Set in the darkish sci-fi universe of Warhammer 40K, the players control the Space Marines and the Genestealers – a race of powerful and fast aliens who aim to plant their genes inside the living humans -, and battle inside a labyrinthic derelict spaceship to reclaim their supremacy!Įasy to start but hard to stop, this innovative board game has won many awards. Loosely inspired by Alien franchise, the 1989’s board game called Space Hulk is still one of the most popular IPs developed by the British company Games Workshop. When it comes to the character development system itself, it comprises four skill trees.Space Hulk Deathwing Enhanced Edition PlayStation®4 Ι Genre: Space Marine FPS Thus the player unlocks subsequent skills and powers exchanged for points gathered during missions. The protagonist belongs to an elite group known as Librarians. At the same time, the game offers typical RPG elements coming with an original system of character development. The player participates in a set of skirmishes against different kinds of vermin, making use of both weapons and bionic powers appearing in the world of Warhammer 40.000. Those have become targets for desirous space pirates and the player's main enemy. However, mysterious artifacts and ancient technologies are hidden there as well. The place is a space-junkyard made of shipwrecks, huge asteroids and other interstellar waste. It is a special group of space marines, whose job is to eliminate aliens known as Genestealers and liberate the legendary Space Hulk in so doing. In Space Hulk: Deathwing for PC, PS4 and XONE, the player takes on the role of the titular Deathwing squad's member. The game was developed in cooperation of Cyanide (the Blood Bowl series) with Streum On Studio, popular mainly for E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy. Contrary to both the 1993's and 2013's adaptations representing the RPG and strategy genres (turn-based), Space Hulk: Deathwing is a full-fledged first person shooter based on the Games Workshop's license. The original Space Hulk board game received its re-edition twenty years after it was first released. Space Hulk: Deathwing for PC, PS4 and XONE is another video game based on a classic 1989's board game created by Games Workshop and set in the world of Warhammer 40.000.

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