WarHawk screens continue to impress

by Nick Doerr { Apr 24th 2007 at 3:30PM }

As the release date for WarHawk draws nearer and nearer (by near we of course mean "still far away"), screens are popping up all over the place. Here's the freshest batch from IGN. What've we got to say? They look fantastic, patriotic, even. I mean, a red, white and blue airplane blowing the heck outta the competition (aptly named "Grandmasboy" and others) is always a pick-me-up.

Slated for a September release, we expect a lot from this title. It's been the PS3 showcase title for more than one show, but always garnered lukewarm reception. With the drop of the single-player missions and focus solely on multiplayer dogfights, there's renewed hope this game will prove itself. We're still not sure what the price will be, if it'll be downloadable, store-bought, or both. It changes all the time.

Tags: PlayStation 3, Playstation3, PS3, Sony, War Hawk, WarHawk

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

KillarClown @ Apr 24th 2007 3:42PM

AMERICA, F*&K YEAH! COMING AGAIN TO SAVE THE MOTHER F*&KING DAY, YEAH!

Dogfights eh.. there's a fighter i'd like to see and play.. dogs, chickens, Bettas (siamese fighting fish, duh).. warehouse setting with a sweet betting system and lots of gore and tekken style fighting and six axis dodging.. that would be sweet.

Stef Geiger @ Apr 24th 2007 3:53PM

I... don't see how this game COULDN'T be fun. Unless the controls are terrible, this game should be really enjoyable. The freedom to choose from being on foot, in a land vehicle or in the air should really extend the life of the title. If you're in the mood for a shooter, play Warhawk. Sick of running around, want to have some dogfigts? Play Warhawk. They'll REALLY have to f*ck this one up to stop me from playing. Sure hope it's 1080i/p. Anyone know?

massive_98 @ Apr 24th 2007 6:26PM

I hope this games comes on a blu-ray disc. I only have the 20 GB drive and I game this awesome will take up a hefty chunk.

How do I transfer my save games and the PS3 system info to one of those 200 GB harddrives?

Stef Geiger @ Apr 24th 2007 6:51PM

...Why do people assume that "awesomeness" = size? Warhawk will PROBABLY be relatively small compared to single-player games of a similar vein. Warhawk's size won't be inflated by things like HD cinematics (at least not many of them). And unless there are going to be hundreds of maps, ships, ship decals etc, this title could probably be crammed onto a DVD - not that it will be, though.

Don't forget, if they're even considering allowing digital distribution of this game, there's no way it'll clock in at over 10 gigs. Even something like five gigs is something most people would consider ridiculously large to download. People don't want to clutter up their HDDs, or spend a week downloading the game, and Sony wouldn't want to spend the money on the bandwidth required to do all that uploading.

thatpspkid @ Apr 24th 2007 7:56PM

@3
for demos:
i am guessing that you need a big enough external hard drive, and you can then use that back up utility under settings.

for saves, music ect.:
just go to it, press triangle and copy it to a flash drive or something. you can put anything on a flash drive from your ps3 except for the downloadable demos.

John @ Apr 24th 2007 10:54PM

This looks like it has DAYS of atmosphere. I'm no flying ace but I'll be playing this, because it's so pretty.

John @ Apr 24th 2007 11:22PM

@ massive_98, you may find the comments at the bottom of this article helpful:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/11/playstation-3-dissected-drive-upgraded/

Also, if you're weary, it appears that you can always use an external USB hard drive, and xfer.

Here's another link, there's a comment in here about taking the old drive and hooking it up USB to xfer the files, but it's rather vague. I didn't read all the comments, you might find more:

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/playstation-3-disk-too-small-swap-it-out-for-a-monster-drive-216612.php