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Free-to-play mech FPS Hawken is staging a fan-led comeback thanks to a new project called Hawakening.

It is a labor of undying love.

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This might sound familiar to Hawken superfans - after all,Hawakening first launched way back in 2020.

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But that was a single-player revival intended to let players get back in to play with bots.

This new relaunch is a full custom server job letting you play PvP online.

It reached a total of25 concurrent playerson Steam following that update.

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But, they add, that “will take additional time, effort & considerations.”

In the meantime, it looks like the Hawken fans actually want to play is well and truly back.

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