Warhawk gets more new bits

By Robert Purchese Published 23 October, 2007

Fresh maps, server options, etc.

Man and Warhawk game director Dylan Jobe has made good on his promise from Friday that he would return to tell us all about patch 1.2.

The best bits in it are fresh layouts of existing maps that are geared towards smaller games for four to eight of you, as well as fancy new clan and Buddy list options for servers so you can restrict who joins your games.

Those maps that have been fiddled with to be a little more constricted are Island Outpost: Standoff, The Badlands: South City, Destroyed Capitol: Garden Showdown and Archipelago: Close Corridors.

Meanwhile those of you in clans can now set the names of teams playing as Eucadian and Chernovan forces, and you will be automatically sorted when the match starts. You will also only be able to join the game if you belong to one of the two clans.

Buddy battles work in a similar way and restrict your game to people on your PSN friends list.

Buying things from the Warhawk Store will now be doable in-game, and it looks like a new Booster Pack is in the works - although Jobe was reluctant to say anything more than that.

Also inside 1.2 are server filters so you can find what you are looking for more quickly, automatic kicks for people idling and clogging up battles, and DualShock 3 support for that badly kept secret.

There are lots of tweaks to read about and pictures of the new map layouts over on the official US PlayStation blog.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (21) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • RumpyStumpy #1 4 years ago

    Better than Halo then.

  • Runtime #2 4 years ago

    "Better than Halo then."

    Matter of opinion


    Making the maps smaller for locally hosted games is a good idea. Current map size is too big for anything less than 10 vs 10

  • Arwin #3 4 years ago

    Note that Warhawk already had several different mapsizes to cater for 8 to 32 players ... they're just adding even smaller mapsizes for smaller parties (also useful because you can play a local 4 player split-screen game).

    This game is really great, and highly addictive, I must say. So it's good to see they put some serious support into it also (like Resistance, but despite being great 40 player action it's starting to look a bit old to me, Warhawk looks beautiful and having so many different things you can do makes it a lot of fun)

  • Beano #4 4 years ago

    "Buddy battles"... about bloody time!!

  • teabagger #5 4 years ago

    Great game, but I'm sick of sometimes taking 20mins to get into a game because of getting 'game full' messages even when it's listed as having spaces (and re-lists with spaces available after it's told me it's full) Grrrr!

  • tonynibbles #6 4 years ago

    Nice! :D

  • Apologie #7 4 years ago

    One of the best, if not the best multiplayer ever... Halo doesn't stand a chance against these big boy.

  • Artemis_Matsas #8 4 years ago

    Warhawk is one of the best multiplayer games i played. Great fun.

  • Steroyd #9 4 years ago

    Warhawk, has probably got the best CTF I've ever played, now if those point scumming asshats I come across from time to time will piss off permanently it'll be perfect.

  • Artemus #10 4 years ago

    Fall damage exploit fixed.

    So does that mean you won't be able to jump off cliffs/launch jeeps without hurting yourself/jeep?

  • zuljin #11 4 years ago

    @Artemus
    I'm hoping theres no fall damage on vehicles still, but thats just me. Falling down huge cliffs without losing health was annoying though.

    @Runtime
    Have you played the smallest ctf version of badlands? That map is 5 vs 5 max, anything more is just plain deathmatch.

  • hoos30 #12 4 years ago

    If Warhawk fans weren't so insecure, there'd be no reason to mention Halo in this thread.

  • Kenshin001 #13 4 years ago

    Never play small maps, only 32 player, but I wonder what the deal is with vehicles on these new maps. I'm assuming Warhawks will be absent. Jeeps and tanks would also seem almost pointless.

  • Johnson #14 4 years ago

    If by "so insecure" you mean "such dicks" then yes, you're right.

  • Pedrolot #15 4 years ago

    Ingame PM??
    Edited by 1 at 23/10/07 @ 15:25

  • miiiguel #16 4 years ago

    I bet among the 5000 messages on the Halo 3 thread, nobody remembered this "big boy".

    Halo 3 can't be played on a PC, as of now.

    This game is fun (can't figure out why the Halo comparisons, but... hey..., Halo seems to be omnipresent), in short doses, though.
    Edited by 1 at 23/10/07 @ 16:11

  • Artemis_Matsas #17 4 years ago

    @Johnson

    Now, that was tottaly uncalled for. I agree that Halo has no place in this thread, but you coming in and calling everyone a "dick" is juvenile at best.
    Please try not to provoke.
    Thanks.
    Edited by 1 at 23/10/07 @ 17:00

  • DanC89 #18 4 years ago

    Nice, now next I want some real new maps!

  • Apologie #19 4 years ago

    Bioshok, Gears of War (1st November) and in time Halo 3 will all be playable in my PC so, no point in maintaining my X360. ON the other hand Metal Gear 4, GT5, Drakes FOrtune, Ratchet, Killzone2, Warhawk etc... are exclusives for the Ps3, and wont come out for Pc or any other system...
    Edited by 2 at 23/10/07 @ 18:51

  • Carlo #20 4 years ago

    I've not enjoyed fighting other people online as much as I do in Warhawk since Quake 3.

    Yes, this game, as far as I'm concerned, beats every 'vs other players' I've played since Q3.

    Admitedly, I've not played every FPS out there, but Warhawk is *definately* something very, VERY special. This patch is universaly welcomed.

  • 3william56 #21 4 years ago

    Damn - the new maps thing had me all excited. Sure they'll be on the way soon though. Smaller maps will be fine for small games, though I tend to find you need the space to stop the whole thing becoming chaotic. A bit of space, few less folks means more chance for strategy.

    I too hope they don't overdo the fall damage, especially for jeeps. Cliff jumping's essential for fast transit around the island archipelago and Eucadia. And a lot of fun to boot. As long as you land basically right side up, let it ride I reckon.

    But yes, it's a utterly fabulous game, and a real time eater. I'd go back to Quake 1 which I loved on the network at work to find the same, accessible carnage. Anyone of the 360 trolls who still ask if there's anything worth playing on the PS3, start here. I reckon a rethink of EG's 8/10 is well overdue!

    Teabagger - surprised you're still having such problems. Since the Sept update in servers, I rarely have to try more than 2-3 games to find a space, unless the officials server farms are down (the maintenance window is right smack bang in the evening here in Aus).