Free-to-play online shooter Hawken is sunsetting its Steam servers for PC users, Reloaded Games announced today, causing reviews of the game to tank.
“After 3 great years, we are shutting down the PC Steam servers to refocus our development efforts. The PC game will officially be removed on January 2, 2018, and all DLC and purchasable content will also be unavailable starting today. It’s been an incredibly rewarding experience working alongside such a dedicated PC player base. Your feedback and support has been invaluable to us, and the team looks forward to creating more great games based on what we’ve learned from you. Thank you all very much for your support!”
The game originally hit open beta in 2012, with multiple relaunches and then the Steam early access release following Reloaded’s acquisition of the project. The game does not currently support local servers, so this is pretty much it for you if you play on PC. Consolers, however, appear to have been spared; both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of the game just got an update in September.
Our condolences to players affected by the decision.
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