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You want to play Space Marine. I want to play Space Marine. We all want to play Space Marine.

But what if you want to do more than play Space Marine? What if you want to pre-order it for trinkets and exclusive crumbs of content? Relic has you covered. They’re even giving away hardware, for goodness sake. Thanks to RPS reader Mondo Mau for sending this in. Details after the jump.(more…)

Relic unveils the storm-the-front mentality behind the combat system in Space Marine.

#impressions Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is still a big, thunderous shoot 'em up mixed with Ork-eviscerating action. Not much has changed here: Space Marine is booming, bloody violence in the most unpleasant of alien environments. More »

Last month we had Relic talking about the universe of Warhammmer 40,000: Space Marine, putting a positive spin on the fact that Space Marines are basically one-ton fascists who can survive by eating dirt.

This month Relic are talking about combat. What’s the quickest way to regenerate your Marine’s health? By pulling “over the top execution moves”, of course. This builds “fury”, which… ah, I don’t want to give the game away. It’s all waiting for you after the jump.(more…)

Relic dives into the action blockbuster challenge with Space Marine at E3 2011!

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is just a few months away, and today, THQ announced details for a special collector's edition and preorder bonuses. Space Marine is a third-person action game where players will take Captain Titus to the Forge World and fight all manner of orks with his trusty chainsaw sword. (I'm not making this up.) The Collector's Edition will cost you $99.99 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 or $79.99 on PC. It includes.....

Whether you enjoy painting little metal figurines of space bad-asses, or don't know the difference between a Dreadnought and Erin McNaught, Relic's latest game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine aims to appeal to hardcore Games Workshop enthusiasts, as well as mainstream action game fans...

Lock and load against very different enemy forces in Space Marine.

Developers from Relic talk about how important it is to blow away every last greenskin.

What does it take to be a Space Marine? Relic Studios reveals all.

Fans familiar with the Warhammer 40,000 universe are incredibly excited about THQ and Relic Entertainment's Space Marine for the Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 3. Players not familiar with the universe have no idea what's going on. This video fixes that. More »

Those feisty fellows at Machinima.com went and scooped a Space Marine diary from Relic, and – thanks to the internet’s smelly hippie ethos of sharing – you can see the first instalment below. There is grimdark, there are squigs, there are chainswords, there is compellingly ludicrous evisceration, there is epic futuristic gothic architecture, and – ultimately – I would say there is awesome. Go watch.

And then read Quintin’s impressions from playing the game. (more…)

Do Space Marines go on dates? “You have the most gorgeous geneseed.” “If I said you have a beautiful flamer, would you let me burn the heretic with it?” “In the grim darkness of the 41st millennium there is only war, and your eyes.”

Anyway! Relic’s upcoming orkshooter Space Marine has finally been granted something like a release date. It’s been on the horizon for about 40,000 years already, but now all of a sudden it’s turning up in August. This August, that is. So just five months until the Ultramarine’s Captain Titus sticks his Power Fist into the maw of various non-human scum (which were earlier this week confirmed to include the forces of Chaos). 2011 sure is a busy year for expensive-looking video games.

Space Marine trailer (albeit an old one) below to aid with your remembrance. (more…)

THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that the single-player campaign for its upcoming 3rd Person Action/Shooter, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, will not only feature the brutal and feral Orks, but also the dark and sinister forces of Chaos...

#reveal THQ's third-person shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine would be pretty boring if you were only fighting the Ork forces. Developer Relic Entertainment mixing things up by introducing the forces of Chaos, the original mixer-uppers. More »

The good news about Relic’s upcoming Warhammer 40,000 manshoot keeps on getting gooder. First, THQ reversed their decision to not release it on PC. Then Quinns came away from an early preview with a much bigger spring in his step than we expected. Now we hear that it won’t, as had previously been hinted, be merely a matter of bashing/stabbing/boltering Orks until they’re all dead. The Space Marines’ gnarly arch-nemeseseseses Chaos will be showing up too. Nicely-rendered blood for the blood god! (more…)

Relic's newest shooter gets a release window.

#thq THQ today detailed their release plans for a half-dozen games, including Red Faction Armageddon which is now planned for a May 2011 release day. More »

Loyalty rewards community program announced.

Ship-to-ship combat and an exploding head.

Warhammer meets Gears of War in Relic's new third-person shooter.

Warhammer meets Gears of War in Relic's new third-person shooter.

Warhammer meets Gears of War in Relic's new third-person shooter.

#thq The Warhammer 40,000 universe's descriptive tagline—"In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war"—does not sound like a cheery fantasy many of us would like to find ourselves in. More »

Even at this early point in the game's production, it's probably already clichéd to refer to Relic Entertainment's Warhammer 40,0000: Space Marine as "Gears of Warhammer," but man is it an apt description. Despite its innovative RTS roots (working on the acclaimed Homeworld and Dawn of War series), Relic is diving headfirst into the third-person shooter genre, and all of the conventions are here: Gruff-voiced space marines (literally), big shoulder armor, big guns, huge explosions and production values, and there's even a gosh-darn exploding train.

I got to see the game in action for the first time this week at THQ's headquarters in Agoura, California, and while the influences from other shooters are very clear, Relic producer Raphael Van Lierop wants you to know that Space Marine is Relic's big opportunity to step outside the genre they've become known for. "It's about putting our foot down and making a statement," he said. "And saying we're not just really great developers of RTS games, we're great developers of entertainment."

#thq The PC will still be alive and thriving in the year 40,000, it seems. THQ is adding Windows-based PCs to the list of platforms it will support for the upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, due in "early 2011." More »

Take on the role of one of mankind's elite defenders in this gritty sci-fi title now coming to Windows PC.

Hammer time, break it down.

See Relic's bloody action adventure in motion.