Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance mixes fantasy series with Plants vs Zombies

Developer Eutechnyx took the wraps off of Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance, revealing it as a fantasy take on the lane defense structure of Plants vs Zombies. A beta is coming tomorrow, followed by a full release in March.

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Warhammer 40K is stepping foot into tower defense, with the PC and mobile game Storm of Vengeance. The game from developer Eutechnyx appears similar to Plants vs Zombies, with your units defending in straight horizontal lanes. A beta release will launch tomorrow, with a full release following on March 27.

The official Facebook account for the game announced that Steam beta access will be granted through pre-orders. It will be available to pre-order tomorrow.

Eurogamer reports that while its lane defense structure appears similar to PvZ, Storm of Vengeance has you defending and attacking in equal measure. Each player sets up defenses, while trying to destroy three of their opponent's buildings. It also adds a twist with a leveling and skill tree system, letting you upgrade units and have your buildings produce more powerful units.

It will launch with Space Marine and Ork factions, but the Imperial Guard will also be available as launch day DLC. The single-player campaign consists of 55 missions according to IGN, and the story is based on the Warhammer book Purging of Kadillus. The multiplayer will allow cross-platform play between PC, iOS, and Android users. A larger meta-game tracks the factions' progress and doles out medals for performance.

A price for North America hasn't been mentioned, though we know it will cost £6.99 on PC and £2.99 on mobile. That's about $12 and $5, respectively, so we can expect them to hit around that spot.

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    February 26, 2014 1:00 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance mixes fantasy series with Plants vs Zombies.

    Developer Eutechnyx took the wraps off of Warhammer 40K: Storm of Vengeance, revealing it as a fantasy take on the lane defense structure of Plants vs Zombies. A beta is coming tomorrow, followed by a full release in March.

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      February 26, 2014 1:05 PM

      sigh, why do we keep getting shit like this instead of DoW3 or Space Marine 2 ?

      Eternal Crusade better be fucking good...

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        February 26, 2014 1:53 PM

        Yeah they keep mismanaging that license

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        February 26, 2014 10:45 PM

        I'm surprised there hasn't been a DoW moba. With how the characters were in DoW2 it seems like it would be a good fit.

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        February 27, 2014 12:27 AM

        Because GW are old fashioned fuckwits who only got those good games by chance rather than good license management.

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        February 27, 2014 1:08 AM

        Relic should be the only company with the 40k license.

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          February 27, 2014 3:51 AM

          The Relic from 10 years ago when those people actually still worked there? Or the Relic today?

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            February 27, 2014 3:54 AM

            The relic from a few years ago that put out DoW2

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      February 26, 2014 1:23 PM

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      February 26, 2014 1:54 PM

      Damnit, where are my REAL Warhammer 40K games!? Give me Dawn of War 3 damnit!

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      February 26, 2014 2:04 PM

      for how stringent GW is with their IP, they sure have a fucking shit track record of licensing for video games.

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        February 26, 2014 2:43 PM

        Everybody shit on the Space Hulk game a while ago but picked it up on a Steam sale and I thought it was actually pretty damn cool.

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      February 26, 2014 7:35 PM

      I loved the series but this is already an obvious money grab with little to no effort put into it. "It will launch with Space Marine and Ork factions, but the Imperial Guard will also be available as launch day DLC." So you created a game, selling it for a premium price and selling DLC at the same time... I miss the days of actual expansion packs.

      Unique quality games that we all want to play take time to develop as do any expansions, for example there was five or so years between the single player Elder Scrolls games and all expansions took around 6-12 months. Those games were actually good.

      Same thing different skin comes from stuff such as annual releases (BF4, CoD, etc.) Turn Warhammer into that and see the core fan base leave.

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        February 26, 2014 8:40 PM

        I have no interest in this myself but 12 dollars isn't exactly a premium price.

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        February 26, 2014 10:11 PM

        I agree. DLC is terrible value-for-money and feels like a blatant rip-off most of the time.

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      February 27, 2014 12:10 AM

      It sounds a lot like http://store.steampowered.com/app/260380/
      but with space marines and orcs xD.

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