The new patch is bringing a whole lot to your PS3.
by Greg Miller
US, February 15, 2008
- Over on the PlayStation Blog, Dylan Jobe -- Warhawk game director -- just popped in to spill the beans about the next Warhawk update -- the 1.3 patch."So far, Warhawk players have logged over 7.3 million hours of gameplay and have scored over 206 million kills!" Jobe wrote. "And during this time, we've keenly observed the battles, looking for opportunities for us to further balance Warhawk's gameplay and over-arching 'combat economy.'" The result of the team and Jobe's observations is two upgrades for troops on the ground.
First is the Mechanic's Field Wrench. Used to repair vehicles, Jobe wrote you'll swing the instrument when you're near an allied vehicle and -- BOOM! -- it's fixed. Run into an enemy and you can use it for one-hit kills or to damage their vehicles. Up next for grunts in the field is the Bio-Field Generator. You'll grab this device and hurl it like a mine. The generator will stick to whatever it lands on and if an ally stands in the resulting field, he'll regain health. If a bad guy walks into it, he'll get fried.Where's my wrench?!What else does the patch bring? How about some Home integration?! Once you get the patch, Jobe says you'll have the tools to
"form groups, meet in their apartments, discuss tactics, and then launch a game of Warhawk
all together!" Games launched from Home will appear on the global games list in gold."When you're in your apartment, all you do is whip-out your virtual PSP, select 'create game' and pick Warhawk," he wrote. "From there, you get to start your own player server, pick a game rotation, set server options and then
BAM !! Launch Warhawk with all of your friends!! You can also pick to not make your game viewable to the other Warhawk players around the world, or you can make it a 'public' game that puts all of your friends into the server together, and leaves open slots for other global Warhawk players join."The new patch will also allow players to choose push-to-talk or open-mic when chatting in game, adjust the voice-activation level, and clearly see who is talking.
There's even a new all-talk server so players "can enable cross-team trash talk."Jobe says that the patch is getting tested right now but doesn't have a release date yet.
