Would I play a game about a gigantic green steroid rage monster punching moons into gamma-irradiated dust? Hell yeah I would. But Space Hulk: Deathwing isn’t that kind of game. Instead, it stars you as one of the Emperor’s finest, a heretic-purging killdozer clad in the finest Terminator armour and sent to go do what you do best: Clean up the Imperium of Man of anything that doesn’t serve the glorious God-Emperor who watches over his flock from his immortal throne.
If you were hungry for a taste of that Space Marine action, you probably got some of it last week in a beta session. And that’s good, because the beta yielded some crucial information to developer Streum On Studio. Information which made them realise that they’ll need the launch date shifted by a week in order to optimise Space Hulk: Deathwing better. Here’s what they had to say in a press release:
Space Hulk: Deathwing, the FPS of Streum On studio set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, closed its technical beta last week, during which tens of thousands of players were able to give the team valuable feedback. The team is currently working relentlessly to address the technical points raised. Most issues have already been addressed, including drastic improvement in loading times, optimisation of general performance, improvement of interface and menu elements, sound-design changes including character voices, and fix of numerous bugs and nearly all occurrences of crashes.
Work is of course ongoing to fix the remainder of these issues.
In order to offer the best possible experience at launch, we have decided to postpone a few days the release of Space Hulk: Deathwing to allow the Streum On Studio and Focus Home Interactive teams to work on the final adjustments and optimisation. As a result, the game will release December 14th on PC.
Not the end of the world then. To help compensate for this, Streum On released a salvo of new images. Gaze upon them, heretics:
Last Updated: December 8, 2016
Original Heretic
December 8, 2016 at 12:35
Well since I was specifically mentioned, ok, sheesh, I’ll gaze upon them!
Civ Scrub Bob
December 8, 2016 at 12:36
Praising the Emperor and acknowledging the might of his Angels of Death is not heresy. Had they been Chaos Marines… BURN THEM ALL!
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 8, 2016 at 12:58
Be forever vigilant brother, the forces of Chaos surround us.
Civ Scrub Bob
December 8, 2016 at 13:00
Let them come, the Emperor protects.
Captain JJ
December 8, 2016 at 15:11
FOR CHAOS!
Civ Scrub Bob
December 8, 2016 at 15:19
Hold on one minute before I put you to the torch, do you serve Chaos Undivided or a particular Chaos God? I only ask because I’d like the last thing you scream to win the favour of the Dark God you serve before you meet them. 🙂
Captain JJ
December 8, 2016 at 15:23
“The difference between gods and daemons largely depends upon where one is standing at the time.” 😀
Civ Scrub Bob
December 8, 2016 at 15:31
I only serve the God Emperor all other false gods shall burn.
Luckily this is a Warhammer 40K article otherwise I’d come across as a raving lunatic.
Captain JJ
December 8, 2016 at 15:33
Haha. Yea. We understand each other here. XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
December 8, 2016 at 15:35
Heretics will be purged in righteous fire.
Original Heretic
December 9, 2016 at 11:05
That’s the only kind of fire that works on me.
Lu
December 8, 2016 at 15:50
BURN THE HERETIC! KILL THE WITCH! PURGE THE UNCLEAN!
Original Heretic
December 9, 2016 at 11:05
I’m feeling much aggression directed toward me.
Lu
December 9, 2016 at 13:02
Your name unfortunately means you must burn…..
Original Heretic
December 9, 2016 at 13:04
Dammit! Now you’re going to force me to quote Shakespeare. I’m only supposed to do that to impress women.
“What’s in a name? A rose by any other would still smell as sweet.”
And to add my own 2c worth there, a heretic by any name will smell like pork while roasting.
Lu
December 9, 2016 at 13:29
I’m sure if they called a roses “Infected Armpits” you wouldn’t wanna smell them…..
Original Heretic
December 9, 2016 at 13:31
Dunno hey. Considering when those words were written and all the diseases that were around at the time, infected armpits were probably a huge turn on. Sniffing them would have been foreplay.
Lu
December 9, 2016 at 13:35
Guuuugh. For that comment alone you deserve to be put to the torch.
DragonSpirit009
December 8, 2016 at 13:20
Look at those glorious big beasty’s!
Nikola
December 8, 2016 at 13:20
This looks awesome!! Please tell me it’s going to PS4? Not just PC…
Admiral Chief Argonian
December 8, 2016 at 14:06
BURN THE CHAOS EMPEROR BUNNY THING
(Doing it right?)
Captain JJ
December 8, 2016 at 15:11
SO HYPE.
VERY EXCITE!