Exterminatus Released for PC & PS3
In news for people who prefer killing with, and in front of friends, Relic has released the free co-op DLC for Space Marine, Exterminatus, for the PC and the PS3 with the Xbox Live version coming soon.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
Players: 1 Player Offline, 16 Online Players
Publisher: THQ
Genres: Action, Third-Person Shooter
Publisher: THQ
Genres: Action, Third-Person Shooter
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Developer: Relic Entertainment
MSRP: $59.99
Developer: Relic Entertainment
MSRP: $59.99
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine takes place in the brutal, science fiction setting of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40,000 universe. In the 41st Millennium, humanity faces extinction at the hands of horrific aliens and demonic hordes. Only one force offers salvation, the superhuman Space Marines. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is an intense Action-RPG featuring epic battles where players take direct control of the ultimate defender of humanity, the mighty Space Marine.
A Look at the Space Marine Demo
Posted By Johnny Maloney about 9 months ago
I think I’ve figured out why you have a pain in your stomach. It might be this chainsword.
As reported earlier this week, pre-purchasers of the digital download version of Space Marine over Steam were allowed early access to the demo today. We here at Blistered Thumbs figured it was a perfect opportunity to capture some footage of a quick playthrough to give the uninformed, or the undecided whether or not they ought to consider a second look at this upcoming title.
Developed by Relic Entertainment, and their first title that could be described without having to include the word ‘strategy’ in the descriptors, Space Marine pits soldiers of the future against foes from all across the galaxy that have absolutely no right meddling in the affairs of the Imperium of Man. Without any further ado, let’s have Johnny walk us through a 12 minute look at what the gameplay of Space Marine has to offer us.
Still not decided? You can sign up to the Honour Guard at the Space Marine website right here, which will give you exclusive access to the PC demo through Steam to play for yourself on the 22nd of August. Those of you who have chosen to purchase the game through Steam, are likely already having a go at the demo. For the rest of you, August the 23rd will be the first chance you get to paint the walls with xeno blood. I, for one am looking forward to this one with a good deal of excitement. You can come back after the release on September 6th, and we’ll have a thorough review for you. Now, if you’ll excuse me, there’s a jump pack with my name on it.
You can occasionally find Johnny, covered in blood of course, on twitter @Scatterbrains. You can also e-mail him but he’s not nearly as bloody there… it’s more corn syrup and chocolate.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Review
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only WAR. Where the forces of the Xenos and the legions of the Heretics spread their decay and ruin, the Adeptus Astartes will be there to repel the invaders and punish those who dare set foot on the lands christened in the Golden Emperor's kingdom. This is the life, of a Space Marine.
Space Marine Brings Exterminatus on October 25th
For those in service to the Emperor, free downloadable content will be coming.
Relic Entertainment Holds Charity Auction for Fallen Developer
Dedicated to Brian Wood, Relic is holding a charity auction that many will find too heart-felt to pass up.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Review
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only WAR. Where the forces of the Xenos and the legions of the Heretics spread their decay and ruin, the Adeptus Astartes will be there to repel the invaders and punish those who dare set foot on the lands christened in the Golden Emperor’s kingdom. This is the life, of a Space Marine.
Top 5 Reasons Space Marine Kicks Ass!
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A Look at the Space Marine Demo
With early access to the demo having been released to pre-purchasers of certain editions of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, Johnny takes a quick vid-cap jaunt through a forgeworld and puts a lot of orks to death, while chatting and drinking a cup of coffee. Black unsweetened really HOT coffee! ‘CAUSE THIS IS SPACE MARINE!
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Trailer is Cinematic, Full of Gunfire
Blood for the blood god! Trailer for the spess mehrens!
Space Marine Requirements Arrive
The system requirements for Relic’s upcoming Space Marine have been released to the public. PC gamers looking to get more use out of their bolt-guns may want to have a look.
New Space Marine Screens
New screenshots for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Grab your lightning claws and let’s go!
Exterminatus Released for PC & PS3
In news for people who prefer killing with, and in front of friends, Relic has released the free co-op DLC for Space Marine, Exterminatus, for the PC and the PS3 with the Xbox Live version coming soon.
Space Marine Brings Exterminatus on October 25th
For those in service to the Emperor, free downloadable content will be coming.
Relic Entertainment Holds Charity Auction for Fallen Developer
Dedicated to Brian Wood, Relic is holding a charity auction that many will find too heart-felt to pass up.
