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Space Hulk

Something really big is entering our sector. It shall be your job to investigate, check for the presence of hostiles and clear out any deadly threats in this return of the venerable turn-based strategy game Space Hulk in glorious 3D rendering, as now announced by Games Workshop.

 

Space Hulk is set in the isolated corridors and tomb-like chambers of an ancient vessel lost in the graveyard of space. Players lead a small army of fearless Space Marine Terminators to battle in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory alien Genestealers.

 

The main features are

 

• Blood Angel terminator squad

• Fearsome Genestealers with challenging AI

• Thematic 3d environment

• Single player campaign based on the "Sin of Damnation" hulk

• New coop multiplayer levels against the Genestealer AI

• Multiplayer head-to-head recreating the board game experience against a friend

• Cross platform multiplayer between PC, Mac and iOS

• Level editor with ability to share creations

• Game expansions in the future as DLC

 

Colour us stoked!

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What we’re overall aiming for is to take the board game experience and make a digital game out of it. What we mean with that is not taking it literally, 1:1. If you have in your head the boardgame as you play that, and XCOM, and mix those two together. That’s the game experience you can expect from Space Hulk.

 

Rock, Paper Shotgun's Alec Meer got a hold of Mr.Thomas Hentschel Lund, boss of Full Control, the studio responsible for the development of the upcoming Space Hulk for an exclusive talk. cool.png

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Space Hulk's Alpha is to be demoed at Rezzed in Birmingham, UK, this weekend. Fall launch date is still go according to the devs.

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Space Hulk can now be pre-ordered on Steam with the following rewards:

 

Pre-Purchase Space Hulk to get exclusive content and a free Genestealer skin.

 

By pre-purchasing, you will receive an exclusive banner pole for showing off in multiplayer games. Additionally, you'll receive a Hive Fleet Kraken Genestealer skin, which can be enjoyed in single player mode.

 

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Visit the game's Steam page here.

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(...) Considering there's very few units in the game I'm surprised more attention wasn't given to them, because the result of your actions feels a little disappointing. Especially the death animations, the Genestealers just jerk about and explode in an incredibly poorly rendered blood spurt, while the Terminators just keel over after the hit has already taken place. Compare with how dynamic fighting XCOM's aliens felt, and Space Hulk pales in comparison.

 

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Read the rest of Mr.James Haresign's review of Space Hulk at StrategyInformer here.

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Welcome the Space Wolves chapter. Wolf Guard Terminators are on the way as part of the just announced Fangs of Fenris, the first expansion to Space Hulk which promises to bring 3 novel missions to the game by late 2013.

 

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A celebratory one-day 33% discount of the base game accompanies the announcement and is expected sometime today on the respective Steam product page.

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Two new DLCs have been spotted in Steam's online space, with purchase possible.

 

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Space Hulks do not usually move under their own power, the winds and tides of warpspace usually determine the course of these derelict clusters of ships. The Defilement of Honour was different, being equipped with a functioning engine room of sorts, as well as an ancient navigational device in control of its course. The Blood Angels knew that the Defilement of Honour only represented a threat as long as it was under its own power. If the engines were shut down and its progress through the Warp would stop, the Space Hulk could then be examined and then destroyed.

 

Further scans of the ship provided details of the internal configuration of the vessel and the number of Genestealers present. There appeared to be two separate groups of aliens, at different ends of the Space Hulk.

 

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The Space Marine Vessel, The Sword of Halcyon, left the orbit of planet Falkhan and prepared for the journey back to its homeworld. Upon entering the warp The Sword of Halcyon jolted suddenly and came to a halt. Instantly the ship’s alarms rang and all aboard prepared for the worst. Reports from the navigator came back that the ship had encountered a warp storm. A giant Space Hulk appeared as the storm came to its climax and a crash was inevitable.

 

Functioning scanners showed a steady build up of new, alien life signs, Genestealers. The survivors in the rear section of the vessel had no option but to retreat to the escape capsules. Within an hour and a half of its jettison, the escape pods were picked up by the Imperial battlebarge Mayan. Sergeant Lexon, a survivor from The Sword of Halcyon held an emergency conference with the Blood Angels on board of the Mayan. It was swiftly decided that for the honour of the chapter they must attempt to recapture the ship from the Genestealers. The Blood Angels Terminators prepared for battle, and with grim resolution the order was given to launch boarding torpedoes.

 

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All the information can be found at the Defilement of Honour and Sword of Halcyon product pages.

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