Game News Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance announced

[Whisky]

Tags: Eutechnyx; Games Workshop; Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance

Games Workshop has partnered with Eutechnyx to develop a new game titled Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance.

There is little known about the title save that it is called a "Lane Strategy" game and the focus of the game will be defending a planet with just 100 marines.

It will be developed for both mobile devices and PC.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Entire Company of Emprah Finest wasted on defence of Planet? Empire has countless PDF and IG Regiments to do just that.

MMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARDD!

 

[MetalCraze]

First a yet another PG clone
Now a yet another tower defense game

Why can't there be at least a single good and proper WH40K wargame?

 

[Diablo169]

These guys made Ride to Hell: Retribution. Games Workshop are fucking morons O_O

 

[Darth Roxor]

This is downright incredible. GW have a license that literally oozes money all over it, and they decide to spend it on nothing but shovelware instead of, I dunno, Dawn of War fucking 3 or something.

 

[Morkar Left]

First a yet another PG clone
Now a yet another tower defense game

Why can't there be at least a single good and proper WH40K wargame?

Reading this:

the focus of the game will be defending a planet with just 100 marines.

I had hopes it could be an x-com style game.

 

[Commissar Draco]

This is downright incredible. GW have a license that literally oozes money all over it, and they decide to spend it on nothing but shovelware instead of, I dunno, Epic 2 or something.

Fixored; Would kill for another Game where you can use Titans, Orbital Bombardments, Orbital Deep Strikes and such... Something like Pacific General/Star General in WH40K setting instead of yet another squad/platoon level tactical game; but even X-Com game aka another Chaos Gate would be good.

 

[Magellan]

This is downright incredible. GW have a license that literally oozes money all over it, and they decide to spend it on nothing but shovelware instead of, I dunno, Dawn of War fucking 3 or something.

I'd love to see a Dawn of War 3 if it would be similar to DoW 1 rather than DoW 2. Maybe I gave up on 2 too soon, but it didn't grab me AT ALL, I was really disappointed. (Do most people like 2? Am I missing something?)

You're right though, it seems like they squander the license. I just bought the new Space Hulk when it went on sale, and it completely blows.

And has there ever been a Warhammer Fantasy cRPG? I would love to see that.

 

[Commissar Draco]

DOW2 was Party RPG. At least it was much better and more enjoyable if you played it as such and not expected it to be RTS like prequel.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I'd love to see a Dawn of War 3 if it would be similar to DoW 1 rather than DoW 2. Maybe I gave up on 2 too soon, but it didn't grab me AT ALL, I was really disappointed. (Do most people like 2? Am I missing something?)

DoW2 is a mixed bag. It's all things considered vastly inferior to DoW1, but it's got some high points, as well.

OC single-player is irredeemable shit, but its multiplayer was actually fairly fun and kinda different. The abysmal campaign was fixed pretty well in Chaos Rising, the first expansion, which even added some replayability/C&C and did away with a fuckton of nuisances that plagued the OC. Also added a new race for MP. Retribution single-player campaign(s) were incredibly half-arsed, but still much better than OC at least. Also, new MP race.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Converting DoW from Base building RTS into RPG/Squad Tactic Game Hybrid had much sense as far as Space Mehrines are concerned; they Operate from Strike Cruiser, deep strike into objective and not waste time and resources into building bases and resource gathering; Same for Gayos Marines, Eldar, Dark Eldar and Tiranids... to be honest only races which need bases are IG, Orcs and in some way Necrons with their mobile Monoliths.

 

[evdk]

It's nice to see that GW's patented Touch of Shit (TM) is in effect even when they're licensing their IP. Coming next - a partnership with Zynga.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Inb4 wh40k MOBA... Emprah preserve us all.

 

[Morality Games]

First a yet another PG clone
Now a yet another tower defense game

Why can't there be at least a single good and proper WH40K wargame?

There is. It is called WH40K.

 

[RK47]

Inb4 wh40k MOBA... Emprah preserve us all.

Lane Strategy

 

[Major_Blackhart]

God this is fucking pathetic.

 

[groke]

This is downright incredible. GW have a license that literally oozes money all over it, and they decide to spend it on nothing but shovelware instead of, I dunno, Epic 2 or something.

Fixored; Would kill for another Game where you can use Titans, Orbital Bombardments, Orbital Deep Strikes and such... Something like Pacific General/Star General in WH40K setting instead of yet another squad/platoon level tactical game; but even X-Com game aka another Chaos Gate would be good.

They did do Epic 2 (or 4, rather). It was Epic: Armageddon. Just like every other member of the ill-fated 'Specialist Games', the money it drew was piss-all compared to SPESSMEREHRN starter boxes, so they ditched it onto Forgeworld and let the niche-market spergers interested in it spend $60 for a squad of 6mm plastic men.

We ain't never goin' back to the days of Adeptus Titanicus, that company died in the lead-soaked hands of Bryan Ansell's ambition.

 

[MicoSelva]

"Lane Strategy"

What.

 

[Whisky]

I'm just quoting what they said.

Cuz this game will be so great, it'll create its own sub-genre, right?

 

[Magellan]

I'd love to see a Dawn of War 3 if it would be similar to DoW 1 rather than DoW 2. Maybe I gave up on 2 too soon, but it didn't grab me AT ALL, I was really disappointed. (Do most people like 2? Am I missing something?)

DoW2 is a mixed bag. It's all things considered vastly inferior to DoW1, but it's got some high points, as well.

OC single-player is irredeemable shit, but its multiplayer was actually fairly fun and kinda different. The abysmal campaign was fixed pretty well in Chaos Rising, the first expansion, which even added some replayability/C&C and did away with a fuckton of nuisances that plagued the OC. Also added a new race for MP. Retribution single-player campaign(s) were incredibly half-arsed, but still much better than OC at least. Also, new MP race.

Thanks for the heads up! I'll check out Chaos Rising sometime.

 

[thesheeep]

Lane Strategy... hmmm...

Could be Tower Defense or MOBA. Definitely not DoW1 or 2 gameplay. Too bad.

 

[RK47]

necron vs plants

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

I think that in reality, vast majority of Wh40kfags aren't realfags. They aren't interested in wargaming.

 

[Cyberarmy]

Inb4 wh40k MOBA... Emprah preserve us all.

There are already rumors about that one

And "Lane Strategy" sounds like that browser based C&C Tiberan Alliances games "combat". I hope I'm wrong and this is the moba type they were talking about...

 

[groke]

Well, Eutechnyx does shitty racing games, so maybe you'll be defending a planet against invasion by Mortal Kombat-esque racing tournament?



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