Lightbox Interactive, the studio behind Starhawk, has shed some employees as it moves from the PS3 to iOS development.
What Ever Happened to Starhawk?
In today's lost in space edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Golwar is concerned about the fate of Starhawk, the PlayStation 3 exclusive online shooter that showed so much promise up until it became a real product.
You Can Only Play Starhawk On PS3, But You Can Look at Your…
Some games stay with you even when you're not playing them. Sometimes, you get so deeply into a game that you need to bring it with you on the go. You need to keep up with everything that's going on, and even looking over stats or reading through the game's encyclopedia makes that time spent sitting on the bus more…
Do All of May's PlayStation 3 Exclusives Have the Same Cover?
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I just got copies of May PlayStation 3 exclusives Sorcery and Starhawk. Can we agree that maybe the PS3 boxart czar needs to mix up his/her concepts a little more?
Starhawk: The Kotaku Review
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Starhawk is a third-person shooter. Actually, scratch that, let me try again: Starhawk is a fighter-pilot game. Although... only sort of. Maybe Starhawk is a real-time strategy game.
Starhawk Reviewers Wisely Avoid Neopaganism, Focus on Shooting People
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You know what would be awesome? Warhawk, only in space. And we can name it after one of the most notable figures of the Neopagan movement! I can just imagine the game reviews now.
Plenty of recent games have proven that the third-person-combined-with-tower-defense genre can be successful. Given the right room to…Some Things in Starhawk Just Never Get Old
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Space-Western strategy-shooter Starhawk launches for the PS3 today. We've had glimpses of space dogfights, shooting, and careful battle tactics before.
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Japan Busts Out the Eye Shadow and Plastic Guns for Starhawk
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Starhawk Lets Two Players Sign In On One PS3 for Splitscreen Mayhem
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People love their splitscreen, don't they? When a deeply desired game releases without it, the moaning and bitching goes on for days.
This Starhawk Trailer Shows Off Building-Dropping Offense
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Attention, everyone: the signature move of Warhawk's spiritual successor has been anointed. The Property Damage—like that? I just made it up—is going to be the move that everyone tries to pull off in the sci-fi action/strategy hybrid. I've gotten a chance to play Starhawk a few times and the sensation of having the…
Starhawk's Outcasts Develop a Sweet Tooth
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These long, dark years of waiting are finally over as the latest entry in the Twisted Metal series goes gold. The vehicle combat spectacular races into our hearts on February 14, and it's bringing a love letter from multiplayer shooter Starhawk along for the ride. Pretty sweet, right?
You’ll Get Your Chance to Build-&-Battle When Starhawk’s Public Beta…
There's a fair amount of buzz surrounding the upcoming sci-fi/western mash-up from LightBox Interactive. You'll finally get to see what all the hollering's about when Starhawk's public beta goes live on January 18th.
Mechs, Jets and Beam Cannons Shine in the Starhawk Beta
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I finally got around to playing Starhawk's beta, and while I am terrible at the game I do enjoy it a lot . During the beta you play 8v8 matches of Capture the Flag on two different maps. Constructing different buildings allows you to access everything from Starhawks (a transforming mech/fighter jet suit) to anti-air…
Starhawk Private Beta Commences on Tuesday
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The private beta for Starhawk, the spiritual descendant of 2007's downloadable hit Warhawk will commence on Tuesday, says Sony Computer Entertainment America. The beta will be "slow-rolled," so those who don't get an invitation on day one, don't give up hope; one may be on the way soon.
Warhawk Players Get Elite Private Beta Access for Starhawk Next Month
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If you were one of the players of Warhawk—the spiritual predecessor to upcoming action/strategy hybrid Starhawk— Lightbox Interactive knows that they owe you one. Many members of the Warhawk team from developer Incognnito wound up at Lightbox Interactive, with another chance to iterate on the some of the massive…
Your Ticket to the Starhawk Beta is Inside Uncharted 3
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That copy of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception you're probably going to buy anyway has an added incentive—one ticket for early access to the Starhawk public beta.
These People Played Starhawk, and They Liked It
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Sony has posted a new video for Lightbox Interactive's upcoming Shooter/Builder/Flyer/Strategy hybrid Starhawk, which shows some serious building', shooting' action, as well as the excited reactions of a bunch of Comic Con attendees who got to play the game.
New Starhawk Screens Make it Hard to Keep Our Expectations in Check
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StarHawk is one of the 2012 video games we're most excited about at Kotaku. We like sci-fi. We like sci-fi. We like shooters. We like space combat. And we like games that, in single and multiplayer let you air-drop not just your vehicles, but your base. We like what we've been told about this PlayStation 3 exclusive.…