Dealspwn writes:
"You only have to hint at the word “Mech” here in the Dealspwn Citadel and it will whip Matt and Jon into unstoppable euphoric state (it usually involves them just shouting the work “mechs” at each other for half an hour.) With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that we’ve been keeping our eyes on Adhesive Games’ upcoming Free To Play online Mech combat game Hawken ever since it debuted via a trailer last year. We were impressed by the visuals, intrigued by the combat, and (two thirds of us) drooling over the mech-based carnage. So, for the safety of everyone within a 3 mile radius of our position, it was decided that I should go into the recent Closed Beta test to see how things are progressing for the multiplayer title, ahead of its release in December."
Expect the game to only work offline right now.
As we trend ever deeper into a world of games that require servers maintained by the developer or publisher, we see more and more games disappearing from the world. What happens when these games are shut down? What does it take for a game to survive beyond this point?
Most modern games that have online components like destiny rely so heavily on co op between players that even if you had a full disc version popping it in and playing won't be a fun experience as you can't play the actual game after hitting a wall with difficulty levels of they even boot
But classic titles like vice city will still be the same in 2049 as they were in 2001 provided you play on a disc not stripped down digital versions that have the soundtrack cut out ten years later
Hawken, the free to play mech shooter has had its servers closed on Steam, but it will remain live on consoles.
This is exactly why only online multiplayer games won't last very long. It's important to have a single player campaign (a good one, not a throw-away trash story) or some kind of offline multiplayer mode.