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Fatshark talks brutal melee combat in Vermintide developer diary video News

As befitting a game that takes place in Games Workshop's ultra-grim fantasy universe, Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide contains a multitude of ways to mutilate your opponent, in this case the swarming Skaven ratfolk. In a new developer diary video, Fatshark's associate producer Liam O’Neil and designer Victor Magnuson takes us through some of the options. Would sire prefer a colossal hammer that sends rats flying like plague-ridden confetti, or a pair of daggers to slice them into pieces?

Meet Siena the Bright Wizard, Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide's resident pyromaniac News

Taking the phrase "kill it with fire" to its natural conclusion, the Bright Wizard Siena Fuegonasus is one of Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide's five playable classes, and developer Fatshark has released some more information about her backstory and abilities. Siena actually starts the game as a prisoner of her fellow heroes, Witch Hunter Victor Saltzpyre and trooper Markus Kruber - wizards in Warhammer Fantasy aren't quite as luckless as their 40K counterparts, but nobody really trusts them either.

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide will make use of the Umbra SDK to improve performance News

Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide, Fatshark's four player, first-person, co-op rat extermination simulator, will make use of the Umbra SDK to recreate the distinct, plague-y atmosphere of Warhammer Fantasy, the developer has announced. Fatshark explains that the game is using the new Stingray game engine developed by Autodesk, into which Umbra’s "occlusion culling technology" has been integrated. But what in the name of Zeus does that mean?

Deal with the world's worst rat infestation in Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide News

Another day, another Warhammer game pops up - this time it's Warhammer: The End Times - Vermintide, a Left 4 Dead-inspired co-operative action game that sees four players take on the disease-ridden hordes of the Skaven, Warhammer Fantasy's vile ratmen. The game's existence was revealed after several screenshots and bits of information from a cover feature in Finnish gaming magazine Pelaaja were leaked. Rumour has it that the game's being developed by Swedish team Fatshark, of War of the Roses fame.