Heroes of the Space Marines...
... is available now. That's right, the new Warhammer 40,000 anthology, featuring my Deathwatch short story, Headhunted, is now on sale. So far, the reaction seems to be very good indeed, so I hope you'll all check it out. On a related note, I'm very pleased to report that I'll be writing- Mrrrrph! (gagged by Editor-Commissar Kyme)
Ahem, well, since I can't talk about that, here are a few pics of something I came across on a site called ut3mod.com, which is dedicated to the totally brilliant online shooter, Unreal Tournament III (by Epic Games, the studio behind the equally brilliant Gears of War 1 and 2).
As you can see, the fan-made model is a pretty damned decent likeness of a Space Marine. Playing with this badass doesn't change the game in any way save cosmetically, and there are no Space Marine Chapter icons or double-headed Aquilas anywhere (for copyright reasons, no doubt), but it's still very cool to see him running around blasting other players, and I have to take my hat off to the guy behind the mod.
There are a bunch of other mods floating around out there that feature great game characters like Solid Snake, Samus Arran, Marcus Fenix, Master Chief and the like, so if you're a UT3 player, there's plenty for you to play around with. I only wish I had time to play around with it more myself. Who would be a bloody writer, eh?
Ahem, well, since I can't talk about that, here are a few pics of something I came across on a site called ut3mod.com, which is dedicated to the totally brilliant online shooter, Unreal Tournament III (by Epic Games, the studio behind the equally brilliant Gears of War 1 and 2).
As you can see, the fan-made model is a pretty damned decent likeness of a Space Marine. Playing with this badass doesn't change the game in any way save cosmetically, and there are no Space Marine Chapter icons or double-headed Aquilas anywhere (for copyright reasons, no doubt), but it's still very cool to see him running around blasting other players, and I have to take my hat off to the guy behind the mod.
There are a bunch of other mods floating around out there that feature great game characters like Solid Snake, Samus Arran, Marcus Fenix, Master Chief and the like, so if you're a UT3 player, there's plenty for you to play around with. I only wish I had time to play around with it more myself. Who would be a bloody writer, eh?
Labels: Heroes of the Space Marines, Video Games
posted by Steve Parker at
4:32 PM
3 Comments:
Hey Steve,
Only just found my way to your blog (all those comments on Nicks and I only now thought to click on your name to see where it went...), so that's some (more) interesting reading to pass the time between now and exams.
Anyway, just a quick note to say how much I enjoyed "Headhunters", a terrific story. Easily earns a place up at the top, beside Nick and Gav, in the 'writes good astartes' list.
I'm looking forward to reading more. I trust "Rynn's World" will be an intriguing book, I'm keen to read more on its development! I wonder if there's room for some more Deathwatch though...
Wow! High praise indeed, Xisor. Thank you very much. I'm really glad you enjoyed the story, and I hope you'll like Rynn's World when it's eventually published (Spring 2010 seems like a way off, but it's not really that long in writing terms).
As for Deathwatch... *ding-dong*
Oh, dear! There's someone at the front door. I'll have to get back to you later about that. ;)
(Commissar Kyme, we've got another blasted psyker here! Assemble firing squad? Right you are, sir.)
Ha, ha - indeed.
I have contacted the Chapter Apothecarion and hypno-conditioning has been ordered...
Expect the gunships in the next 1,000 years or so (that's warp travel for you...) ;-)
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