Warhammer 40k action game leaked (video)

CVG: Space Marine appears in online video - and looks like Gears.

Someone at THQ is getting bollocked this morning: a full, developer-commentated video of a new Gears-like Warhammer 40k action game, called Space Marine, has leaked all over the internet.

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As you can probably guess Space Marine is a third-person action affair (where you play as a Space Marine!) and according to the THQ narrator it's all about an "up-close personal, visceral, melee experience."

"It's the first time that the Warhammer license has been done in such an up-close and personal manner," says the anonymous narrator, "where as the MMO and RTS are more of a god-like experience, we want to get up close and personal."

[Terry Tate]

Looks like fun.
I used to enjoy the hell out of playing the table-top version of 40k a long time ago. Hopefully they can pull this off well.

[Laexerias]

Would be more cooler if there were all the Nations of Warhammer 40k
Orcs, Necrons, Tau, Chaos Space Marines, but not those scum like Tyranides and Kroots.

[shutterspeed]

I feel so bad for this guy. He is talking about all these things as though they were revolutionary and brand new. Space Marine in a grey or brown environment. Gee, I wonder how many games have used that theme. At least they threw a gothic spin on it.

Still, it does like fun though. They should make the camera-to-finishing-move transition swifter. Right now it just kinda pops into place.

[Shankle]

Warhammer invented the space marine in a bleak gothic environment. The second I first saw Gears I immediately thought of Warhammer and Space Marines.

[GODofDOOMS]

warhammer

[GODofDOOMS]

hi

[Xakep]

We need an Eldar DMC clone. I love 40k though so I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

[In before the uninformed claim 40k is stealing from other properties, when in fact those properties borrowed from 40k to begin with]

[loz85]

"In before the uninformed claim 40k is stealing from other properties, when in fact those properties borrowed from 40k to begin with"

Too true, the new gears butcher locust is a blatant rip off from the Ogre Kingdoms race in Warhammer. Fact is if they get the combat right and fluid this could be fantastic.

[phantomfragger]

I think he mentioned it was a first build so they has a lot of potential if it already looks that good

[Harry190]

Such horrible gameplay mechanics.

[Scarfy]

... I can already tell that the the player's greatest adversary in this game will be the camera.

I never played the table top game, but I've always been looking forward to a video game version of Warhammer 40,000. The universe just seems so rich and is ideal for a video game transition.

And, yes, I did play Fire Warrior; yes, I do shiver whenever anyone mentions it; yes, I do still have nightmares about it...

[Shankle]

I'd always thought that Gears' gameplay would be almost perfect for 40k, and it's great to see it happening. It's good that they're putting so much emphasis on close combat too, but this just looks like it will fall short of the mark. Gameplay seems unnatural, ai is terrible and the animations are very peculiar.

Then again this is in early development so you never know.

[Baka-akaB]

most of all it's a leak , basically they ddint want it seen in that state ... so i wouldnt discount it as the definitive look or state of the game .

[Sitdown]

anything about the Warhammer universe.......but if there are others like me, this game will suffer from the likes of Gears of War 1 and 2. Again...because there will be those who have never heard of Warhammer.....they will feel like Gears of War was here first......and this game will seem like a knock off.

[Baka-akaB]

not so sure , the warhammer 40k dawn of war rts series , while coming after Blizzard's starcraft (yet again warhammer scavenger and "thieves") , still attained a cult of its own and a great reputation as a great RTS .

[Fox_Four]

The game looks great but a bolter shooting full automatic? anyway. Gotta love the combo/cinematic kills!

[Demonhorde]

Fox_four: well if you listen the marine makes a burst of four bolts. da da da da. That's fluffy altough rarly used. The stadard pattern bolter will shoot single fire or in a 4 bolt burst. However a marine should try to aim for one shot one kill in according to robute guilliman's codex astartes. To balantly waste ammunition is a offence if not it's needed to subdue a opponent. To shot a burst on a regular human would be a waste since the bolt would just ripp him apart. And the marine would probably get some sort of punishment.

BUT heck yea looks sweet, to bad I bet this game will be short and somewhat repetative.