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Warhawk Update v1.5 Details

Mnmfan | August 11, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 
It has only been a month since the 1.4 update which added 2 new game modes. Well now Director Dylan Jobe has posted all the juicy details for it's next big update v1.5.

So what will we be seeing on the battlefield and more importantly when will we be seeing it?
Ingame Music (through the XMB), Trophies, Tutorials, New Paint Schemes and Insignias and the lucky few that participated in the GGL Tournament will get an exclusive Katana Blade.

More info below.
Custom In-Game Music
This feature was asked for by a bazillion players! Now players can use the XMB music player to play their own custom music. Warhawk will also detect if you are using the XMB player and automatically disable the in-game Warhawk music. Convenience for the win!

XMB Trophies
I have talked about this several times before so this is by no means new-news…especially with the recent leak of our full trophy list – gotta love the internets. BTW, the team and I are really flattered that someone would risk their job to leak confidential info about our game — Makes us feel good in a weird kinda way.

Anyhoo….

There are 56 trophies included in the Warhawk v1.5 Update. These also include trophies for the booster packs, some of the trophies are, or rather *were*, hidden and some are retroactive based on your server-side stats. Here are just a few of the trophies that are included.

Training Tutorials
The new v1.5 Update includes 4 very simple tutorials that can be played off-line. Each one focuses on the core principals of each of the 3 modes of gameplay: Infantry, Ground Vehicles and Aircraft. Now these tutorials are very, very simple and It wouldn’t surprise me if some of our more hardcore players find them way too pedestrian. But we’re looking to help the *new* player, a player that may not be that familiar with Warhawk or the shooter genre. These tutorials are an invaluable help to a newbie!!!
After completing each of the 3 core tutorials a trophy is unlocked – a nice incentive for new players and, well…all you avid Warhawk players can think of them as “easy-money”.

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    iLLmatic | August 12, 2008
    Really a great thing to see consistent developer support for a year old game.
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    Paper Mario Dude | August 12, 2008
    well, isnt this one of sony's games?
    it seems as though sony is the only developer doing ANYTHING with the 2.40 update....only 3 or 4 games that support it is bullshit, all Sony 1st Party titles NEED to have these features. sony needs to get on 3rd party's asses and get their gears in motion, Infinity Ward isnt working on anything new, really only CoD6, THEY CAN MAKE AN UPDATE FOR AT LEAST *bleep*ING RUMBLE! jesus christ.
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    Linkin Park Fan | August 12, 2008
    *bleep* yeah, awesome update. I haven't played warhawk in so long. I think its going to be the first game I play.

    I still don't fully understand this trophies thing. Do we unlock them by getting medals? And we have already unlocked stuff, do we automaticaly get the trophies?
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      iLLmatic | August 12, 2008
      Only some trophies are retroactive, I think 10 out of the 56. Some are unlocked by completing certain tasks in battle, and yea the obvious ones are for getting certain medals and badges. You even get a trophy for completing the tutorial mode.
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    kik36 | August 12, 2008
    I've never played Warhawk but with the Trophy support and price drop it's starting to look more and more fantastic by the day.
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    Seeker X | August 12, 2008
    I think Jobe just confirmed parachutes, and thousands of Warhawk players are currently shedding tears of joy. Guess I'm gonna have to go back to Warhawk once this is out, they always keep me coming back.
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      iLLmatic | August 12, 2008
      So you think it's parachutes and not jet packs?
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        Seeker X | August 12, 2008
        It's bad enough that people get a chance to escape an unavoidable death in their Warhawks, making jetpacks is just pushing it, IMO. For all we know it could be an ejection seat, which makes sense, since you can dive a 3 story fall and not die.
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          iLLmatic | August 13, 2008
          That's true. I wonder how fast you will descend or how easy it will be to shoot a falling soldier.
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      Mnmfan | August 13, 2008
      It's not Parachutes. It's jetpacks he's referring to. The Trophy list confirmed the jetpacks last week. Some Trophies involve jetpacks.
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    Red 9 | August 12, 2008
    I haven't played Warhawk in ages, mostly because I stink at online shooters (all of them). This won't motivate me to return.
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      iLLmatic | August 13, 2008
      But................it's free
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        Red 9 | August 13, 2008
        So were the last two. And I still haven't downloaded them.
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          iLLmatic | August 13, 2008
          But...................trophies
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    Gamesta100 | August 13, 2008
    But Red 9 loves to complain about Warhawk
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      Red 9 | August 13, 2008
      It's because I stink at it so terribly lol.
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        iLLmatic | August 13, 2008
        Do you play on the official rookie servers?
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          kik36 | August 13, 2008
          There's official rookie servers?! PERFECT for my lame non shooting ass!!!
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          Red 9 | August 13, 2008
          I used to play on just about any server except the Official Expert ones.
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    goldva x | August 13, 2008
    Is there a way to get the Katana if you haven't participated in this so-called GGL tournament? It looks like the shit.

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