What's more brutal and intimate than clearing out a space hulk? Here's hoping.

Love me the Imperial Guard, though.

Bakeroo

I want a 40K FPS that doesn't suck.

Fire Warrior was like a little advertising campaign for the then-new Tau. Hell, enemies couldn't even go up stairs. You could spend the entire game shooting from stairs and the enemies would do nothing.

RPharazonius

Brutal AND intimate? Don't tell FOX News!!

Crawl to China

Just like an video game adaptation with 40k, there's a lot of potential and a lot of possible things to fuck up horrendously. I think there's a lot more room to stick to cannon for a fighter rather than a strategy game (I mean, there aren't really any HQ units in 40k that couldn't go one on one with any other leader. Unless you're Guard. Even then...), but it's fully possible for the team to take "creative liberties" or just accidentally screw something up.

But god damn. A fighter? Dude, I'm callin it right now, Kharn the Betrayer is the final boss. Come on, this is Khornes bread and butter!

Anyway, as always, here's hoping.

Garro

"Games based on 40K that aren't Space Hulk or Dawn of War have generally sucked"

Wasn't Chaos Gate well-received?

paulrenzo

Jumping in the fray as an Ork Boy, swining my Choppa in the face of a chaos marine right before he cuts off an arm with his chainsword?

Sounds good to me.

Laho

Cool! As a lover of brawlers, I'm not seeing enough of a revival in the genre. I'll be watching news on this closely :)

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

I'm actually Australian, so forget about interpeting the following as some form of nation bashing:

How significant can this title possibly be if THQ has palmed it off to their Australian studio? I mean, come one... us Aussies aren't renowned for being movers and shakers in the video game industry, so can we safely presume that this is simply going to be a brand toting potboiler?

AlbenoEpiX

EAT CHAINSWORD!!!

belo

@Yin: Oh, and I know it's probably a game like DMC / Final Fight / Gauntlet or something, but a man can dream right?

The God Emperor of Mankind = god-tier

Yin

Here's hoping for a fighter á la Soul Calibur! (but slower and more gritty/brutal)

Yin

What they really need to do is make a WH40K battlefield style of game along with destructable enviros like BFBC.

Now that would be something to behold.

Witzbold

Brawler =/= fighting game. I'm assuming a hack and slash ala DMC/NG/etc. But actually requiring skill I would hope.

Squishy3

Who else is praying for Necromunda :P given there's a blood bowl game on the way it's not exactly impossible

ChaoticLusts

So there's 2 warhammer mmos?

sixonedoesitall

@AlbenoEpiX: THQ's Aussie studio is in Brisbane. Loads of good development talent in Brisbane. SHame you don't know that.

Luke Plunkett

THQ Australia have picked up a lot of ex-Auran lately. The quality of their stuff should really pick up.

Gestahl

@ChaoticLusts: You know.. I wasn't till you said that. Now, now nothing else with satisfy.

ShiningIdeal

@Luke Plunkett:

Loads of good development talent by what measure? Face it, we suck.

AlbenoEpiX

kinda like fire warrior?

FlapDangerous

God, I hope this is good. I've been anxiously awaiting a good Warhammer fantasy/Warhammer 40K game since I first played Dawn of War.

Actually, forget this game. If they ported Warhammer Online to the 360, I would be MUCH happier. They should do that. They won't, but they should.

Aughndibi

@Gestahl:

Hopefully. The last thing they did was that multiplatform airbender title and that was a tremendous flop, to be frank.

AlbenoEpiX

@Gestahl:

Hopefully. The last thing they did was the multiplatform Airbender title and that was a tremendous flop, to be frank.

AlbenoEpiX

@sixonedoesitall: One coming out soon for fantasy, and one in the works for 40k, so, yes.

KommissarK

What's a brawler? I'm guessing like a scrolling beat em up?

AokiShinya

I want a Rogue Trader rpg.

little_dragon

Hrm. A Devil May Cry-esque type of game (sans the overblown, overrated flamboyancy of Dante and his ilk) with say; an Inquisitor and a whole lot of cultists/demons/orks could be rather entertaining.

IF they don't fuck it up.

Disgrunted Aussie Gamer

I must confess to not knowing what a brawler really is. Simialr to Condemned, or Devil May Cry? Eldar Gaiden, maybe?

stoneagedan

Fire Warrior wasn't bad either. It was nothing special, but there are far worse shooters out there for you to spend your time one. Some of the older RTS games were good too, like Final Liberation.

Anaralia

Can't they just copy Gears of War instead?

I mean, it already feels like 40k, just needs some Space Marines hunkering for cover instead.

If they try and do a cheesy beat 'em up or, God forbid, an overblown Devil May Cry style game, it'll look and feel ridiculous.

Arleas

@paulrenzo: Chaos Gate was amazing

taftsearlobe33

I've got a boner now!

chenry

tut....I won't be buying it...they didn't offer me the lead artist job I applied for...bleedin' Ozzies...

NikLG

Theres been whispers of a Necromunda game around for a while. I thought it was too much to hope for but now? Now I'm just a little excited.

Jackablade

@Garro: "I mean, there aren't really any HQ units in 40k that couldn't go one on one with any other leader. Unless you're Guard."

Two words, one name: Commissar Yarrick.

In any case, I can see this going two ways, both of which would be awesome (and neither of which will probably happen, just because):

A) 2.5D fighting game, featuring the greatest leaders of each faction as the characters. Tau are screwed.

B) Side brawler (TMNT, Aliens, AvP, etc). You would, of course, end up playing as Space Marines through various levels against whatever they decide to throw at you ('Stealers in hulks, chaos cultists in hive cities, purging an Ork village, etc).

I think I prefer (B). Get on it!

Jazhuis

Just make me a game that plays sort of like a 'God of War' set in the 40k universe--starring Kharn the Betrayer. KILL MAIM BURN

Aseran

@Jackablade: That would rock, especially if they had different story lines for each of the houses.

@Aseran: Kill counter: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003...

If it was a fighter, they could model each of the characters after pre-existing special characters. Then, it would at least seem a bit more fair.

For example, Colonel "Iron Hand" Straken, Prince Yriel, Drazhar, Kharn, Marneus Calgar, Old One Eye, Nightbringer, Commander Farsight, That SoB special character... you get the point.

As a brawler, they're better off following Necromunda over 40k. The brawler structure fits that game better.

/Though I'd be very ok with a Necromunda turn-based RPG a la Fire Emblem and Final Fantasy Tactics.

Cervantes3773

Space Hulk was full of awesome. Oh, how I wish I could play that again...

Cupajo

"Games based on 40K that aren't Space Hulk or Dawn of War have generally sucked"

what about final liberation and chaos gate; two of the best games ever!

ideon

A Warhammer 40K brawler? Then I suggest for level bosses the following.

Lucius the Eternal
Typhus: Herald of Nurgle
Ahriman
Kharn the Betrayer
Abbadon the Despoiler

Tull

@Tull:

Lucius, though cool, is completely pointless to put in a game as someone you can kill because you'll just end up becoming him. As is Abaddon as he can kill you just by touching you with his sword... that and you're not gonna kill Abaddon lol.

Anaralia

@AlbenoEpiX: We made Dark Reign which was awesome. We do make some good titles, but they get a little eclipsed by over-hyped titles from Japan and the US.

hikaizer