Media release — new York City won’t be the exact same after this weekend at new York Comic con as Archaia home entertainment as well as Meteor home entertainment revealed their plans to promote the upcoming HAWKEN video game as well as prequel graphic book hardcover at the enormous comics as well as pop culture show, to be held Oct. 11-14 at the Javits center on Manhattan’s West Side.
At the Archaia booth (#1520), Meteor home entertainment as well as Adhesive games will set up a playable, multiplayer demo of HAWKEN, a first-person mech shooter that is catching a great deal of buzz as one of the most anticipated, free-to-play titles concerning PC. guests will get to pilot their mech to gather energy, safeguard their base, as well as take out their enemies in this fast-paced game. fans can likewise satisfy Adhesive co-founder as well as innovative director Khang Le as he indications free, limited-edition HAWKEN autograph cards, the fourth in a series of four. (Check at the Archaia booth for a signing schedule.) Be sure to stop by as well as pilot a mech this weekend as well as get your free, special giveaway!
Le will likewise be demoing in the Wacom/Epson booth #1765 on Thursday as well as Friday from 5-6pm. Come view as well as discover as he produces online HAWKEN art on Wacom’s Cintiq 24HD Touch pen display. This art will then be printed on Epson R2000 printer.
In addition, famed rock poster artist Justin Hampton will have an special silk-screen HAWKEN poster for sale in artists alley at booth DD6 for $40 each. Hampton’s poster is the very first piece of art offered to the public as part of the transmedia method for HAWKEN. The poster is a ideal representation of Hampton’s rock as well as roll roots in the Pacific Northwest. His works have been featured in Rolling Stone, sports Illustrated, Maxim as well as numerous others.
Two, separate panels at new York Comic con will even more the HAWKEN experience. “Meteor home entertainment provides HAWKEN” panel will take location on Friday, Oct. 12 from 6:45-7:45pm in space 1A07. guests will get closed beta gain access to for HAWKEN as well as get to take a walk with the game as well as hear about the different transmedia elements for the game from Khang Le as well as other panel participants. as well as at the “Archaia Presents: Transmedia in graphic book Publishing” panel—taking location Saturday, October 13 from 6:30-7:30pm in space 1A06—attendees will hear from Khang Le as well as Archaia publisher Mike Kennedy the most recent advancements on the HAWKEN: GENESIS graphic novel, an original story Archaia will publish in March 2013 that will delve into the world of the game as well as improve the user’s experience. Never-before-seen pages from the book will be provided for the very first time for fans, so this is your chance to get a peek of the work in progress!
“It has been amazing to work with Meteor as well as Adhesive this past convention season to get the word out about theHAWKEN game as well as graphic novel, so it is only fitting that we go out with a bang in the very best city in the world, new York!” exclaimed Mel Caylo, Archaia advertising Manager. “Play the game, get totally free swag, discover some great info—what much more might you want?”
“Archaia’s expertise has been a remarkable assist at this past year’s conventions in prepping for the release ofHAWKEN,” added Shannon Gerritzen, Meteor home entertainment pr Manager. “This is the last major consumer dealing with event for the season as well as we want to be sure the fans get as much HAWKEN as possible before the December launch.”
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About Archaia Entertainment, LLC
Archaia is a multi-award-winning graphic book publisher with much more than 75 popular publishing brands, including such domestic as well as worldwide hits as mouse Guard, Return of the Dapper Men, Bolivar, Rust, Gunnerkrigg Court, Old City Blues, Awakening, The Killer, Tumor, Syndrome, Artesia, as well as an entire line of The Jim Henson business graphic novels. Archaia has developed an unparalleled credibility for creating meaningful material that perpetually transforms minds, building one of the industry’s many visually spectacular as well as eclectic slates of graphic novels. Archaia was named graphic book publisher of the Year by Ain’t it great News, Comic Related, as well as graphic Policy, which honored the publisher two years in a row. Archaia was honored with nine 2011 Eisner awards nominations as well as two awards for finest graphic album as well as finest Anthology. So far in 2012, Archaia has been even more honored with six Harvey award nominations, two Harvey Awards, six Eisner nominations as well as three Eisner Awards, as well as both Gold as well as Silver awards from ForeWord Reviews. In addition to publications, Archaia has effectively emerged as a prolific storyteller in all aspects of thnull