New Warhammer 40K: Space Marine DLC announced

By Fred Dutton Published 18 January, 2012

The Dreadnought Pack out next week.

A fresh batch of DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine launches on 25th January, publisher THQ has announced.

The pack adds a new mode called Dreadnought Assault in which two teams scrap it out to secure a location on the game map. Whichever side is successful gets to spawn a dreadnought, which comes armed with an Assault Cannon/Auto Cannon, a Meltagun and a Power Fist/Power Claw.

The DLC also offers three new multiplayer maps - called Desolation, Dome Mechanicus and Chem Refinery - as well as a number of new achievements and trophies.

In addition to the paid DLC (price is yet to be confirmed), all players will also be able to access a brand new multiplayer mode called Capture and Control Mode free of charge.

The Relic-developed third person action title launched on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 last September, picking up a middling 6/10 from Eurogamer.

"When you strip away our automatic affection for the universe, you're left with a simple story full of thin characters and predictable twists, where the combat quickly descends into a repetitive war of attrition, and a small suite of online modes that can't compete with the bigger boys in the genre," wrote Tom Bramwell in his Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine review.

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  • Lord_Gremlin #1 4 months ago

    Hm, in other words chances to play as a dreadnought are very slim. I'd prefer an arena where players spawn as 4 dreadnoughts and face waves of enemies like in Chaos Unleashed, but much tougher and numerous.

  • razzafazza #2 4 months ago

    the singleplayer was pretty meh but i quite enjoyed exterminatus when it finally came out .... too bad they didnt make the entire game around exterminatus (i.e. some kind of a "left 40k dead";) because as nice at is there s just way too little content to keep playing for a long time.

    shame Cybots/Dreadnoughts arent brought into the coop modes as well, could care less about Space marine competive multiplayer - not that its bad, just nothing special apart from the license and isnt it pretty dead playercount-wise anyhow ?

    anyhow, there s still a lot of potential in SM despite the botched launch. some kind of space hulk mode with terminators, lots of missing weapons (power claws, flamers, etc. etc.) ... and hey, we 40k fans are used to being ripped off ridicoulus prices for precious little content :p

  • NuY #3 4 months ago

    When asked for a comment on this news, a random Space Marine replied with this thought-provoking commentary.

  • Anthony_UK #4 4 months ago

    Loved the single player and the multiplayer is so much better than I imagined. I'm slightly tempted to pick up this DLC purely to play something different but I'm worried that the I imagine to be a small player base well get split even more.

    You'd think developers of games like this would release the DLC for free to attract players back!

  • NuY #5 4 months ago

    @gotyourmoney
    The winning team gets to spawn a dreadnought?
    And this will be the result if you play as the Imperial Fists (who were shit anyway):

  • SHEEPISH47 #6 4 months ago

    Tyranids still not in sight...

  • FanBoysSuck #7 4 months ago

    Sounds cool, I really liked Space marine single player and the multiplayer is a great contrast to Battlefield, my regular online shooter.

    Last time I looked there was still quite a few online on 360 but the lag got to the point where it was unplayable. If this patch comes with some netcode optimisation/better matchmaking I'll certainly be picking it up!
    Edited by FanBoysSuck at 18/01/12 @ 23:27

  • Sunyavadin #8 4 months ago

    Bored me to the point of taking out the disc and giving it back, even faster than Mindjack managed to. MINDJACK, FFS!
    Edited by Sunyavadin at 19/01/12 @ 01:42

  • Davemanz #9 4 months ago

    Space Marine is indeed alive and well on the PC (hambeasts prefer sitting close to their jack-off stations while playing games, I guess) and I cannot wait to pick this up!