Following the successful launch of the free-to-play online video game Hawken in December, Archaia Entertainment and free-to-play video game publisher Meteor Entertainment rewarded fans for their dedication and support by offering an exclusive, digital-only issue of Hawken: Genesis for FREE.

This latest installment will only be made available through comiXology, with no plans for a printed edition. Previous installments have offered an early look at chapters featured in Archaia’s forthcoming hardcover graphic novel, Hawken: Genesis which will go on sale March 27 in comic shops. The full-length original graphic novel is written by Jeremy Barlow with concept by Khang Le, story by Dan Jevons, and illustration by Kody Chamberlain, Federico Dallocchio, Nathan Fox, Michael Gaydos, Bagus Hutomo, Sid Kotian, Khang Le, Christopher Moeller, Alex Sanchez, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Francisco Ruiz Velasco.

This exclusive short story is available through comiXology. “No Witness So Dreadful” features story and cover by the game’s creator and creative director, Khang Le, with illustration by Hoang Nguyen and Kinsun Loh.

Hawken is a free-to-play multiplayer mech first-person shooter developed by Adhesive Games and published by Meteor Entertainment. Hawken entered Open Beta on December 12, 2012. Hawken creates an intense and enjoyable battle experience that captures the feeling of piloting a heavy war machine while keeping the action fast-paced and strategic.