Adhesive Games’ free to play Mech shooter has garnered a huge reaction from the E3 community, awards fired everywhere in its general direction.
HAWKEN was nominated for a whopping 20 Awards at E3, racking up 10 wins and 3 Honorable Mentions. The stunning list of accolades includes:
· Destructoid’s Best of PC
· GameTrailers’ Best Free to Play
· GameTrailers’ Best Online Only
· Polygon’s E3 Editor’s Choice Award
· Awesome Robo’s E3 2012 Best Overall Title – “One of the most jaw dropping games we played at E3 this year.”
· GamingIrresponsibly’s Best of Indie
· Examiner.com’s Best PvP (Multiplayer) – “The most anticipated game this year.”
· Video Game Writers’ Best of PC
· Sidequesting’s Best of E3 Editor’s Choice Awards
· GamerLive.TV’s Top 5 PC Games – “Hawken has become a blockbuster game of 2012…”
Next on HAWKEN’s agenda is San Diego Comic-Con, July 11-15, and Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, Aug 15-19. Press interviews for both events can be scheduled through Shannon Gerritzen, [email protected].
At Comic-Con, fans will be treated to an early, pre-PAX Prime, hands-on gameplay opportunity in IGN’s space on Thursday and Saturday, July 12 & 14. In addition, Adhesive Games’ Creative Director Khang Le will be creating original art at Wacom’s booth on Friday and Saturday (July 13-14), with Archaia hosting HAWKEN on the show floor for the entire run of the event.
Following Comic-Con, HAWKEN will appear in Cologne, Germany for Gamescom as the global fervor grows for this highly anticipated game. To further support HAWKEN’s expanding international presence, three key players have joined the Meteor Entertainment team: Iris Andresdottir for all International, Aidan Minter in the UK, and Ashley Jenkins in Oceanic.
Aidan Minter joins Meteor Entertainment to help co-ordinate community management, PR and marketing for HAWKEN in the UK. Minter previously held roles at Midway Games and more recently Tradewest Games as Senior European Brand Manager.
Gamers can register now for the closed beta release of HAWKEN atwww.playhawken.com.