Space-Marine posts

The release date for developer Relic's next major game, Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine, has been narrowed down a bit. The third person action game from publisher THQ was previously referred to as coming out sometime this summer but today the company said the title is now due out sometime in August.

As we reported on earlier this week, players will not only have to fight off an invasion of Orks on an alien planet in the game but they will also have to deal with another threat; the dreaded Chaos Space Marines in various and very deadly forms such as the Renegade Guard in the above screenshot.

[Via email press release]

The Warhammer 40,000 universe is hardly known for its child-like sensibilities, so it's no wonder that the upcoming Space Marine is so gory. It's Relic's only title that it's a strategy game of some kind, and seems to draw more from God of War than from Command and Conquer. This new trailer shows off some of the things we can expect from such an extreme action game, and we're intrigued. Tackling someone to curb stomp them, cutting people apart with chainswords, and blasting the limbs off of Orks seems to be the name of the game, which makes this a very faithful rendition. It's a short trailer, but a sweet one.

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