Yay! A new Warhawk expansion pack has been announced going by the name of Operation: Broken Mirror. The new expansion pack will arrive on the PSN in April at a price of £3.99 and bring with it the new Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC), which comes in two forms, and seven arenas of the new Vaporfield Glacier.
Click through for the official press release and more news on the APC.
New Warhawk expansion pack to arrive this April on PLAYSTATION®Network
Operation: Broken Mirror the new Armoured Personnel Carrier rumbles into action on the icebound Vaporfield Glacier
Since the first expansion pack (Operation: Omega Dawn) was released on PLAYSTATION®Network (PSN) last December, Warhawk™ soldiers have been stepping up the attack around the world, battling for domination on the ground and in the air. To fuel the battle and keep morale high, expansion pack Operation: Broken Mirror will launch exclusively on PSN in April, bringing the mighty Armoured Personnel Carrier into the fray as troops battle it out in the seven arenas of the new Vaporfield Glacier.
The Glacier is a new Eucadian stronghold where snowy conditions blanket an intricate network of freeways and towns, the hub of which is the war torn Radial Village. Desperate for an advantage, the Eucadian army has established a research base in the southern polar wastes, far away from the active battle fronts. However, there is a mole in the camp and secret intelligence has been leaked to the Chernovan command instigating a lethal invasion force. The battle will be decided across seven arenas capable of holding different numbers of players – up to 32 gamers can fight in Tundra Assault, for example, while Olsavik Village is designed for smaller battles with four to eight players.
New terrain requires new equipment and what better for ground assaults in the snow than the Armoured Personnel Carrier? Designed for rapid infiltration, the tough and swift APC allows six passengers to fire weapons through its side hatches and features a ‘speed boost’ to charge through enemy lines more effectively. Once the APC reaches its destination, it acts as a forward spawn point for swarms of reinforcements. There’s also a driver-activated E-POD (Electrostatic Plasma Ordinance Disrupter) that emits a burst of energy that absorbs enemy fire to provide a temporary shield for your troops. It’s also a hazard for enemy Warhawk which are destroyed if they come into contact with it. The APC comes in two forms; one Eucadian (M-22 APC/SW) and one Chernovan (HE7-Walrus).
Before Operation: Broken Mirror, there’s another addition to your Warhawk experience via a downloadable patch. Early April, two new troop weapons are coming to the theatre of combat: the wrench and the Bio Field Generator. The wrench pickup replaces the knife and can be used in the same way – as a melee weapon that can kill enemy infantry with a single strike - but it’s not just a weapon; it be used to repair friendly vehicles. By simply standing next to the vehicle and striking it with the wrench, the lifespan of the vehicle is extended - with the opposite occurring when enemy vehicles are struck. The Bio Field Generator also replaces the knife and is deployed like a proximity mine, sticking to walls and vehicles. It generates a nanite cloud of your team’s colour - allied troops standing within the cloud experience rapid health regeneration with the opposite occurring to the enemy.
The Warhawk landscape has changed once again - download Operation: Broken Mirror for Warhawk via PSN in April and get ready to change the way you wage war…
Yeah! Sounds good.
April the ps3 month!
Comment by ShinigamiRuben — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
Looks good. I have to say I found Omega Dawn a bit disappointing but this one looks better. I’ve preferred ground-trooping myself anyway.
I hope it’s the same price as OD.
Nice to see games being properly supported for longer. It works cos I go back to games like this when updates come out.
Comment by TheShirts — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:17 pm
shiiiieeeeelllldddsssss!!!!
Comment by JohnSketch — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:25 pm
yes - looks excellent, I love the updates which keep me coming back to warhawk. If only I didnt have a job to hold down…
Comment by MrJimmy — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
The new map looks to me like it cleverly encourages use of the APC, any trying to get from place to place on foot is going to get sniped to hell…
And just a side thought - maybe a passenger in a tank can heal it with the wrench as it goes along?
Looking forward to both patch and pack.
Comment by ElStefio — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:32 pm
anyone* trying to get from place to place i meant
Comment by ElStefio — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
“And just a side thought - maybe a passenger in a tank can heal it with the wrench as it goes along?”
That is indeed correct. Don’t forget though whilst you are in the turret position of any vehicle you are open to being shot.
Comment by HaloJ — Mar 25, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
@MrJimmy
How i know your pain!
Comment by JohnSketch — Mar 25, 2008 @ 5:17 pm
W00t!
I will be buying this on day one. WarHawk has been one of my most played PS3 games so far!
