Category:Warhammer 40,000

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Warhammer 40,000
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Parent seriesWarhammer
Space Crusade (1992)
Based on the popular board game by Games Workshop. The time is around 40,000, which means that the game is of course taking place in the popular fantasy game Warhammer 40,000 (also known as Warhammer 40K, or just 40K). Games like Warhammer: Final Liberation and Space Hulk are other games taking place in the same period. You control a force of different Space Marines that have to fight against other enemies including Chaos Space Marines at different places including several old Space Marine outposts.
Space Hulk (1993)
A RTS/Shooter featuring the Space Marines. It recreates the board game Space Hulk. PC (DOS) and Amiga.
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels (1995)
Updated RTS/Shooter featuring the Space Marines. It recreates the board game Space Hulk with multiplayer support. 3DO, PlayStation, Saturn and Windows.
Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000 (1997)
A turn-based strategy game recreating Epic 40,000 with two races, Imperial Guard (reinforced with Ultramarines) versus the Orks with one single-player Imperial campaign. The game was going to have other races added, but plans for the other races never eventuated.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate (1998)
A turn-based strategy game featuring the Ultramarines.
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War (1999)
A turn-based strategy game using the Panzer game engine.
Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (2003)
A first-person shooter featuring the Tau.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (2004)
A real-time strategy game featuring the Space Marines, Eldar, Orks, and Chaos Space Marines.
  • Winter Assault introduced the Imperial Guard and a new unit for each of the previous armies.
  • Dark Crusade was released by publisher THQ which added the Tau and Necrons to the mix as well.
  • Soulstorm has been announced and will contain the Dark Eldar, and Witch Hunters as playable races.
Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death (2006)
A turn-based strategy game made for Nokia N-Gage platform
Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (2007)
A strategy game for the PSP and Nintendo DS

The popular computer game StarCraft by computer game company Blizzard is thought by some to have been largely inspired by the Warhammer 40,000 universe. A later game by Blizzard, Warcraft III, pokes fun at this fact as a dwarf states "This warhammer costs 40K!".