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Review
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only WAR. Where the forces of the Xenos and the legions of the Heretics spread their decay and ruin, the Adeptus Astartes will be there to repel the invaders and punish those who dare set foot on the lands christened in the Golden Emperor’s kingdom. This is the life, of a Space Marine.
Top 5 Reasons Space Marine Kicks Ass!
Angry Joe has the worst luck in the 40k tabletop game. Will Joe’s luck change
A Look at the Space Marine Demo
With early access to the demo having been released to pre-purchasers of certain editions of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, Johnny takes a quick vid-cap jaunt through a forgeworld and puts a lot of orks to death, while chatting and drinking a cup of coffee. Black unsweetened really HOT coffee! ‘CAUSE THIS IS SPACE MARINE!
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Trailer is Cinematic, Full of Gunfire
Blood for the blood god! Trailer for the spess mehrens!
Space Marine Requirements Arrive
The system requirements for Relic’s upcoming Space Marine have been released to the public. PC gamers looking to get more use out of their bolt-guns may want to have a look.
New Space Marine Screens
New screenshots for Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. Grab your lightning claws and let’s go!
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Review
Posted By James C. about 8 months, 1 week ago
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Review
In the universe of man, there is only one place for the xeno filth of the universe: Dead at the bottom of a ditch. In the fringes of space, humanity finds itself in a neverending war with aliens and deities the likes we’ve never seen. There is no pity from the Legions of Chaos from the Eye of Terror, as they seek to raze the imperium of man to dust, and there is no remorse from the Necron, a race of skeletal cyborgs subservient to the cause of wiping out all living life forms across the stars. There is no end to the Tyranid horde, a massive wave of predatory primordials that exist to feed on all living tissue, and there is no hope to stop the Ork WAAAAAAAAAGH, the battlecry that heralds the downfall of countless settlements in systems as the Orkish hordes ravage and raze everything in sight to fuel their bloodlust maddened rampage.
When you’re up against odds like this, throwing in the towel seems like the best strategic option. However, the forces of man have more than enough assets to keep these threats at bay. The one we’re going to talk about today is none other than the Adeptus Astartes, the superhuman walking tanks that show no fear and destroy any threat to the sanctity of humankind in its path.
Today, we read of one of the many legends of the Space Marines.
| PROS | Tough as nails shooter, Exhaustive multiplayer, Impressive presentation |
| CONS | Incredibly predictable story, Chaos felt somewhat tacked on, Simplistic |
| WTF?! | What’s the level above “Ultraviolence”? |
On the Forge World of Graia, one of many factory planets that supplies the war effort of the kingdom of men, an invasion force of over a million Orks has set down upon the planet to ravage and loot materials from Manufactorum Ajakis. This industrial sector of the planet produces multiple types of war munitions ranging from bolter rounds to automatic turrets and houses a manufacturing plant for Warlord Class Titans, gigantic mechanical biped walkers that can change the tide of battle in an instant. While the strategic value of this asset is extremely high, using the extreme force of Exterminatus, a last resort to scorch a planet of xenos infestation, or orbital bombardment would prove to be more harm than good even if the world is recaptured to the strategic assets.
Therefore, the Adeptus Astartes Ultra, the Ultramarines, are deployed to Graia to cripple the invasion forces before the liberation fleet arrives to retake the planet. While the armored men in blue begin to repel the greenskins, a man named Drogan, a high ranking Inquisitor in the Ordo Xenos (Alien Hunters), requests the aid of the Space Marines to secure high risk Imperial assets that are vital to the struggle against all xeno encounters across the sector. Little do they know that by helping the Inquisition, they risk switching this planet’s demise from that of the aliens to that of heresy.
This isn't your flamethrower, this is your shotgun. Let that sink in a little bit.
While the story is a little fluffy, and will only tide you over for about 8 hours of total play time, it is also a basic story that the Space Marines of the 40K Universe have to deal with on a constant basis, and one I will probably revisit more than once: The Xenos invade, the Astartes arrive, ultraviolence for the Emperor, go home for some supper, repeat. One of the stinging problems that hovered over the campaign on top of this is how incredibly predictable it is. I was playing through the campaign with my friend looking on and we were both calling out the plot twists within hours of them happening, so don’t expect a Pulitzer from Space Marine.
