May 25, 2011

THQ has released a new chainsword revving, ork exploding, plasma spewing trailer for its upcoming third-person shooter, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. As well as showing us plenty more of the gory stuff, we also get a bit more information about the combat system. It looks a lot more like Dynasty Warriors than Gears of War 3, with no chest high walls in sight...

It’s quite hard not to like the Warhammer 40k universe. Huge armour, big guns and bigger hammers, split between a huge variety of races, filled to bursting point with lore. It is clearly prime material for making videogames that justify an ‘M for mature’ rating. THQ took E3 to show off two new games based on Warhammer 40k that are already looking...

Format: PC Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: THQ Developer: Relic Entertainment Players: 1 – 6 Site: www.dawnofwar2.com Big burly men wearing the equivalent of an ocean liner’s metal content in their armour, bludgeoning the poo out of each other with hammers sparking with lightening is actually quite a common theme in the Warhammer 40k universe. It...

Format: Xbox 360 (version reviewed), DS, PC, PSP Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Focus Home Interactive Developer: Cyanide Players: 1-2 Site: www.bloodbowl-game.com Not since 1995 has Blood Bowl the videogame seen the light of day. Which suggests there’s a good reason for that. Originally, Blood Bowl was a turn-based tabletop board game....

In a lovely example of a developer adding something to a game post-release for absolutely no money at all, Relic have released a new co-op mode for Dawn of War II. In The Last Stand you and two friends (or random online people) will play as either the Greenskin Mekboy, the Space Marine Captain or the Eldar Farseer, as they band together to fend off waves of...