THQ announced today that they will be releasing a playable demo of their upcoming game
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine on Xbox Live and Windows PC on August 23rd, then on the PlayStation Network on August 24th. Not sure why the demo is coming out on separate days, but oh well. I did get the opportunity to play this back at GenCon just over a week ago and did
a small write up about my experience, so I'll definitely be downloading the PC demo to see how it runs on my PC. Should run pretty well with my new video card, so I may end up getting this when it comes out.
DEMO ANNOUNCED FOR WARHAMMER®40,000®: SPACE MARINE®
Single player demo coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC later this month
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. Aug 15, 2011 –
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that it will be releasing a playable demo for its upcoming 3
rdPerson Action/Shooter,
Warhammer® 40,000®: Space Marine® on Xbox Live
® online entertainment network, PlayStation
® Network and Windows PC.
The
Space Marine demo features two very different areas of the game. The first pits the player against an Ork horde outside the gates of a munitions factory. Armed with six devastating weapons, including the iconic bolter and lethal chainsword, the player will get to experience
Space Marine’s seamless mix of melee and ranged combat first hand as they take on the rampaging invaders. The second area gives players a taste of the exhilarating Jump Pack sequences where the game’s hero—Captain Titus—takes to the skies to rain death from above.
The demo is planned to launch simultaneously for the Xbox 360
®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC on 23
rd August and then on PlayStation
®3 computer entertainment system on 24
th August.
Players who have pre-ordered the digital PC version of
Space Marine through Steam will receive an exclusive early access period starting on the 18
th of August, running through the weekend. Steam will also be running a Warhammer 40,000 bundle sale at a very special rate during the same period. Check out STEAM for more details.
Space Marine ‘Honour Guard’ community members will also get the chance to play the demo early on August 22
nd, 24 hours prior to the public launch. For more information on how to sign up to get the demo visit
http://www.spacemarine.com/user/register
About Space Marine
When wave after wave of savage ORKS descend upon the Forge World GRAIA, it is up to humanity’s greatest warriors to win the planet back.
They are SPACE MARINES, genetically modified, encased in hallowed armor, the equivalent of one hundred lesser men. They live only to defend the Imperium, and to slay its enemies in a war that never ends.
CAPTAIN TITUS, along with his comrades LEANDROS and SIDONUS, lead a detachment of these Space Marines onto the Forge World. There, they quickly discover that the fight against the Orks is not all that requires their attention. An Imperial Inquisitor named DROGAN needs help securing an experimental POWER SOURCE, before the Orks do so themselves.
About THQ
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