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"Warhawk in space" evidence mounts.

Sony America has trademarked the name "Starhawk", adding weight to rumours that Warhawk creator Dylan Jobe's newly-formed LightBox Interactive studio is taking the series into space.

"Sony does not comment on rumour and speculation," a SCEE spokesperson responded when confronted with the evidence this morning. Nor, we were told, would Sony divulge plans for the future of the Warhawk IP.

LightBox Interactive was formed in January 2009 by former members of Warhawk developer Incognito.

Around the March announcement, Kotaku claimed insider knowledge of "Warhawk in space", which the site said had been in development for "some time".

Dylan Jobe, when approached by Kotaku, was cagey: "It's way too early to comment on anything but I can say that we have some really exciting stuff in development that our Warhawk fans and new players will love."

The official LightBox Interactive site adds further fuel to the fire.

"We're currently engaged in a multi-year, multi-title partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment America developing games for the PlayStation family of platforms," explains the LightBox site.

It all seems to fit into place; Warhawk has been well supported by fans and Sony alike, and received numerous expansion packs since its August 2007 release.

Head over to our Warhawk gamepage for our ongoing critique of one of the most celebrated online PS3 multiplayer games available.

Thanks, VG247.

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Widge #1 3 years ago

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Hypercube #2 3 years ago

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Interesting, I wonder if well known American hippy feminist Goddess botherer Starhawk will be able to get them for diluting her brand....
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DFawkes #3 3 years ago

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About time, there's a distinct lack of space combat games this gen.
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Cyclone #4 3 years ago

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Personally I'd rather Sony spent the money giving their Colony Wars series a proper current gen makeover, but I suppose any space shooter on the PS3 is better than none at all.
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mingster #5 3 years ago

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+1 for new colony wars
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penhalion #6 3 years ago

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Now this is a game I can get 100% behind. No idea how it would work in space as it was as much the ground battles as the seat of the pants canyon flying that made it so much fun. Space is kind of big and mostly empty so doesn't leave much room for running and gunning. Hmmmmmm
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jim1975 #7 3 years ago

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its rather see a streethawk game.
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RockIsSponge #8 3 years ago

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Yeah, we really needed a Space/War game this Gen. Shame, the quirky retro-war feel of Warhawk is something that made it stand out, if only a bit.
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TriggerHippie #9 3 years ago

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Spacehawks in war?
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juck88 #10 3 years ago

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warhawk, the best online game on the ps3,
i'd feel cheated on if i had bought a ps3 and not had the chance to play it
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Gaol #11 3 years ago

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I guess Marvel never bothered trademarking their character of the same name then.
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themanfromdelmonte #12 3 years ago

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Warhawk is one of the best games I've played this gen, very well balanced, fun, multiplayer action.

So high hopes for Starhawk from me :^D.
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X-Vector #13 3 years ago

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There was a Starhawk arcade game back in '77, that got ported to the Vectrex console five years later: [link url=http://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki/Star_Hawk
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I wonder if Cinematronics never trademarked the name or if it just expired.
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symmetry #14 3 years ago

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But the PS3 did get BF:BC right? Are you saying that Warhawk is better than that?

If so I may have to move my PS3 plans forward a few months...
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Scimarad #15 3 years ago

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I'll be up for that! I've had lots of fun on Warhawk.
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Burkey123 #16 3 years ago

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Warhawk, a great game!!
I still want to see boats though
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Triggerhappytel #17 3 years ago

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"Now this is a game I can get 100% behind. No idea how it would work in space as it was as much the ground battles as the seat of the pants canyon flying that made it so much fun. Space is kind of big and mostly empty so doesn't leave much room for running and gunning. Hmmmmmm"

My guess is that there will be lots of installations/starships on which you have to land and take over, and so on, meaning ground battles will still be prevalent, if not quite as central.

Looking forward to this, even though I never played Warhawk beyond the trial. This time Sony, please include a single-player mode with at least two player co-op. Hopefully this will be a success and they will commission a new Colony Wars and G-Police 3.
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bad09 #18 3 years ago

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+1,000,000 for new colony wars (and G-Police)

I can't say I saw the appeal of Warhawk, thought it was a bit rubbish myself. OK but didn't really hold me. Still like everyone says give me SPACE SHOOTERS I'm up for it!
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