New screens

[Ruined]

Few new shots of our final Titus design here:
http://kotaku.com/5708949/space-marines-arent-fans-of-the-clean-kill/gallery/

[Illiandri2]

What can I say? These screens are FABULOUS!!!! (Love what they did with his hairdo. Very Nathan Drake.)
Loving the mutalated limbs all over the floor and the brilliant melting affect from the plasma gun.
One question though are the plasma guns one use dispossable? I noticed on the third screen he is carrying plasma gun, bolter and chainsword.
It's a shame. I was looking forward to replacing the bolter with a plasma gun.

EDIT: In the second screen how many bolters is Titus carrying? Three? This is a Bayonetta clone!!!

[Ramrod]

Haha, well-spotted, Illiandri. I see a vanilla bolter, scoped bolter with bayonet, bolt pistol.

Also, damn, I really like the graphical fidelity on display here. The bolters are so detailed, and you can even see some detailing on the inside of his shoulder pads (first screenshot, inner-rear bottom corner of right shoulder pad). The cloth is not very impressive, but that's a non-issue for me.

[Demonhorde]

Really like the haircut :) Also the plasma effect when exiting the ork looks nice :P maybe some smoke should be added :P

[Ruined]

The shots are from console, actually the PS3 build if i'm specific.

The character can carry two main weapons, one pistol and a melee weapon at any one time, in the shots the secondary weapon is on his back and the pistol on his leg.

and yes no more bald space marine :)

[Blue Man Group]

can't wait for the summer release! each new update on progress reveals a more polished final product. just hope the game experience isnt over in like, 4 hours...

[Shuma]

I thought the game came out in December 2011...

Anyway, looks awesome, really impressed, i also like the haircut, less heretical than that of the Blood Raven commander.

And is that sum explosive bolter shells i see in the second picture?

[Misterpeanut288]

I am liking the new haircut loads better than DoW2s commander as others have said so much so that I might even go helmetless (assuming that is an option of course). I wonder if the cloth is a glimpse of some of the stuff we will be able to kit are space marine with.

[TheV3ng3ance]

Yes that's the one from the gamescon trailer, that answers that question. Is his background fluff finished too, also pistols don't count as close combat weapons?

[Misterpeanut288]

I think Ruined meant you can use a pistol and any melee weapon that is one handed so something like the thunderhammer will not be paired with a pistol for obvious reasons, and seeing as Titus has a bolt gun on his back in the first screenshot I would assume that would be his other main weapon while the chainsword/pistol combo is his first.

[TheV3ng3ance]

I did not see the model using a bolt pistol and CCw at the same time but I want to.

[Misterpeanut288]

This is a screenshot from an older build of the game I am guessing but you can see him using the pistol with the chainsword http://ve3d.ign.com/images/63237/Xbox-360/Warhammer-40-000-Space-Marine/Screenshots/February-25th-Screenshot

Edit: I just saw this screenshot http://www.ausgamers.com/games/warhammer-40000-space-marine/screenshots/boomheadshot_v02.jpg&tag=aug-15 which makes me think that the pistol can be used independently from the chainsword or can be used in tandem guess we will have to wait and see.

[Blue Man Group]

for shuma...

http://pc.ign.com/articles/113/1138691p1.html

can't wait! can't wait!

[Shuma]

Awesome, i wonder if the game will be *easily* moddable, or if the community will have to use witchcraft to create their own tools. *wink wink nudge nudge*

[Ruined]

Yeah the game has always been summer retailers are just liars and make up dates on their websites which is where the December, Jan, March etc etc come from :D

Bolt pistol and chainsword can be used together.
You can carry two primary guns & one handgun as well as one melee weapon.

e.g. in one of the shots above Titus has a bolter, plasma gun, bolt pistol and chainsword.

If you wanted to pick up another weapon you'd have to swap one of the ones you have on you, though the progression is persistant so you could carry on where you left off if you picked up another of that gun later.

[Illiandri2]

Could one of the primary guns be a handgun? So I can go Chow Yun-fat on the orks asses?

I don't know how must can be revealed but with handgun and chainsword is melee combat going to involve both of them working together or are they going to be seperate attack moves like in Devil May Cry? Also I noticed that one of the bolters has a bayonet. Does that mean that some of your primary weapons, given that they have the necessary upgrade, can be used for a limited melee experience? E.g. Firing with bolter, ork comes too close, stab ork in eye, fire bolt in his face? I'm kinda hoping for something a bit more than "press F to butt ork, bayonet simply increases damage".

I know I may ask for a bit too much but the day I stop expecting brilliant products from Interactive Entertainment companies is the day that the world will simply expect mediocrity.

EDIT: Off course all I am asking may be deflected with a "look forward to our next press release" but hey I'm curious. Btw love the work done on the game, really top quality and is good to see that officials take some time to answer at least some of the questions. More than I expect from other companies (you know who I am talking about Dimitri)

[Pocktio]

If I could plunge a bayonet into an orks eye before emptying my bolter into that eye I would be a very happy Astartes.

[Blueliner07]

Ok, any idea what this is? Not from the Ultramarines movie as it is done by Plastic Wax.

The Space Marine looks like a Crimson Fist but I couldn't see any markings on his shoulder pad very well.

http://kotaku.com/5709874/this-space-marine-footage-feels-like-a-punch-in-the-face

[Blue Man Group]

Desperado-style with two plasma pistols, lol. the fluid mechanics on the blood spray look great as well, btw. a real feeling of depth there. no pun intended.

[CommissarRezail]

Hot damn sign me up for beta, that look amazing!!!

[TheV3ng3ance]

Is that chainsword the defualt look or is it upgraded?

[Blueliner07]

Space Marine has a twitter feed now. Maybe the information will start to flow more freely soon.

[TheV3ng3ance]

What where? Post the link.

[Misterpeanut288]

http://twitter.com/spacemarinegame there you go.

[TheV3ng3ance]

I put in Space Marine,Warhammer40k Space Marine and nothing came up thanks mister.

[Blueliner07]

Oops. Sorry about not putting the link. Thanks mister.

[Carach]

yay. new eyecandy.

i had been feverishly lurking about like a drug addict looking for his next fix. Thank you!

[Illiandri2]

Did anybody see the beakie on the twitter feed? It would be brilliant to see one of these guys in the game. Or in the multiplayer. With Jump-packs. While cutting cake.

[Kapp'n]

Still looking sharp, just as I was starting to forget about this game i'm all pumped again. And that bolter. Yes! loving the attention to detail.