The Morning After – Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Last month, I received an e-mail from a marketing rep for THQ asking me if I might want to review their upcoming game.  My response:

Of course!

After years of trying out games that got their inspiration from Games Workshop‘s spectacular envisioning of an Übermensch, I was more than ready to see what a studio could make out of the real thing.

So, when my review copy showed up just in time for the holiday weekend, I did what any devoted blogger would do…

I fired up the PS3, sat my ass down in front of the 50″ plasma and played it all weekend long.

It’s for you, the reader, that I make these kind of sacrifices…  

Enjoy!

~Gaar

Definitive Guide to Armor Sets in WAR – Engineer

Version Note: Updated on September 6, 2011

Definitive Guide to Armor Sets in WAR – Swordmaster

Version Note: Updated on August 23, 2011

Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes

The big news for Warhammer fans out of GamesCom today is the upcoming Warhammer Online: Wrath of Heroes!

For those that can put 2 and 2 together, this is the new shiny that BioWare-Mythic gave a handful of us bloggers a sneak-peak at last month.

I would expect we’ll hear more information soon, but let’s take a look at what we know about it so far!

Games Day Chicago 2011 – The Transcript

Games Day 2011 was in Chicago this past weekend and BioWare-Mythic was there to make a presentation and do a bit of a Q&A for those in attendance…

…like Artiee who was awesome and recorded the entire thing as best he could.  Thanks man!

So, since he was kind enough to record it, I offered up my transcribing services.  I’ve got a teeny bit of experience in that regard when it comes to WAR.  

(Also, a lot of transcribing audio comes down to taking what the people are saying and interpreting/translating it into something that can be understood when read since literal transcriptions can leave things a bit confusing at times.  Having heard a lot of what was said in person when I was at the studios last month, and knowing a bit more than what was said publicly, should help me to make things a bit clearer for anyone that was confused by what was purported to have been said by people on the forums before the recordings were posted.)

Anyway, hopefully this helps give everyone a clearer look at what is coming for WAR in the next few patches.

Enjoy!

~Gaar

Spirit of WAR – Definitive Weekend Warfront Edition

It has long been said that the souls of the violent dead cannot rest when fresh blood decorates their graves.  A saying that appears to be more than mere superstition to those that battle within the cemetary atop High Pass.  Strange and frightening figures form from the cloying mists to tower above the clashing armies.