EA Phenomic’s upcoming “social” take on Command & Conquer, Tiberium Alliances, hasn’t gathered much good press. Probably because it looks about as enjoyable as punching yourself unconscious. It might be in line for a little more bad press, though, given the similarity between some of its unit designs and those found in tabletop war game Warhammer 40k.
This was once, in a former life, an entire army of Warhammer 40K miniatures. It is now one of the greatest tributes to id’s classic Doom I’ve ever seen.
When I think Warhammer 40,000 I’m thinking deep strategic battles and hours spent hovering over a table covered with painstakingly painted metal figures; epic wars fought on a grand scale. I definitely don’t think fast-paced cooperative arcade shooter. Someone evidently did, however, and that’s why there’s Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team, coming next month to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network from THQ.
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I spotted this Warhammer 40K space marine harassing an R2 unit today at Gamescom.
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Team Fortress… Warhammer 40K… two very different beasts, but bring them together and you’ve got… a very different beast.