50) Hawken

The official launch trailer introduces us to the world of Hawken.

The world of Illal has been ruined by war. Among other things, a virus called Hawken was released, which is converting the entire world into a labyrinth of metal called the giga-structure. In the rubble, two megacorporations, Prosk and Sentium, are at war over the planet’s few remaining resources. Your job is to take control of a mech and fight for your corporation.

Hawken is a mech-fighter game in which players choose from three basic mechs, a light, medium, or heavy model, and can customize the weapons loadout, items, and cockpit. Gameplay consists of running around a map and shooting people. In a refreshing twist, guns have unlimited ammo. The catch is that they tend to overheat when used too much. When that happens, you’d better run and hide because it shuts down all your guns.

One key feature of Hawken is in the Mechs: you can use jet thrusters to double jump, or hover, or do a short dash in any direction, adding some cool new maneuvres to the game. 

The view from the cockpit of a player tank. Looks like something's about to go down.

Get a feel for the game with this four minute video. Bit tricky getting used to the HUD, but once you  do....