THQ Announces Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine headed to the PC alongside Xbox 360, PS3 Versions

July 26, 2010 11:40 AM

[Update: 6:25pm] THQ has told Shacknews that "no details" regarding Games for Windows Live support for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine are being announced at this time.

[Original Story] For PC users experiencing a serious lack of balding space marines, we have some good news for you this afternoon. THQ has just announced its upcoming third-person action-shooter Warhammer: 40,000: Space Marine is headed to the PC alongside previously announced Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.

"The loyal PC audience is incredibly important to us here at Relic so we are delighted to be able to announce the PC version of the game," Relic Entertainment general manager Jonathan Dowdeswell said in a press release announcing the PC version. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is scheduled to hit stores in early 2011.

Developed by Relic Entertainment, Space Marine puts players in the role of "one of humanity's elite warriors" and the "last line of defense." Essentially, shoot anything that isn't you.

Shacknews has contacted THQ to confirm whether or not Space Marine will follow previous Warhammer titles in the company's catalog and feature Games for Windows Live support on the PC. At the time of publishing the company had yet to respond.

Xav de Matos

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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the archvile

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July 26, 2010 11:48 AM

Haha, a game with "Space Marine" right in the title.

Also, WTF, is that an orc with a rocket strapped to his back? http://www.shacknews.com/screenshots.x?gallery=15032&game_id=6178&id=159384#img159384
- ChaosKenny
  
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  July 26, 2010 11:55 AM
  
  Of course it is, it's a stormboy.
  - wytefang
    
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    July 26, 2010 5:25 PM
    
    Yeah, what he said. Duh!
- Godhatesfatpeople
  
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  July 26, 2010 12:12 PM
  
  \m/ Stormboys \m/
- waxthirteen
  
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  July 26, 2010 12:25 PM
  
  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/4/10/
  - ihya
    
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    July 26, 2010 12:49 PM
    
    What has that to do with anything?
    - waxthirteen
      
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      July 26, 2010 2:08 PM
      
      because the archvile obviously knows nothing about the 40K universe. basically he's writing gabe's dialog to the sequel to this comic ;)
- Dr_Cube
  
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  July 26, 2010 12:54 PM
  
  You obviously haven't played any of the Dawn of War games or seen much artwork of the 40k universe. The Orks are crazy, careless risk takers like that.
  - the archvile
    
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    July 26, 2010 3:21 PM
    
    I have a very vague knowledge of WH40K. I had a college friend who was into the figurines, and I picked up on a few of the classes: Space Marines, Orks (I guess it's with a "K" and not a "C"), and the Dark Eldar.
- jad3d
  
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  July 26, 2010 3:52 PM
  
  Well to be fair, Games Workshop has had tabletop games about Space Marines before there were even video games about Italian plumbers.
- thetangent
  
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  July 26, 2010 5:52 PM
  
  Yeah, it's about the Space Marines, so it figures that'd be in the title. And the flying Ork is a pretty common unit type.