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Official Space Marine website

Eurogamer posted their preview of Space Marine last evening. The article goes into a bit more detail about what was seen during the presentation. For example, the current control scheme was mentioned,

During the in-game scenes shown at Relic’s offices, space marines from the Ultramarine chapter (placeholders for now) chomp through masses and masses of orks, using jetpacks to propel themselves into the thick of them and spread them out by crashing down with a splash damage attack, before wading in with sawblades and hammers. Up against larger Nobs and Warbosses, they grind their blades against limb armour, or crash them into midriffs. From distance, they rely on their guns, emphasising their versatility, and Relic explains that the control scheme (although, again, just a placeholder) currently spreads melee attacks over face buttons and ranged ones onto the shoulders. Using Relic’s new Phoenix engine - custom-built for the game - the enemy numbers, model quality and scale are every bit in-keeping with the 40k image that Games Workshop so valiantly asserts.

Also Chad McFarlane, the producer for Space Marine, mentions that,

“We want this game to be playable with friends,” says McFarlane. “It’s a big focus.”

Come on four player co-op!

Eurogamer - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Preview

Eurogamer - HD announcement trailer

Relic’s next game is an action RPG based on the Warhammer 40k universe. It will be coming out for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. IGN is first to announcement the upcoming action RPG,

In Space Marine you play as (surprise!) a Space Marine, a genetically enhanced super soldier engineered specifically to smash the faces of anything that gets in the way. We witnessed in the video a group of four Space Marines landing on an Imperial planet to fend off a massive incursion of Orks. If you have no idea what Warhammer 40,000 is, then you should just know that it’s a universe within which numerous alien races are constantly killing each other in a spectacularly gory manner, and generally enjoying the process.

Things I noticed from the video that it presents a squad of four space marines each with a different set of equipment. I can’t say if that is part of the gameplay where you run as a squad. I can also see the grand potential of a rocking co-op mode up to four people. The graphics are much better looking than Relic’s prior console game, the Outfit. Can’t wait for E3 now!

Pre-E3 2009: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine First Look

Battle Trailer here

Something lurks just around the corner.

Afternoon…

Thunder posted a feature on the upcoming Panzerkrieg map, Hebecrevon. This map will be featured in the upcoming 2.600 patch. Here is a quick snip about the origins of this map,

This map is a derivative of mission eleven of the original Invasion of Normandy campaign where you battled a number of hidden Panthers. Considering that this map was originally designed to be a tank and vehicle battle map, we felt it had great potential to serve as the basis for a Panzerkrieg map. Thus Panzerkrieg: Hebecrevon was born.

Relic's COH community site: New Panzerkrieg Map Feature

Co-Optimus is holding a Dawn of War 2 co-op event for May 26th @ 8pm Eastern (GMT -5). They’re looking to give away some prizes as part of the event. They’re looking to give away some prizes for participating in the event,

10 Prize Packs that include:

* Dawn of War T-Shirt
* Dawn of War Poster

3 Grand Prize Packs that include:

* Dawn of War T-Shirt
* Dawn of War Poster
* 1 Copy of the game Signed by the developers

You may also post a comment on this page for a change to win.

Co-Optimus, Games for Windows Live Co-Op Night for May - Dawn of War 2

Second book by a Homeworld god is out!

We posted about his first book last year. I picked up a copy a while back and quite enjoyed it.

Check out the trailer for The Burning Skies. The trailer’s done by Paul Ruskay of Studio X, the guy behind a lot of the Homeworld sound.

Work on the 2.600 patch for Company of Heroes has started up. Relic is looking to fix a number of bugs and release a new Panzerkrieg map. Here are they key bugs Relic is looking to patch up,

* Heavy Machine Guns. We will be introducing a fix to the current delay for an HMG switching windows when in a building and return proper operation for British emplacements and other units that were affected by patch 2.502.
* Fix the Pak 38 camouflage stacking bonus modifier that increases the gun’s damage beyond the intended effect.
* Commonly known as the ‘burst fire bug’, we will address an issue that allowed some units to ignore their weapon cooldowns.
* We are introducing a new map for Panzerkrieg along with a fix for the free defensive infantry bug. Some balance changes will also be incorporated for the Panzerkrieg tanks.

Patch 2.600 Overview

Small changes for today’s 1.3.2 patch. These are the patch notes that were released a few days back,

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Patch 1.3.2 - May 14, 2009
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Dawn of War II 1.3.2 Patch Notes

- Adjusted the Orbital Bombardment ability to increase damage. Outer radius increased to 150 from 100.
- Fixed an issue in the campaign where one point was getting auto-allocated at level-up if the player resumed an old campaign.
- Made changes to the Mekboy mines. The mines now do drastically less damage and suppress infantry.
- Adjusted lighting on 6P Tiber Outpost.
- Fixed an issue where Guardian squads would switch to melee stance if upgraded with a Warlock, then with Battle Equipment.
- Regenerated AI tuning data.

In addition, they’re hard at work on the 1.4 patch. It is suppose to include “many bug fixes, a balance update, new maps, and some awesome new features.”

Patch 1.3.2 - Relic’s DoW2 Community Site

The Dawn of War 2 Community Site posted up some details on the upcoming patch. Here is a partial list of additions,

- We are adding a Two-on-Two game mode, with two new four player maps. Two-on-Two is a ranked game mode with leaderboard support.

- An improved, more challenging Skirmish AI.

- Push to talk voice chat and Company of Heroes style sub-selection options.

- New squad decorators and significant UI improvements.

- A performance test to help measure Dawn of War II performance.

Relic is looking to push the patch out sometime in early May. Good to see a new game mode and maps.

DOW2 Community Site: THE ROAD TO PATCH 1.3