Comment by KillerDr3w — Mar 25, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
I first saw warhawk as a game where people will be able to meet up and play a game with team work as the foundation, but all you get is some ideot american or dumb ass kid shoutin down the mike. Is there anychance of this changing? I want tactics and teamwork to be a major factor of this game, in other words i want to play it seriously. Anyone with me??
Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 25, 2008 @ 5:42 pm
I have not played Omega Dawn and I won’t play this. Not because I don’t want to but because I can’t since I currently live in Japan and imported the US version. DLC like the Broken Mirror pack is region locked and Sony won’t let people with a non-US credit card access the US store. Just a warning for those who are thinking about importing so called region free PS3 games.
Comment by Matt — Mar 25, 2008 @ 5:46 pm
Looks really good! cant wait for this!! Any chance on MrThreeSpeech getting up a dedicated server or two so we can all get together?
Did I just hear you sad “Tournerment”? OK!
Comment by elephant.stone — Mar 25, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
So it’s just the one map for £3.99?
Rumours are that COD4 is getting four new maps for about the same price!
I know the above mentions ’seven arenas’ of Vaporfield Glacier, but we all know that just means ‘different areas of the same map’!
Comment by DiscoDa — Mar 25, 2008 @ 6:37 pm
can´t europe get psn card so i can buy this please!!!
Comment by satans — Mar 25, 2008 @ 7:49 pm
WOW! I want this now!!! and you guys, stop being so dumb, this map, the weapons, and the APC, are all FREE! Its an update for warhawk, including the new insignias, and paintjobs, all of this is a gift from incognito! its all FREE!
Comment by Peaceful_Samurai — Mar 25, 2008 @ 9:28 pm
“I first saw warhawk as a game where people will be able to meet up and play a game with team work as the foundation, but all you get is some ideot american or dumb ass kid shoutin down the mike. Is there anychance of this changing? I want tactics and teamwork to be a major factor of this game, in other words i want to play it seriously. Anyone with me??”
watch it buddy, the best players in warhawk are American. And also doesnt the Biofield generator replace the mines not the knife?
Comment by Ryne — Mar 25, 2008 @ 10:43 pm
These microtransactions are a disgusting display of greed by software companies and and a show of stupidity by the people who buy them.
They are vastly over priced for what they are, they don’t even require to be on a physical format.
£1 per add on for any game is more than enough.
It really annoys me when they constantly drip feed content. It should be stored up for when they have a decent amount and released at a reasonable price.
Please people, DO NOT encourage this unadulterated greed and exploitation.
These people should be ashamed of themselves.
Comment by Ton Capone — Mar 26, 2008 @ 2:32 am
AND it is always practically costs double in the UK than the same thing does in the US.
I cannot believe you do not feel sick that you are subsidising some American ignoramus’s game expansions.
Comment by Ton Capone — Mar 26, 2008 @ 2:34 am
Hand me a tissue please ThreeSpeech!
Comment by LordOfRuin — Mar 26, 2008 @ 9:42 am
@15 and 16:
Dude, it’s business. They price the product at a level they think will make them the most profit. If you don’t like the price, don’t pay it. The reason lots of us do buy it is because we judge it to be worth the cost not because we are ’stupid’ and frankly I find that suggestion pretty insulting
Comment by TheShirts — Mar 26, 2008 @ 11:03 am
@ryne, yea sure mate, what ever you say. Americans are the best in the world, can never be beaten, even better than the mongolians, i kid you not.
Comment by E-ROLE — Mar 26, 2008 @ 2:46 pm
I LOVE Warhawk!!!!!!
Can’t wait
Comment by Azz — Mar 26, 2008 @ 6:13 pm
looks amazing can’t wait
Comment by Elliot — Mar 26, 2008 @ 7:06 pm
Sounds awesome! But I’m worried that this will further restrict the amount of servers with enough people on them for a good game. Quite often I’m not able to play Omega Dawn modes because simply not enough people are playing with the expansion pack…
Comment by Jon — Mar 26, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
Trop bien, mais est-ce que quelqu’un pourrait me donner la date exacte de la sortie de cette add-on ? Je ne la trouve nul part ! En tout cas je suis pressé de vous affronter sur ce nouveau terrain et vous faire pleurer comme d’habitude !!!
Comment by Mahaks — Mar 27, 2008 @ 8:01 am
OMG OMG OMG thansk for teh new pics, im definately gettiong this on luanch ZOMG ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Comment by Mike-zidane — Mar 27, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
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