THQ have today announced the release of a playable demo for its upcoming FPS Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and Windows PC. The demo features two areas of the game: in the first, the player is set to face an Ork horde outside the gates of a munitions factory, and must fight off their foes with an armoury of six devastating weapons, including the iconic bolter and lethal chainsword. The second area gives players a taste of the game's Jump Pack sequences in which hero Captain Titus takes to the skies to rain death from above. Both sequences are designed to allow the player to experience Space Marine's seamless mix of melee and ranged combat prior to the release date of later this year. Those who have already pre-ordered the digital PC version of Space Marine through Steam will receive an exclusive early access period running through the weekend of August 18th and Steam will also be running a Warhammer 40,000 bundle sale at a special rate at the same time. The demo is planned to launch simultaneously for the Xbox 360 and PC on 23rd August and then on PS3 the following day. Space Marine Honour Guard' community members will also get the chance to play the demo early on August 22nd, 24 hours prior to the public launch. For more information on how to sign up to get the demo click here.
About Space Marine When wave after wave of savage ORKS descend upon the Forge World GRAIA, it is up to humanity's greatest warriors to win the planet back. They are SPACE MARINES, genetically modified, encased in hallowed armor, the equivalent of one hundred lesser men. They live only to defend the Imperium, and to slay its enemies in a war that never ends. CAPTAIN TITUS, along with his comrades LEANDROS and SIDONUS, lead a detachment of these Space Marines onto the Forge World. There, they quickly discover that the fight against the Orks is not all that requires their attention. An Imperial Inquisitor named DROGAN needs help securing an experimental POWER SOURCE, before the Orks do so themselves.