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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is a co-op FPS from the makers of VermintideGrimdark co-op lark
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They’ve gone and done it, team.Warhammer: Vermintide 2developers Fatshark went and put their rat-smasher in space, announcingWarhammer 40,000: Darktideat today’s Xbox Games Showcase. Frankly, it’s about damn time someone made a rock-solid FPS in the 41st Millenium - and who better than the folks who turned a stodgy old fantasy wargame into a stellarLeft 4 Deadsuccessor?Fatshark revealed Darktide with a short cinematic earlier today. Crack out your 40K bingo cards, readers - we’ve got needlessly stoic brits, poorly lit corridors and existential dread aplenty.Watch on YouTubeDarktide looks to be following the Vermintide format closely, offering a four-player co-op romp through the dampest, foulest pits of a grim world, fending off hordes ofratszombies, mutant cultists and demons. So far, we’ve only seen a group of faceless Imperial Guardsmen, but the real strength of Ratpunch was its characters - as mechanically varied as they were delightfully bitter.The grimdark future has some proper weirdos in it, so I’m quietly hoping Darktide can really pull through on that front. Vermintide’s very good melee combat is said to be returning as a focus, too, so I’m hoping for chainsaw-wielding battle nuns and drill-tentacled Mechanicus servitors thrown in alongside yer bog-standard bloke-with-a-flashlight Guardsman. Please?Yes, there are altogether too many 40K games out there, but I don’t think anyone’s had a proper crack at an FPS in that world since 2003’s unbelievably naff Fire Warrior. But then, I’mproudly on recordin thinking Vermintide blew zombie-smashing faveLeft 4 Dead 2out of the water, and reckon Fatshark can bring those co-op romps into the underhive.Warhammer: 40,000: Darktide will launch onSteamnext year.Whatever you call it, hit ourE3 2020tag for more from this summer’s blast of gaming announcements, trailers, and miscellaneous marketing. Check outthe PC games at the PlayStation 5 show,everything at the PC Gaming Show, andall the trailers from the Xbox showcase, for starters.
They’ve gone and done it, team.Warhammer: Vermintide 2developers Fatshark went and put their rat-smasher in space, announcingWarhammer 40,000: Darktideat today’s Xbox Games Showcase. Frankly, it’s about damn time someone made a rock-solid FPS in the 41st Millenium - and who better than the folks who turned a stodgy old fantasy wargame into a stellarLeft 4 Deadsuccessor?Fatshark revealed Darktide with a short cinematic earlier today. Crack out your 40K bingo cards, readers - we’ve got needlessly stoic brits, poorly lit corridors and existential dread aplenty.Watch on YouTubeDarktide looks to be following the Vermintide format closely, offering a four-player co-op romp through the dampest, foulest pits of a grim world, fending off hordes ofratszombies, mutant cultists and demons. So far, we’ve only seen a group of faceless Imperial Guardsmen, but the real strength of Ratpunch was its characters - as mechanically varied as they were delightfully bitter.The grimdark future has some proper weirdos in it, so I’m quietly hoping Darktide can really pull through on that front. Vermintide’s very good melee combat is said to be returning as a focus, too, so I’m hoping for chainsaw-wielding battle nuns and drill-tentacled Mechanicus servitors thrown in alongside yer bog-standard bloke-with-a-flashlight Guardsman. Please?Yes, there are altogether too many 40K games out there, but I don’t think anyone’s had a proper crack at an FPS in that world since 2003’s unbelievably naff Fire Warrior. But then, I’mproudly on recordin thinking Vermintide blew zombie-smashing faveLeft 4 Dead 2out of the water, and reckon Fatshark can bring those co-op romps into the underhive.Warhammer: 40,000: Darktide will launch onSteamnext year.Whatever you call it, hit ourE3 2020tag for more from this summer’s blast of gaming announcements, trailers, and miscellaneous marketing. Check outthe PC games at the PlayStation 5 show,everything at the PC Gaming Show, andall the trailers from the Xbox showcase, for starters.
They’ve gone and done it, team.Warhammer: Vermintide 2developers Fatshark went and put their rat-smasher in space, announcingWarhammer 40,000: Darktideat today’s Xbox Games Showcase. Frankly, it’s about damn time someone made a rock-solid FPS in the 41st Millenium - and who better than the folks who turned a stodgy old fantasy wargame into a stellarLeft 4 Deadsuccessor?
Fatshark revealed Darktide with a short cinematic earlier today. Crack out your 40K bingo cards, readers - we’ve got needlessly stoic brits, poorly lit corridors and existential dread aplenty.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Darktide looks to be following the Vermintide format closely, offering a four-player co-op romp through the dampest, foulest pits of a grim world, fending off hordes ofratszombies, mutant cultists and demons. So far, we’ve only seen a group of faceless Imperial Guardsmen, but the real strength of Ratpunch was its characters - as mechanically varied as they were delightfully bitter.
The grimdark future has some proper weirdos in it, so I’m quietly hoping Darktide can really pull through on that front. Vermintide’s very good melee combat is said to be returning as a focus, too, so I’m hoping for chainsaw-wielding battle nuns and drill-tentacled Mechanicus servitors thrown in alongside yer bog-standard bloke-with-a-flashlight Guardsman. Please?
Yes, there are altogether too many 40K games out there, but I don’t think anyone’s had a proper crack at an FPS in that world since 2003’s unbelievably naff Fire Warrior. But then, I’mproudly on recordin thinking Vermintide blew zombie-smashing faveLeft 4 Dead 2out of the water, and reckon Fatshark can bring those co-op romps into the underhive.
Warhammer: 40,000: Darktide will launch onSteamnext year.
Whatever you call it, hit ourE3 2020tag for more from this summer’s blast of gaming announcements, trailers, and miscellaneous marketing. Check outthe PC games at the PlayStation 5 show,everything at the PC Gaming Show, andall the trailers from the Xbox showcase, for starters.
