Hawken to get Oculus Rift support at launch

The developer behind the upcoming beefy-mech simulator/combat game, Hawken, announced today that the title will include support for the on-head virtual reality display, Oculus' Rift, when it launches in December.

The developers have said that the support will allow players to look around an exclusive in-game cockpit, purportedly giving them a better sense of place inside the war machine, and creating a more immersive battlefield.

Hawken is just the second game to pledge support for the unreleased VR display. The first being Doom 3 which was announced alongside id Software and John Carmack's breathless enthusiasm for the device. Unless you count Notch offering his idle idle hopes that Minecraft and 0x10c would gain support.

The Rift is currently still in its funding phase on Kickstarter with over 8,000 people pledging their support so far. Which is significant since the vast majority of those are pledging over $300 (the level needed to guarantee yourself a Rift prototype/development kit.) Funding currently sits at just under eight times the amount they asked for, or about $1.96 million.

Source : gamesradar[dot]com

Hawken to Launch With Oculus Rift Support in December

Hawken will support the Oculus Rift virtual reality display when it releases on December 12. Oculus owners will be able to look around the interior of an exclusive cockpit interior, as well as get a more three dimensional sense of the battlefield.

Presently, the only way to acquire the Oculus Rift is to pre-order a development kit from the Kickstarter page, which will run you about $300. Retail units will roll out at an unspecified date in the future.

Hawken is a free-to-play multiplayer shooter for PC that IGN enjoyed at E3, where Executive Editor Charles Onyett gave some face-on impressions of the Oculus Rift.

This is the second title to take advantage of the Oculus Rift, joining Doom 3: BFG Edition.  Do you think virtual reality is really the future of gaming?

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