This video was uploaded by the leader of the Xbox Crusaders. His name is recon 8659. In the grim darkness of the far future, there is nothing but war. But in the nicely decorated offices of Relic in downtown Vancouver, there is nothing but love. Love for Warhammer. Plastic and lead space marine miniatures are carefully arranged on almost every desk, monitor and cubical divider; there are entire rooms set aside for lunchtime games of 40k; and the lobby’s home not only to a giant Blood Raven space marine whose sawblade we all diligently pose our necks against for photos, but a nine-foot statue tribute to the god-emperor of mankind. So while it’s something of a surprise to discover that the largely PC-focused studio is developing a Warhammer 40000 console action RPG in a similar vein to God of War, it’s really no surprise at all. Warhammer 40000: Space Marine is a third-person, over-the-shoulder action game with RPG elements. In the grim darkness of the far future, Relic’s writing a new story, in which a space ork army has taken over one of the Imperium’s Forge worlds – where it manufactures everything that makes up the imperial war machine – and it’s up to you, playing as a single space marine in a squad from an as-yet unidentified chapter, to go in and take it back. This you do by taking a blade or a bullet to everything that’s green with a pulse.