Warhammer 40k Coming to DS and PSP, Lock and Load! Options

[Knightsword]

http://kotaku.com/gaming/sans-orks/warhamm...mand-270068.php

THQ have just announced Warhammer 40K: Squad Command, a strategy game for the PSP and DS. Which all sounds very, very good. See, 40K is good at the worst of times, but a game of 40K I can take and play on the can? That's a little slice of heaven right there.

The game's got a 13-mission singleplayer campaign, choice of two Space Marine or two Chaos Legion armies and both global and local multiplayer options. Strangely, there's no word on whether this is turn-based like the real deal or real-time like it's big bro, Dawn of War, but the screenshots sayng "enemy turn" give a pretty strong indication it's the former. Least I hope it is.

A press release locked in an unending war for humanity's survivial is after the jump. Luke Plunkett

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command marks the first time that the brutal, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe will be playable on the PSP [LP - and DS, hit up THQ's site for details]. Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command features fast, action-packed combat through turn-based strategy and an engaging, authentic single-player storyline.

Gamers play as the elite Space Marines of the Ultramarines chapter and strive to combat the encroaching evil of the ruthless and daemonic influenced Chaos Space Marines through 13 cinematically-tied missions. With a robust multiplayer mode featuring 9 unique missions, gamers will team up and go head-to-head with other gamers worldwide as either the Imperium of Man or Chaos Space Marines, ensuring hours of unique replayability.

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command will also fully utilize all the portable functionality of the PSP, bringing the Warhammer 40,000 universe to life on handheld.

* Compelling single player game consisting of 13 unique missions

* 9 unique multiplayer maps for Local or Global games, with small, medium and large map variants to cater for games from 2 to 8 players

* Fully destructible, real time 3D battlefields mean that no two games will be the same

* Pick from two Space Marine chapters or two Chaos Space Marine Legions to play as in Multiplayer games, in battles between Imperium vs. Imperium, Forces of Chaos vs. Forces of Chaos, or Imperium vs. Forces of Chaos

* Over 20 ranged and close combat weapons taken directly from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, including the Bolter, Plasma Gun, Chainsword and Power Fist

[AC9breaker]

omfg


/skeet


I'm so glad I got another DS.