Updated the OP with a new video with Hawk gameplay. 

Well, the private beta ends on January 3. So I would guess around late January or early  Feb.

the official starhawk thread will be done by?

thanks for sharing. loving what i see, and hopefully starhawk will be a run away hit.

It's ok.

Is there anything gameplay related you like/dislike? I know hawk gameplay is different depending on who you talk to (pro flight is not the same), but overall, (as a beta) the game is quite impressive.

I played a few games of the beta its a pretty fun game, compared to warhawk the maps seem smaller and the gameplay is more TPS and once you get a hawk your a beast until another hawk comes

I played the beta some (though not nearly as much as I'd have liked so far). I played a few matches on Warhawk for comparison (still a few great games out there; I was in an insane CTF on the Northern Bridge - Eucadia map). From what I noticed, grenades do not explode on contact (which I miss), and I prefer the camera position in Warhawk (it's farther from your character, and centered around your character as well).

Outside of a few other problems (such as the enemy creating a spawn point that allowed them to spawn right on top of our flag), I think it's a great game and quite a bit of fun. The building is really cool (though some people build far too many walls with no purpose), and the mechs are lots of fun to mess around with. Controlling the Starhawks was a lot different from what I remember in Warhawk, which was confusing, but I think that'd get easier with more time in them, and I was never great in a Warhawk anyway. I also wish they'd let us have smaller maps or more players in the beta, cause half the time I was just trying to get to the action.

Yeah I like the ground fighting in this game a lot more than warhawk, but they ruined flying for now. Hopefully when all the weapons are available it will make up for pro flight or else they put pro flight back.