Warhammer 40K: Space Marine Developer Diary is a Bloodbath

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Written Wednesday, May 25, 2011 By Richard Walker

If the site of copious amounts of raspberry jam makes you feel squeamish, then you might want to sidestep this new developer diary for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, as it's packed to the gills with blood, gore, blood, blood and some more blood. And gore.

Focusing upon the game's combat system, the latest developer diary shows Captain Titus getting deep into hordes of saage Orks, before unleashing his chainsword and heavy bolter, among an arsenal of other weaponry including the plasma cannon, thunder hammer and more. It's all about displaying "visible, violent death" the video reaffirms, and boy, does it (war)hammer that point home with exploding heads, severed limbs and plenty of arterial splatter.

Check out the dev diary for a closer look at the seamless melee and ranged combat For further reading on Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and its visible violent death, check out our hands-on preview and interview. Space Marine is out in September 2011.

User Comments

Forum Posts: 22	Comment #1 by KohrinSoulez Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:26:27 AM	(1)
	Looking Epic, Cant wait

Forum Posts: 46	Comment #2 by DanAmlwch Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:27:37 AM	(1)
	Good news if your ginger / strawberry blonde and want to get into computer games, looks like its all these guys seem to go for. OT: Never really paid attention to this game before but that Dev Diary just sparked my interest.

Forum Posts: 4	Comment #3 by Afterglow64 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:28:13 AM	(0)
	Roll on release date.

Forum Posts: 261	Comment #4 by THC BLUNTED Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:42:43 AM	(-1)
	Are there enemies other than orcs in the game?

Forum Posts: 6	Comment #5 by Rewave Acid Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:49:26 AM	(0)
	This looks easily like the best game of all time, if the Ultramarine was one of my fellow Salamanders it would be perfect

Forum Posts: 69	Comment #6 by InfestusDnB Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 10:57:53 AM	(0)
	Really cant wait for this, have been drooling for months, just hope they manage to refine the 'floaty' controls that have been noted as an issue in previous playtests.

Forum Posts: 2	Comment #7 by TalonWarlok Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:10:52 AM	(0)
	Would have been cool to edit the Marine Chapter to suit players but all in all I am gonna enjoy slaughtering some Heretics in the name of the Emperor.

Forum Posts: 17	Comment #8 by Christoph13 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:12:31 AM	(0)
	@4 Just seen the front cover of the game - looks like there are Tyranids in it too. Plus Chaos Marines in that video if you watch carefully. Shaping up well, either going to be loads of fun. Or as disappointing as Naughty Bear.

Forum Posts: 59	Comment #9 by Th3Beginner Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:13:35 AM	(0)
	Oh My God-Emperor, I can’t wait for this I’m going to go crazy with the thunderhammer :-)

Forum Posts: 571	Comment #10 by eviltb Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:24:55 AM	(1)
	Good selection of beards in that vid. Game looks fuckin amazing too!

Forum Posts: 1146	Comment #11 by H0p3sfalL Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:27:19 AM	(0)
	For The Emperor !

Forum Posts: 199	Comment #12 by ViNyLek Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:30:50 AM	(0)
	I haven't seen this much blood since Soldier of Fortune:-) Is this coming out on PC as well? I would much rather get that over console version:-)

Forum Posts: 8	Comment #13 by Eziki0 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:31:10 AM	(1)
	@4 It shows Chaos Marines and Blood letters in the video.

Forum Posts: 141	Comment #14 by Chuunks Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:32:14 AM	(0)
	If I were a dev on this project, I would refer to my fellow coworkers by their beard types: we have the grizzly, the chin shelf, the buzzed, baldy and the pre-teen.

Forum Posts: 2415	Comment #15 by A Satyr Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 11:51:25 AM	(1)
	Way undersized lascannon...

Forum Posts: 6	Comment #16 by Rewave Acid Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 12:51:56 PM	(0)
	@8 Good eyes for spotting that but by the pattern on the head and the crest shape i'd say it's either the front half of a squig or a bloodletter, likely the former. However if 'nids turned up in this game I would be in heaven! @15 I thought that too, either they've taken some artistic license (which wouldn't be like Relic) or it's a lasgun. Although it did seem to mow down those chaos marines a bit too easily for a seat warmer/cigar lighter...

Forum Posts: 8	Comment #17 by Eziki0 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 01:15:11 PM	(0)
	@8 It's a bloodletter not a tyranid.

Forum Posts: 2415	Comment #18 by A Satyr Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 01:30:12 PM	(0)
	Yep, thats a Bloodletter

Forum Posts: 198	Comment #19 by The Betrayer142 Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 04:38:41 PM	(0)
	Lascannon needs to be bigger and to rip holes through objects/cover. You take down titans with a few dozen of those things, so make them look the part! As a total warhammer 40k nerd I have to say I approve of the over-the-top gore and weapons and combat system. I read in an old codex about how the bolters (especially heavy bolters and storm bolters) use incindiary and/or explosive shells, and the space marines' armor are dozens of thousands of years old and are made from such powerful material that they haven't been able to replicate it and can rarely be fully destroyed, so it makes sense that the lasrifles/ork shootas only bounce of the armor most of the time. I wish they would make the chainsword gore a little more "pieced" rather then having them turn into mist. I would feel so much cooler if I sliced at an ork and had them fall in half diagonally. Either way: Can't wait! Since it'll be during college I'll probably just rent it but I think it'll totally float the boats of all true 40k fans!

Forum Posts: 16	Comment #20 by callmeclean Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 06:54:07 PM	(0)
	Why to the lasguns kill one hit? Imperial guard can never do that while using them ;p Anyway this game is looking great, I really hope I can get it soon after its release.

Forum Posts: 16	Comment #21 by callmeclean Wednesday, May 25, 2011 @ 06:55:18 PM	(0)
	@20 oh wait was he holding a lascannon or gun? if it was cannon then my bad.

Forum Posts: 298	Comment #22 by Phantomzero17 Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 01:16:19 AM	(0)
	Bombsquigs!!!!

Forum Posts: 1	Comment #23 by Lord Nihlathak Monday, May 30, 2011 @ 08:14:44 AM	(0)
	I'm taking a week off to play this one when it comes out :B

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Game Info

Developer:
Relic Entertainment

Publisher:
THQ

Genre / Subgenre:
Action / Shooter

Release:
US: September 06, 2011
Europe: September 09, 2011

Collection:	653
Wishlist:	177

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