Video games aren't that good at friends. Oh sure, they can be great for making them. Various multiplayer games have facilitated very real and valid friendships, but the games themselves scarcely contain an ounce of the same stuff in their characters. Bonds of friendship in-game are generally left to barks and grunts of command. Vermintide 2, despite taking place in the grimmest, darkest fantasy land there is, somehow manages the impossible and gives us a party of unlikely heroes whose bond feels terribly sincere.
Vermintide 2 does a great job of forcing players to work together no matter which hero you choose to play as. No weapon or class reigns supreme and only a combination will see you survive the hordes of rat-men. This isn't the first co-op game to, well, encourage cooperation. What makes it special though, what makes it so memorable and pleasant on every visit is the banter between characters.
In the fiction of Warhammer pretty much all these characters should be at odds with each other, forced only by circumstance to work together. The first game saw them working out the kinks in their relationship, but this sequel shows them having bonded, veterans of the perpetual apocalypse. Snarky remarks and in-jokes linger, they rib each other plenty as all good friends do. Equally though, they constantly throw compliments to each other. Hearing "Look at the elf go!" from the party's witch as you tear into a horde of baddies is the sincere encouragement that puts a little smile on your face.

Action-RPG Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr has been slated for a digital release on August 23, with the physical launching the very next day. A release date for North America and Latin America is yet be confirmed. The latest game set in the Warhammer 40K universe has a "strong focus on a persistent online world" and it's this core mechanic that has led the game's release to be pushed back – which isn't the first time the developer has requested the title be delayed. Let's hope they can stick to the new August date.

Samuel from TiC met with some of the developers at Bulwark Studios and Kasedo Games to talk about their upcoming title, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Here's his thoughts and a breakdown of some of the gameplay systems.

NeocoreGames and Bigben have announced that the release of Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr for Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

Necromunda: Underhive Wars is the first video game adaptation of the Games Workshop tabletop game, with a unique setting and perspective on the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Created by Rogue Factor, developers of Mordheim: City of the Damned, the game blends fast-paced tactical combat with RPG elements and deep unit customization. Today, go deep into the...

Here is the list of this week's new video game releases. Popular video games released this week are: Red Faction Guerrilla: Re-Mars-tered Edition, Runbow, and Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr. Only a couple of new releases this first week of July. 🙂 The new game releases are: Tuesday July 3 = • Red Faction Guerrilla:...

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WTMG's Leo Faria: "Another potentially great option for turn-based strategy fans, Mechanicus is a fun and surprisingly accessible title that can appease to both Warhammer 40,000 fans and people with little to no knowledge about the franchise. Its gameplay is equally deep and easy to learn and its art style is bizarre in a curiosity-sparking way. Who knows, maybe this game will be the turning point for me to go out and seek formation of what the heck Warhammer 40,000 is all about."