Warhawk FAQ Answers

Joebob · 15 Aug 2007 at 10:44

kotaku said:
Been a lot of questions surrounding Warhawk. We seemed to go through about 119 of them just wondering whether it'd be a disc or downloable game, and that was just the start of them. Perhaps sensing our undying thirst for knowledge, game director Dylan Jobe has posted a FAQ on the PlayStation Blog, complete with interesting/useful responses. The most interesting/useful follow.

- To the best of their knowledge, the bundled headset is not a limited offer.

- The game will support 2, 3 & 4-player splitscreen play.

- Expect downloadable content in the future, since the game's been "designed from the ground up with expandability in mind"

- Even if you're hosting a MP game on your PS3 as a server, you can still play.

- ALL maps support 32 players, not just some.

- The game recognises your XMB buddy list and imports it straight into the game's buddy page.

- It's got full clan support

- Release dates for everywhere BUT the US are up in the air. In other words, if you're in Europe, Australia or Japan, don't hold your breath, this one might slip to Christmas or even 2008.

- MP servers are global, but players have the option of filtering just their local ones.

- The game will support most headsets, even the old SOCOM USB one, so don't FREAK OUT if you're opting for the downloadable version.

Link

Could be Christmas or 2008 for Europe :eek:

Guess I'm definately downloading the US version then

msmalls74 · 15 Aug 2007 at 10:54

I listened to the IGN Podcast beyond with Dylan Jobe yesterday Very interesting stuff. Pretty sure the PAL release will not be that long off from the US one, but like you said just get the US version if its going to be that long a wait.
Theres a good Warhawk FAQ with DJ on the sony blog site
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2007/08/14/warhawk-faq/#comments

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 11:33

Joebob said:
Link

Could be Christmas or 2008 for Europe

Guess I'm definately downloading the US version then

Thing is this will only work if we know others who are doing this, otherwise wew will just end up playing against loads of Americans. We need to convince more people here to sign up USA accounts and download it from US store for 40 bucks on August 28th!

rp2000

Joebob · 15 Aug 2007 at 11:35

rp2000 said:
Thing is this will only work if we know others who are doing this, otherwise wew will just end up playing against loads of Americans. We need to convince more people here to sign up USA accounts and download it from US store for 40 bucks on August 28th!

rp2000

You can play on worldwide servers. it isn't region locked iirc.

Will there be an option to join local servers just in your country?
Yes. While we wanted to make sure that players got to choose the exact server they jumped into, we *totally* realized that if the game takes off, which we hope it does, that players might be simply overloaded by the server list. So, more to your point “Shadow_Dancer,” you can filter by region, language, game type, ping, max rank, etc.

Dutch Guy · 15 Aug 2007 at 11:36

Release dates for everywhere BUT the US are up in the air. In other words, if you're in Europe, Australia or Japan, don't hold your breath, this one might slip to Christmas or even 2008.

Why would they do that?

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 11:40

Joebob said:
You can play on worldwide servers. it isn't region locked iirc.

Yeah, but if it is only released in the USA then you will have low pings to all of those people, obviously they will all play on the USA hosted servers as they have quickest ping to them and also if they host their own servers we will get slow pings.

rp2000

chris_87 · 15 Aug 2007 at 12:15

Most sites have recently changed the release date to 14th September (one of the sites originally said November not long ago) so hopefully that will be the UK date.

NokkonWud · 15 Aug 2007 at 12:28

- The game recognises your XMB buddy list and imports it straight into the game's buddy page.

Superb, a nice way around it. Whilst it's not as good as being able to access a centralized friends list, it's certainly better than having none. Hopefully you can message just like normal.

- Release dates for everywhere BUT the US are up in the air. In other words, if you're in Europe, Australia or Japan, don't hold your breath, this one might slip to Christmas or even 2008.

Shocking. From good to bad. If the game works, it works. Get it released everywhere, if it's downloadable I don't see the problem?

