)