60/100
Players19 ratings: 53/100
Critics5 reviews

Where to get it

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2016 · Racing · Shooter

Hardware: Rivals

PlayStation exclusive

Hunt down your opponents in an armoured tank or pursue them at speed in a Fast Attack Vehicle. Enter the fray in an all-terrain battle-fest of online multiplayer action.

Released: 5 January 2016
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Genres: Racing Shooter Vehicular combat
Developers: —
Publishers: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Warfare
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Country: United Kingdom
Age ratings: ESRB E10+PEGI 7

About

Hardware: Rivals was a 2016 online multiplayer vehicular combat video game developed by SCE Connected Content Group and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It was the successor to the 2002 PlayStation 2 game, Hardware: Online Arena.

Keywords

vehicular combat
vehicle combat
playstation plus

Media

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Gameplay

The game gave players the option to play in either Tanks or Fast Attack Vehicles (FAVs), collecting various special weapon pickups such as Lasers, Railguns and Rockets.

In addition to deathmatch, team deathmatch and team domination multiplayer modes, the game also featured three single-player training modes, including "Time Trial" and "Target Practice".

Development

The game was first announced on 10 September 2015 and is developed by the SCE Connected Content Group, based in London.

A Public Beta for the game took place from 30 September 2015 to 19 October 2015, and was exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers. When the PS Events app was released as part of the PlayStation 4 system software 3.00, the Hardware: Rivals beta was one of the first titles to make in-game events available such as "4 Wheels Only", an FAV-only special event. The game was released on 5 January 2016.

Reception

The game was met with mixed reception upon its release. IGN awarded it a score of 5.5 out of 10, saying "There is fun to be had, but the novelty of Hardware: Rivals wears thin pretty quickly."