We haven't even made the acquaintance of the beefy battlers in Warhammer 40K: Space Marine yet and our friends in Australia are already getting a peek at the franchise's future. The Australian Classification Board just awarded a release called Warhammer 40K: Kill Team with an "M", presumably since it features a team that kills things.
According to the 40K wiki, a kill-team is "a small group of Space Marines, usually no less than five Astartes but no more than a reinforced squad in size, that are tasked with carrying out a specific objective, such as the destruction of a particularly dangerous or strategically important individual, hence the name."
The title's being developed by THQ Digital Studios UK, the same house behind Red Faction: Battlegrounds, which leads us to believe we're talking about some sort of downloadable title. We were about to say it also leads us to believe it won't be very good, but who knows? Maybe the studio was working so hard on Kill Team that it forgot to make Battlegrounds good? Today is a holiday after all, the least we can do is to be generous.
Reader Comments (10)
Posted: May 30th 2011 11:43AM Mazrael said
in the tabletop game, kill team, you get 1 squad, kitted out how you like upto a point limit (like an A-Team or Dirty Dozen), and take out a load of individual grunts & a leader
opposed to point balanced armies of infantry, bikes tanks etc
opposed to point balanced armies of infantry, bikes tanks etc
Posted: May 30th 2011 11:47AM The Wicker Man said
No more Space Marines please. I wanna play Eldar, Guard, or Iron Warriors.
Posted: May 30th 2011 12:37PM This Little Man Says His Name Is said
Posted: May 30th 2011 8:09PM The Wicker Man said
@This Little Man Says His Name Is I have played Fire Warrior. It isn't too bad.
Reply
Posted: May 30th 2011 8:33PM John Z said
@The Wicker Man
GW pushes the Astartes pretty hard because they're the "face" of 40K-- they're too iconic to leave out. It'd be like having an Indiana Jones movie where he doesn't wear the fedora, or a Gundam series without giant robots. The Space Marines are part and parcel of any 40K video game.
That said-- I would LOVE to see a propally Orky vidyagame. Dez grotz at THQ ent gots the skin ta make a game wot shows da troof a da WAAAAAAAAAGH.
Reply
GW pushes the Astartes pretty hard because they're the "face" of 40K-- they're too iconic to leave out. It'd be like having an Indiana Jones movie where he doesn't wear the fedora, or a Gundam series without giant robots. The Space Marines are part and parcel of any 40K video game.
That said-- I would LOVE to see a propally Orky vidyagame. Dez grotz at THQ ent gots the skin ta make a game wot shows da troof a da WAAAAAAAAAGH.
Posted: May 30th 2011 12:51PM sicsided said
In the rpgs, kill teams refer to the Deathwatch chapter. If this is a game about the Deathwatch, beware the hurricane forming in my loins.
Posted: May 30th 2011 4:30PM Popnfresh said
Lol upon my first quick read of the title I read it as:
Warhammer 40k team killed in Australia
Warhammer 40k team killed in Australia
Posted: May 30th 2011 5:58PM Anticrawl said
You know I can't even begin to imagine how a game about Warhammer 40k could be boring. But I think THQ is out to prove me wrong by allowing the Red Faction: Battlegrounds developers make a 40k game.