Joebob · 15 Aug 2007 at 13:23

rp2000 said:
Yeah, but if it is only released in the USA then you will have low pings to all of those people, obviously they will all play on the USA hosted servers as they have quickest ping to them and also if they host their own servers we will get slow pings.

rp2000

ah, I see what you mean. I have about 5 mates who will most probably download the US version. So as long as we can get some of the crew on OcUK to get together for it then I'm sure we will be able to host 'local' games

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 13:25

Joebob said:
ah, I see what you mean. I have about 5 mates who will most probably download the US version. So as long as we can get some of the crew on OcUK to get together for it then I'm sure we will be able to host 'local' games

Add me to that list, I will probably share the download with 2 or 3 others as well who want it.

rp2000

Joebob · 15 Aug 2007 at 13:31

rp2000 said:
Add me to that list, I will probably share the download with 2 or 3 others as well who want it.

rp2000

The 5 mates I am talking about will be sharing my download too

tomanders91 · 15 Aug 2007 at 13:56

if you download the us one? Will it work just the same as the UK one would?

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:13

Joebob said:
The 5 mates I am talking about will be sharing my download too

Have you ever tried more than 5 users, out of curiousity? I am now thinking of sharing with only 3 others plus myself. If it locked to allow 5 downloads of the item from 1 PSN ID, then if I have to replace the PS3 or format it, I would need one of the downloads for myself.

tomanders91 said:
if you download the us one? Will it work just the same as the UK one would?

Yes, certainly been the case with previous games, in the beginning it was a problem witha few titles that used regionalised servers (RFOM and Motorstorm off the top of my head). As far as I know all new titles use worldwide servers for all games (Blu-ray and downloaded).

rp2000

Joebob · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:17

rp2000 said:
Have you ever tried more than 5 users, out of curiousity? I am now thinking of sharing with only 3 others plus myself. If it locked to allow 5 downloads of the item from 1 PSN ID, then if I have to replace the PS3 or format it, I would need one of the downloads for myself.

I have let five other people have access to my account to download stuff, plus I have swapped from a Jap console to PAL one and downloaded again on new one. So that's 7 times I have downloaded a single game on one account.

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 14:20

Joebob said:
I have let five other people have access to my account to download stuff, plus I have swapped from a Jap console to PAL one and downloaded again on new one. So that's 7 times I have downloaded a single game on one account.

Cheers, worth bearing in mind....
I give my account to 2 ppl on here and 2 ppl in real life, but its nice to know I could give it to more.

rp2000

Paranoid_Robot · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:07

Definitely downloading Warhawk.

I just like putting the PS3 on and not having to swap discs. It's also the kind of game you can just jump right into.

Edz · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:30

Right I need some help from the people that know, i.e you lot

How can I get this game apart from importing it on the 28th August, i.e. how do I buy anything from the US store?

BTW: a bit more info just to clarify in game you can choose who you want to talk/listen to in game rather than hearing everyone chatting

Sniper123 · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:42

How do you buy stuff from the US store :confused:

I have a maestro debit card.

Joebob · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:50

setup a US account by just putting in a hotel address or something similar. Some UK cards are accepted but most require address check. Best bet is to setup an account with entropay www.entropay.com - it gives you a virtual credit card but doesnt need address verifying for online purchases etc.

rp2000 · 15 Aug 2007 at 16:53

Edz said:
Right I need some help from the people that know, i.e you lot

How can I get this game apart from importing it on the 28th August, i.e. how do I buy anything from the US store?

BTW: a bit more info just to clarify in game you can choose who you want to talk/listen to in game rather than hearing everyone chatting

Sniper123 said:
How do you buy stuff from the US store I have a maestro debit card.

You can setup a USA account easily enough (following the info in the PS3 sticky thread).

To use a card the easiest way is to use one of these virtual online Visa/Mastercards. Basically it is like paypal, they give you a valid VISA/Mastercard number, expiry date, security code etc.

You just top this up by linking it to your bank or debit card, then you can add that to your USA account. It does not check the cardholders registered address, so you just enter card number etc. The one I use charges you something like 1.5% every time you add funds or withdraw funds from your card.

I use http://www.entropay.com whcih was easy to setup and took about 2 days to validate and link to my bank account. I have used it for at least 5 purchases from the USA store and it has worked fine for me.

rp2000

Edit:

Joebob said:
setup a US account by just putting in a hotel address or something similar. Some UK cards are accepted but most require address check. Best bet is to setup an account with entropay www.entropay.com - it gives you a virtual credit card but doesnt need address verifying for online purchases etc.

My post has more details than yours