You take control of Captain Titus, leader of the Ultramarines incursion on Graia. With the products of the manufactorum at your disposal, you must prevent the looting of the Titan war machines and repel any greenskin forces. Flanked by Sidonus, Veteran Sargeant of the Ultramarines with greenskin blood on his mind, and Leandros, a new inductee to the order that goes out of his way to let the Codex Astartes guide his hand rather than his battle experience, the Ultramarines work in tandem to help the Imperial Guard root out the Orks and reclaim Graia for their own.
8/10
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Review
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only WAR. Where the forces of the Xenos and the legions of the Heretics spread their decay and ruin, the Adeptus Astartes will be there to repel the invaders and punish those who dare set foot on the lands christened in the Golden Emperor's kingdom. This is the life, of a Space Marine.- December 04, 2011 at 10:44pm
I just don’t understand how this game got so many good reviews. (Warhammer fans are that prevalent?)
Besides the lackluster story and poor, downright POOR design for levels, (hey look the entire area is gray that’s been splashed over with orange, now check out your armor it’s all blue and everything that’s important glows a bright blue from new guns to ammo) and the straight as hell no surprises mechanics of a boring hack n’ slash there’s just something about this game that screams no originality.
People down rated a poster here that noted the similarities between this game and the Gears series but I seriously don’t blame him.
- September 12, 2011 at 03:08pm
When I played the demo, I wasn’t that impressed. I am vaguely aware of the 40K Universe and heard the lore of the Space Marines and while I can see it in the game, the demo couldn’t hold my interest.
Thankfully, this review has slightly changed my view and I might try to seek out this game in the future. Someone has to begin a PS3 Division for Angry Joe’s 40K forces. XD - September 12, 2011 at 03:10am
Pffft Legiones Astartes thats so M .31
It’s Codex Astartes for the last 10 000 years. Hollyness of Space Marines could be far and widely disputed. (For one they aren’t zealous at least in religious sence. The don’t see emperor as a god, but merely as an exceptional man. They aren’t very holly. While they are essentialy his product, there arent holly as such, since he wanted to free mankind of religgions and superstitions and such.
Besides the Imperium of Man does have real holly warriors. Adeptus Soorias are so holly they have an invoulnerable saves (even the vehicles). - September 10, 2011 at 12:01am
I like the game a lot, and I agree with some of the points made here. I think the main problem people will have with it will be the repetition in the Single player. I really didn’t have much of a problem with it, as I like that sort of “Kill it if it moves” mayhem. But I could see where someone into traditional third person action/adventure games may tire of it. The Multiplayer on the other hand has been a lot of fun for me. I feel it gives something to the Arena shooter crowd, while at the same time keeping the levelling system for fans of modern wartime shooters. At the same time going from shooting to slaying to shooting is really smooth, and doesn’t have a disjointedness to it. I do hope they will add more WH40k character types to it. I Would love to use Orks, Eldar, etc.
- September 09, 2011 at 11:54pm
The only Con i think sould be added is that MP is Port to port, people keep saying its good for cobnsoles…but i dont know why.
- September 09, 2011 at 03:24pm
ok i just want to say that multiplayer is awesome and it has customization
- September 09, 2011 at 10:16am
i am currently working my way thougt the story and so far the game is really soild the only thing i have notied is it becomes extremly easy if you stand at range and pot shot them in the head sens they die from 1 shot and if you get one of the big once change to the uber sinper rifle 2 shots in the head and dead and you take almost no dmg
and for ppl who say this is a gear of war rip off, it is not the only thing in commen is the third person prespetiv. the way you do combat, the way you get hp how the weapons feel all very very diffrent (i’d like to see sombody just rush and melee ppl in gear of war and see how that works out)
there are a few thing that nags at me with the PC port, no windowed mode that i could find, not option for me to change with screen it was gonna use for full screen no private servers all small nagging points in the back of my head that disspoint me
- September 09, 2011 at 10:03am
Okay, after checking back after I posted this, I am dumbfounded that I didn’t put this as a MUST BUY.
THIS ERROR IN JUDGMENT HAS BEEN CORRECTED.
FOR KHORNE!
- September 09, 2011 at 08:36am
I’m getting kinda tired explaining this to people so I’ll just say 40k came long before gears did also this isn’t a cover based shooter and is fundamentaly nothing like Gears of War.
- September 09, 2011 at 09:55am
Oh you, you’re so silly, thinking this game is even close to Gears of War in any way.
On topic, this game is far more than a try it out. My brother, who has never done anything with the tabletop game, thoroughly enjoyed this game. Maybe you didn’t want to let your love of the TT game color your review, but in this case, it wouldn’t have mattered. Because this game is honestly the most fun I have had in a video game in a long time.
