It looks bloody amazing, if you haven't seen footage of it,
http://www.hawkengame.com/

and you can sign up for the beta!

https://www.playhawken.com/?ref=fiyzpr6w

(this link doesn't offer me anything more than a reserved callsign when the full version comes out, i do not profit or recieve beta by sharing, if you don't want me to have that, then just go to https://www.playhawken.com/ )

Been excited for this for some time, didn't realize one could sign up for the beta though, cool stuff
an impressive piece of work for such a small team, would be an achievement for any sized studio I'd think

Yeah, same. I'm also happy(ish) that it won't cost anything, but concerned about how they will impliment the free2play systems into it... I'd rather pay $30 for it one time then get it for free and realize i need to rent all the cool guns. now, quite a few free2play games are very well balanced, blacklight retribution is a good example from the four beta phases i've been in, but it does seem like there is a lot of potential for people just paying to unlock the best gun. this has to be counterbalanced with a way to unlock the best abilities over time with some experience, and having level locks on the best items, but again, i'm not sure if i'm happy or concerned about it being free2play. here's hoping it isn't filled with micspammers and such, ruining the ambient nature of the game.

ah that's weird, I didn't realize it was going to be free to play/buyin items, I'd probably rather we all started off on the same foot but I bet they can figure out a decent system