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Update 3: We are once again out of keys. Update 2: We have been given 500 more keys! Update: We are now out of keys. We will be sure to update this post if we are given more keys. We have partnered with Stompy Bot Productions to give away 1000 Steam keys for Heavy Gear Assault. The game is currently in Early [...]
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Following an odd two-week delay, Heavy Gear Assault officially went live on Steam Early Access earlier today. The mech combat game is launching on Steam with the release of a patch that enables the in-game market and locks off mechs for players that have not purchased them. MekTek Studios and Stompy Bot Productions expect that Heavy Gear Assault will be in [...]
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Heavy Gear Assault has been around for some time now, having originally launched as a paid Alpha sometime last year. Since then, the game has progressed steadily, having received an additional $2 million in funding at the end of last year that the team estimated would "springboard" the game into release sometime this year. While it is not launching this year, Heavy [...]
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Heavy Gear Assault is a mech shooter where players fight in real-time PvP arena matches and complete the single-player campaign mode, building and enhancing different kinds of powerful mechs. [singlepic id=64579 w=428 h=240 float=center] Publisher: Stompy Bot Productions Playerbase: Shut Down Type: Shooter Release Date: December 29, 2016 Pros: +Build and enhance mechs. +Single and multiplayer modes. +Maps of various [...]
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Stompy Bot Productions have announced that they have received a new round of funding to the tune of $2 million. This new financing will help to "springboard" the game into a release state in 2016. The money will be put towards "all aspects important to [their] community" on the road to release. Development over the course of the next few [...]
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Heavy Gear Assault is the upcoming resurrection of the Heavy Gear franchise's video game legacy. It is an online mech combat arena in which players fight with highly customizable gears in an eSports setting. I recently had a chance to sit down with Vince McMullin, the President and CEO of MekTek Studios (who are developing the title) and John Nguyen, Marketing [...]
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