- September 09, 2011 at 05:40am
I love that one of the tags is “death to the corpse emperor”.
Know this heretic you will feel the pain of my power axe FOR LEMAN RUSS FOR THE EMPEROR! - September 09, 2011 at 10:13am
Impurity shall be my armor.
Hate shall be my weapon.
Immortality shall be my reward. - September 09, 2011 at 04:32am
Oh, and i’m sure there are many others who wish to fly the Awesome Company and Sons of Blister colors. So if you could, please post the details.
- September 09, 2011 at 10:18am
I will make a post in the Community forums under the Guild/Clans section about the color scheme. Hopefully I can get a good picture of it from my iPhone, because I have this for X360.
Basically, a lot of Bolter Grey for primary, and Sunburnt Yellow/Gore Red for trimming. I was mainly trying to emulate the yellow, white and red on a gray background that’s on the Blistered Thumbs logo.
- September 10, 2011 at 02:35am
I’ve got a simple but neat looking design for yah. With the space marine i go all battle damaged parts except for the standard breastplate with colors of black and grey, then make the right arm pure brandished gold with the relic armor forearm and master crafted shoulder.
- September 09, 2011 at 03:25am
I can only guess that you decided on the “try it out” recommendation is because you felt your WH 40k fandom may have affected your review. I can honestly say that as someone who was never a fan or had much of any interest of the table top game or the other games that this game deserves nothing less than “Buy it now.” It is simply glorious. From the instant i played the demo to my first game in the multiplay i could not stop squealing at the awesomeness this game bleeds. To the point that i am now seeking out how to start playing the table top game.
Oh, and i disagree that the chaos feel tacked on to the game, it felt more like the equivalent to the flood in Halo. A sort of kill all the Orks(covenant), oh holy hell the Chaos(flood) are coming we are boned. Not that i’m saying one is a rip off of the other, i’m just comparing them from a storytelling standpoint.
I’m Kuro92 and just like the advertisements i find myself saying “I am a Space Marine”
- September 09, 2011 at 10:25am
I just felt that they paced their arrival poorly. In part III, BAM, Chaos arrive. What happens in part III/IV? Lots of Ork killing or Ork/Chaos fighting each other.
While I didn’t mind this at first, Relic put Chaos as not as immediate a threat in contrary to when Nemeroth appears in TERMINATOR ARMOR ready to pull your spine out your ass with his mind. It’s basically “HEY! WE’RE HERE TO FUCK YOUR SHIT UP, but we’re not going to be an immediate and present threat until the endgame.” If they made it so that Chaos was more visible in III, and then move the Warboss fight to near the end of IV, that probably would have been better pacing.
- September 09, 2011 at 02:40am
@Hidden Distance: Far worse when you Are an Australian, with probably 14 other Australians, and there’s one North American with host : | (Actually I only had troubles the first two games, haven’t had bad lag since)
P.S. Compared to other Relic DoW storylines this one is complex! Or at least subtle… see Kyras! - September 09, 2011 at 02:21am
After spending a good 8 hours slogging through the campaign on Normal… I am sorry but Space Marine did not do as well as it sounds. The story is not engaging, there are not enough moments like the death of the warboss. Chaos was poorly implemented to the point that several of their fights felt very rough and as if Relic had not really play tested them. The characters are flat for the most part, Mira was one of the very few characters with any depth or emotion. Personally I feel the story side of things is due to the game focused on the most bland and horrid of the space marines. If we had gone with any other chapter so much more depth and feeling could have been pumped in and made Space Marine more enjoyable. Then again what do I know I just play the tabletop and read the fluff for the universe.
- September 08, 2011 at 11:07pm
I just have to say too, Titus is voiced by Mark Strong.
How badass is that? That guy’s voice is packing so much timbre it might as well be a lumber mill. - September 09, 2011 at 09:58am
Say what? Oo
Damn German dubbing!
Does anyone know if the EU version supports multiple languages?
- September 08, 2011 at 10:36pm
I enjoyed the campaign and am enjoying the multiplayer, but the P2P matching system on PC was a thorough disappointment. I often find myself matching with someone hosting on what I can only imagine is a 386 on dialup, and he’s playing with 15 of his friends along with me, but they all reside in Australia.
P2P aside, if I at least got a browser so I could vet which games I would want to join and which games I wouldn’t based on ping/server performance, that would be nice but the ‘join game’ wait & hope plan really sucks.
