Delta Force: Hawk Ops is the new ‘Battlefield’ game whose alpha test everyone is currently trying to get into
The public alpha test for Delta Force: Hawk Ops has kicked off, but not everyone who wants in can play.
Image credit:TiMi Studio, Level Infinite.
Following a bit of a delay, the Delta Force: Hawk Ops PC alpha test has officially kicked off in the West. An older version of the game has been playable for quite some time in Asia , but this is the first time Western players have been able to get their hands on it.
Well, those who have been lucky enough to get invited, anyway. That’s because, though this is a public test, it remains invite only. You can certainly throw your name in the hat, but you can’t quite guarantee getting access.
For the time being, at least, there are a few limited ways to get into the Hawk Ops alpha on PC, You can register your interest on the official website , or on Steam . While the game is/will be available on Steam, you can grab it directly from its site - assuming you get an invite.
The third way of gaining access is likely going to be how most players get to play, and that is chasing Drops on Twitch. A number of participating streamers are currently live, playing the game, and it’s responsible for pushing Hawk Ops to the front page of Twitch , with over 50,000 viewers at the time of this writing.
If you watch any of them for an hour or more, you’ll get a message on Twitch with your access key. To claim your key, you’ll also need to create a Level Infinite account , if you don’t already have one, and connect it to your Twitch account. You know the drill.
Unfortunately, those invites don’t appear to be going out as intended. A number of players have reported watching over 60 minutes of Drops-enabled livestreams without receiving a key. This may be a result of increased demand, as it’s often the case that invites are delayed for popular games.
So far, impressions from those who have been able to get in are fairly positive, with many praising the gunplay and movement , how satisfying the support callouts are (such as this devastating guided missile ) and the, well, uncanny resemblance to Battlefield.
That said, Hawk Ops does have AI bots that aren’t clearly labelled as such, something a lot of hardcore players aren’t fans of . There’s also a bizarre limitation once you get into a match: you can’t edit your loadout mid-match - though you can save multiple loadouts pre-match.
It is worth keeping in mind, however, that Twitch Drops are going out in waves that take place over certain days. Check this blog post for more.
Delta Force (2024)
Android , iOS , PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC
Delta Force: Hawk Ops’ big Gamescom news is that it’ll be playable during October’s Steam Next Fest
Delta Force: Hawk Ops has been on a roll recently, so you better believe it wasn’t going to miss out on dropping some new announcement at Gamescom.
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Delta Force: Hawk Ops developer Team Jade promised us some news at Gamescom 2024, and during tonight’s Opening Night Live presentation, we got just that. The upcoming free-to-play shooter revealed a brief look at the game, and that it’ll be appearing at Steam Next Fest in October.
Hawk Ops, of course, has been in closed alpha testing for months, having just recently expanded to include the West. Sentiment overall has been quite positive, and many see it as a true competitor to DICE’s Battlefield .
Team Jade has been diligently updating the alpha since it kicked off, having recently just added more content. The build received a new map, and a mode that’s pretty much Hawk Ops’ take on Battlefield’s Conquest. The alpha test doesn’t quite have an end date - but we do know it’ll continue to be live until sometime in the first week of September.
As for the full release, the plan has always been for that to occur in the first quarter of 2025. Everyone instead has been anxious to see when the game’s Early Access period will kick off in earnest. Outside of its very Battlefield multiplayer mode, Hawk Ops also has a single-player campaign inspired by the movie Black Hawk Down, which will not be available for free.
Delta Force (2024)
Android , iOS , PS5 , Xbox Series X/S , PC
