“Exterminatus”, the late-addition cooperative mode for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, will release October 25, publisher THQ said today. It had originally been scheduled for an “early October” release.
Until recently I was under the impression that Warhammer 40,000 was a tabletop war game played mainly by bookish and bearded nerds in comic shops and out-of-the-way conference rooms at sci-fi/fantasy conventions.
Relic Entertainment has proven time and time again with its Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise that it has a deep respect for Warhammer: 40.000. Does that respect extend to the third-person shooter?
Large and bulky like the mutated heroes of the game itself, the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine collector’s edition could easily take down your average Ork. Let’s take a peek inside.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is an action shooter with weight. And that weight doesn’t come from just the screen-shaking heft of the marines you play, it also comes from the deep history of the nearly 25-year-old franchise upon which the game was built.
While its big, burly characters make it look like it wants to be Gears of War, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine‘s core tenant is distinctly un-Gears-like: Cover is for the weak.
The only problem with this thrilling cinematic trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is that I’m not entirely clear on who is supposed to be war. I only know someone is, and they’re quite vehement about it.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is still a big, thunderous shoot ‘em up mixed with Ork-eviscerating action. Not much has changed here: Space Marine is booming, bloody violence in the most unpleasant of alien environments.
This is Metal Gear Tau Rex, a re-imagining of the bipedal nuclear threat as made famous by Metal Gear Solid for the PlayStation. Warhammer miniature fan Caiin injected some Ork flavor into Metal Gear lore last fall. Seen on Work In Progress, via Reddit.