- September 09, 2011 at 10:29am
That’s sadly a location thing, because while there is obvious game lag, there is no problem with hosts or host transfer on 360. Everytime a host would disconnect, it would probably only take a couple of seconds for the game to secure a new player to host. I was honestly impressed by it as I know well how bad host migration can be (See: Monday Night Combat).
- September 09, 2011 at 02:17pm
A few of the host transfers have.. well – just simply not happened. It goes to transfer, two minutes later you just decide to chuck it and join a different game.
This is my first experience with a P2P matching environment and I’m not impressed.
- September 10, 2011 at 05:20pm
Well so far I’ve had only one lag match like that on PC multiplayer, and that one was able to be migrated to a better host.
I would have liked Dedicated Servers or even a LAN mode on PC but it is what it is.
I will say the P2P is not as problematic as Modern Warfare 2 was when it came out.
That game host migrated every few minutes no matter who I was paired with.All of that said, I’m in New England, I don’t know how well traffic is in your neck of the woods.
Top 5 Reasons Space Marine Kicks Ass!
Angry Joe has the worst luck in the 40k tabletop game. Will Joe’s luck change
A Look at the Space Marine Demo
With early access to the demo having been released to pre-purchasers of certain editions of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, Johnny takes a quick vid-cap jaunt through a forgeworld and puts a lot of orks to death, while chatting and drinking a cup of coffee. Black unsweetened really HOT coffee! ‘CAUSE THIS IS SPACE MARINE!
Yeah, this looks really good. I’m happy with it because I think that the Warhammer universe deserves great titles like this.
However, I will complain about just one thing…Dual Wield. Now, how awesome will it be, if they let you carry a sword in one hand and a gun in the other? Or two guns, or whatever you want? I think that would have been perfect
They do.
The bolt pistol and the chainsword are in your hands both at once… There just isn’t much use in using the former when the latter is necessary.
Fuck
Me.
I look forward to drinking deeply of the carnage and hearing my blade sing in delight as it buries itself into quivering flesh.
That jump pack sold it for me. I can’t wait till the day where I get the game, get the jump pack, slam down into a group of Orks while screaming I AM A MAN!
Looks fantastic! I would love to play this when it comes out. For now, I suppose the demo will have to do.
I’ve always been interested in the tabletop Warhammer 40k, but never really touched the videogames, so I wasn’t really amped for this one. But watching this footage… WOW. It’s really refreshing to have a Gears of War-style third-person shooter/hack and slash hybrid that doesn’t rely on cowering behind a wall. I can see this being a great singleplayer experience just from the fact that you HAVE to take risks to get rewards, which is much more satisfying in most cases than mechanics that force you to play it slow and safe. Multiplayer, I don’t think would be quite as exciting unless you could have huge armies going against each other (which truthfully would be very fitting of Warhammer 40k).
You know Johnny when you said you wanted to show something i said to myself: “OMFG A TITAN?!1!!!!111!!1!1!!1″ But somehow a jetpack turned to be more awesome. O_o
Now if only the game had a set of terminator armor at endgame it would be the best hack’n'slash game ever!
Dooooo want!
P.S. : Now how’s about a necron DLC?
It is good to see my fears for this game has been put to rest. It is also good to see a fellow WH40k fan loose himself in the game like you did
YIKES! Careful there John, You got alittle too excited with that Jump Pack… One might say you were alittle tainted by Khorne. “Destroyer of Worlds” huh?
I think you might be in need a tiny visit from the Inquisition…. *Opens the vox-com*
Uhh… I ate some bad… … cheese?
I really enjoyed the first level of the Demo, but I had to quit the game 2 minutes after I got the Jet Pack in the second level, It was just too painful to know that I couldnt keep playing after that, xD!
The demo is great, and really annoying.
Great because it’s tons of fun to play, but now I’m just angry the game isn’t out because I absolutely want to play more.
Cool thanks. For the link Aj.
Sweeet! Cant wait to get my hands on this one! The customization, the story, and the multiplayer all look great.
I’ve played the multiplayer yesterday (XBox 360 version at gamescom) and… while it’s not my cup of tea I think it’s a really good 3rd person team shooter experience with Space Marines and… Chaos Space Marines.
Thanks for the link!
This game looks absolutly amazing.
Cant wait till its released, i count THQ to my favorit software companys, they never disappointed me, this game will be totaly badass!