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We're giving out 10,000 Hawken beta codes right now!
For those of you who don't know, Hawken is an awesome first-person mech shooter for the PC with a focus on fast and twitch style gameplay. Plus it also looks amazing! How could you not want to play this? The open beta starts on December 12, but you could be playing right now in the second close beta event that's started up today. To play Hawken right now, just head over to Play Hawken, sign up for an account, then go to the Redeem Code section and enter this code: HAWKEN_DTOID Once accepted, download the game and you're good to go. We have 10,000 of these codes to offer up so spread the word to your friends! Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
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| 9:00 AM on 05.15.2013 How eager nipples and a tight thong fought casual sexism |

Hawken publisher Meteor has, in its office, a piece of art featuring a woman with a bountiful underboob and very little in the way of clothing, hung in place by CEO Mark Long. The half-naked woman, named "Ruby Underboob"...more
| 12:00 PM on 03.05.2013 Everything you need to know about Hawken's newest mech |

Last week we showed you what the newest mech to join Hawken looks like. Well now our exclusive look continues as we have a full breakdown of everything the mech has to offer players in the free-to-play first-person shooter fo...more
| 10:00 AM on 03.01.2013 Here's an exclusive look at the next new mech for Hawken |

Hawken is the badass twitch based first-person shooter that sees you controlling giant mechs of destruction.The game offers a few different types of mechs ranging in different sizes and classes, and the collection of giant ro...more
| 12:00 PM on 01.30.2013 Hawken trailer shows off new PhysX eye candy |

In case you were concerned that visually-stunning mech shooter Hawken would run well on your computer, you can always turn on the PhysX options that will ensure amazing visuals and mournful performance (for most). In this vi...more
| 5:15 PM on 10.15.2012 Hawken's closed beta begins October 26 |

Hawken just completed a round of alpha testing recently, which means we're nearing the home stretch to the open beta set for December 12, 2012. Before we get to that point though, the Hawken team will be doing some closed bet...more
| 1:00 PM on 08.22.2012 Hawken CEO: It takes indie companies to do risky things |

Many of us at Destructoid have been looking forward to Hawken for a very long time now. How could we not? The mech genre was seemingly dead in the water until Adhesive Games revealed the teaser video which showed us a mech ga...more
| 3:00 PM on 07.13.2012 Hawken web series announced: Mechs will explode! |

Upcoming free-to-play mech game Hawken will have its world and fiction expanded via a web series produced by Warner Premier. Though it's not clear whether this will be an animated or live-action series with CGI (like the prom...more
| 8:00 PM on 06.09.2012 E3: Hawken is getting its own ridiculous controller too |

I bet every original Steel Battalion fan just got goosebumps upon seeing these images of the MEK-FU controller, huh? I know I did when I saw it in person last week at the Hawken party during E3. Of course, there's a sense of ...more
| 1:30 PM on 06.09.2012 E3: Hawken looks to be the king of free-to-play gaming |

When I got to check out the upcoming free-to-play mech game Hawken for PC at PAX East earlier this year, I was blown away. The developers nailed the most important part of the mech genre: the feel. If you don’t feel as ...more
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