Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon has received another campaign pack, this time focusing on the warriors of the Blood Angels – who are basically as close to vampires as anything in 40K gets. And they're still the good guys! Kind of, anyway. The Blood Angels expansion, titled Angels of Death, features a whole new campaign once again based around the 2nd Battle for Armageddon, where burly space marines and their human buddies took on an ork invasion force.
The opening cinematic to Warhammer 40,000: Regicide has been released by independent developer Hammerfall Publishing, which teases us with the single-player campaign for this bloody twist on Chess. Regicide supports cross-platform play with a unified account to be played anywhere at any time, and Early Access is due next month and includes access to the Angels of Blood campaign.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide, the 40k universe's unique take on chess, is coming to Steam Early Access "in the coming weeks", developer Hammerfall Publishing has announced. We don't have an exact date just yet. Pre-orders for the game, which spices up its turn-based strategy with various special unit abilities and a host of gory death animations, have been open for around two months.
Turn-based strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon has received its first expansion today, the Salamanders-themed Vulkan's Wrath. The expansion adds a ten mission campaign starring the 'good guy' (well, this is 40K, so everything's relative) Space Marine chapter with a fondness for fire.
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only... chess? You can now pre-order strategy game Warhammer 40,000: Regicide, the game that swaps bishops and rooks for plasma cannons and weirdboyz. Developer Hammerfall has also released an in-game video, showing off the goriest interpretation of the world's most famous boardgame you'll ever see.
Slitherine has released the first major patch for strategic wargame Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, fixing several issues highlighted by players since it launched last month. Patch v1.02 fixes several technical issues but also introduces new features, unit and map rebalancing, and UI upgrades.
The hex and turn-based strategy Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is out today with a sale on until December 3rd with 25% off. The Imperial Hive World of Armageddon is under threat by Ork invasion. Really, if you name a planet 'Armageddon' you're just asking for it. A "massive space hulk" is drifting to the planet full of Orks led by the Prophet of the Waaagh! Over 30 scenarios and 300 units await.
Slitherine has announced the release date for Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon, the turn-based strategy game set in everyone's favourite grimdark vision of a horrific future. It's due out this November 26. Developed by Flashback Games and The Lordz Games Studio, Armageddon takes place during the Second War for Armageddon, a cataclysmic battle between fun-loving ork hooligans and the Imperium of Man.
Relic Entertainment brings you the demo of their upcoming expansion pack for Dawn of War. Soulstorm adds 2 new races to the game, the Dark Eldar and the Sisters of Battle. It also adds aerial units to the game, finally. The expansion is slated for release in early March.
Matt Keller plays Warhammer 40K: Squad Command and shares his opinion of the game. All-in-all, he finds the game to be a solid, yet mediocre example of the genre and quite wanting relative to the other titles in this series. Read the full Squad Command review.
Valve announced this morning that Dawn of War – Soulstorm is now available on Steam for just $39.95. It's only currently available to North American residents, but will be made available to other territories this Friday, march 7th.
Publisher THQ strongly believes their Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium Online MMO will "shake up Blizzard" with what they have to offer gamers. Core Games VP Danny Bilson says Blizz "are awesome" by all accounts, but THQ are "in the game" with this massive Space Marine role-play onliner.
THQ's announced that its upcoming 3rd person shooter, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, will now be released for the PC in addition to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Jonathan Dowdeswell, General Manager of Relic Entertainment commented: "The loyal PC audience is incredibly important to us here at Relic so we are delighted to be able to announce the PC version of the game."
Publisher THQ has announced a 2nd standalone expansion to Relic's Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, and it's set 10 years after Chaos Rising. It's the first time players can choose which race to play in the singleplayer campaign, with the Orks revealed as a selection. It's due out Q1 2011.
THQ has launched a loyalty program for their upcoming 3rd person shooter Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, promising involvement in the game. Those who become Honor Guards form an "elite group" of Space Marine fans, and receive points for "viral activity" and could get "branded items".
THQ has released their fiscal 2012 core games line-up schedule and it has the new Red Faction: Armageddon pegged for May next year. That's a few months later than the previous Q1 2011 window it was given. Meanwhile Saints Row 3 is now "Fall 2011" as is the new WWE.
Team Relic is dropping Microsoft's Games for Windows Live and embracing Valve's Steamworks for all Dawn of War II: Retribution's online play. Co-operative and competitive matchmaking will go through Steamworks and allow them extra features like "guest passes" and faster game updates.
Publisher THQ has revealed a $42m loss during this fiscal year's Q2, which ended September 30th. That's up from 2009's $5.6m loss. Net sales managed $77m, down from last year's $101m of the same period. Nintendo DS sales were the biggest contributor, and then Xbox 360.
THQ has announced that it plans to release Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine during Summer 2011. Combining intense melee and ranged combat, Space Marine puts players into the boots of one of humanity's elite soldiers, genetically engineered and equipped with state of the art weapons and armor. Players are dropped right into the action as they battle to defend an Imperial Forge World, from an invasion by the savage and brutal Orks, using the most devastating weaponry mankind has at its disposal.
Dave Adams of Vigil Games declares their WH40k: Dark Millennium Online MMO is to be "more action-oriented" than any other; want to lead the charge. Action has "not been a priority" for other MMO developers he says, and they don't want people to "instantly know" it's an MMO game from "20 feet away".