Auroch Digital and Focus Entertainment have announced Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, a ‘90s style shooter drawing on the lineage of the original Doom and Quake games.
Revealed as part of the Warhammer Skulls showcase, Warhammer 40k: Boltgun casts you as a Space Marine and rams the classic boltgun weapon into your armored fists. You can then use it to mow down dozens of Chaos Space Marines and daemons, each one lovingly rendered as sprites for that authentic ‘90s feel. As you’d expect from a retro-style shooter, the trailer shows enemies exploding like red corn syrup-filled water balloons with each pull of the trigger.
Auroch Digital says that players will be able to “run, jump and charge across huge levels to shoot, shred and slice the worst heretics across the galaxy!” The trailer only has a brief amount of gameplay footage, but we see the titular boltgun, a melta gun, and also hear the revving of a chainsword. Hopefully there will be an extensive armory available, as the Space Marines aren’t short of a range of absurd guns to destroy enemies with.
No firm release date has been announced, but Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC sometime in 2023. It will join the likes of Dusk, Ion Fury, and Amid Evil as part of the recent so-called ‘boomer shooter’ genre; a set of games built to replicate the style and sensibilities of early FPS games like Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem.
For more Warhammer, check out the newly announced RPG Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader, as well as everything revealed at Warhammer Skulls.
Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.
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Revealed as part of the Warhammer Skulls showcase, Warhammer 40k: Boltgun casts you as a Space Marine and rams the classic boltgun weapon into your armored fists. You can then use it to mow down dozens of Chaos Space Marines and daemons, each one lovingly rendered as sprites for that authentic ‘90s feel. As you’d expect from a retro-style shooter, the trailer shows enemies exploding like red corn syrup-filled water balloons with each pull of the trigger.
Auroch Digital says that players will be able to “run, jump and charge across huge levels to shoot, shred and slice the worst heretics across the galaxy!” The trailer only has a brief amount of gameplay footage, but we see the titular boltgun, a melta gun, and also hear the revving of a chainsword. Hopefully there will be an extensive armory available, as the Space Marines aren’t short of a range of absurd guns to destroy enemies with.
No firm release date has been announced, but Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is coming to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC sometime in 2023. It will join the likes of Dusk, Ion Fury, and Amid Evil as part of the recent so-called ‘boomer shooter’ genre; a set of games built to replicate the style and sensibilities of early FPS games like Doom, Quake, and Duke Nukem.
For more Warhammer, check out the newly announced RPG Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader, as well as everything revealed at Warhammer Skulls.
Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.
Continue reading...