Hawken is a free-to-play multiplayer mech first-person shooter video game. The game features five game modes: Team Deathmatch Deathmatch Co-op Bot Team Deathmatch Siege and Missile Assault. It follows the freemium model of game monetization—with in-game purchases as the main source of revenue. Hawken had closed alpha and beta programs that took place before the official PC open beta release on 12 December 2012. The game had been constantly updated with new content and balance changes in the form of a game patch until Spring 2014. Following Reloaded Games' acquisition of the game's IP and assets in March 2015 the developers launched the game on the console platforms in early July 2016.