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Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a card-driven turn-based tactical game which features RPG elements, containing a single player campaign, survival and PvP modes. Win these battles using the arsenal of weapons, abilities and cunning of the sky warriors.
Now anyone who knows me, knows my love for the all father and being a loyal son of Russ, having played Space Wolves on the Table Top since the early 90’s, so with 25 years under my belt, I’m dubious about anything that uses Leman Russ’ Legion, not only in it’s title but also as the main bulk of the game.
Warhammer 40,000 Space Wolf was initially an iOS/Android release back in 2016, which got rave reviews on the iOS/Android stores and usually the game would be straight ported over to PC (like Fallout Shelter, of course that seemed to work, so if done right, hell, why not), however Herocraft, the Engineseers behind the game, decided to rebuild the game from the ground up for it’s PC (STEAM) release, not only by making the graphics better and more detailed, but making it a one off purchase for the incredibly reasonable £9 and removing all the ingame purchase options that mobile games are well known for.
What we have at heart here is a TCG based tactical turn based shooter, and it works perfectly, using your cards abilities to make your character move, shoot and melee attack the vile chaos scum of the Word Bearer Legion and it’s really as simple as that. Of course it is a TCG at heart, so in typical card game fashion, you build a deck for your main character, in three variations that give him different option, from the standard Power Armour option, which has everything from melee and jump pack abilities, all the way to heavy weapon and wolf companion summoning abilities, through to the Scout armour that gives you more sneaking and sniper abilities, to the Terminator Armour, where everything is heavy, from the melee weapons to the Cyclone Missile launcher. there are some cards that can be equipped on your character too, giving you more options and even Overwatch ability, meanign if an enemy comes into range, your character may take a shot at them (incredibly good if you’ve buffed yourself in the last turn too).
What really struck me early on is the apparent difficulty level, it’s hard, but actually in a good way, I enjoyed losing. As you can see in my first live stream of it below, I just kept going back for more and didn’t realise how long I had been trying just the first level.
As you progress through the levels, you unlock, not only new cards to use, but requisition to make new cards and you can even fuse cards together, for instance, fusing two level 1 cards of the same type into a level 2 of that card. You also unlock new battle brothers aswell, Space Wolves of different squads lost on the planet during planetfall and making there way back to each other.
We all really enjoyed Warhammer 40,000 Space Wolf here at Geek Towers adn would wholeheartedly reccomend it, not only to Warhammer 40k fans, but to other TCG and Tactical Shooter fans too, it melds two game genres together brilliantly and considering it is a massive upgrade from the mobile version, not a straight lackluster port also raises it to exceptional, keep it installed for fun, game levels.
CS:GO is more famously known for the massive cosmetics market that’s grown up around it in recent years, but now plans have been announced that will allow long-time players to gain some real-life loot. Players who have been around for five years have earned the in-game Five Year Veteran coin, and now they will be able to buy an actual physical coin to display somewhere in their rooms and prove to everyone just how much of a gamer they are.
To be eligible players must sign into the Valve Store with their Steam account that has the coin in their inventory. Once it has confirmed that the player has the in-game item, the gaming veteran will then be allowed to order the coin for $45. An account does need to be in good standing to receive this option as well, so cheaters will not be eligible no matter how long they were playing before they were caught. Worldwide shipping is free, but there might be a charge for import duty or VAT for the gamer to pay when their coin reaches them. A few places are also not open for orders including Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Burma, Syria and Sudan; otherwise you should be good.
The coin comes with a fancy looking wooden box, a display stand and a box sleeve with the Five Year Veteran logo stamped upon it. Orders will begin shipping in mid-June and Valve are planning to manufacture more once more players reach the Five Year mark.
Who knows? Maybe in another few years when the first Ten Year Veteran players get their in-game coin, we’ll see Valve releasing a Ten Year physical coin for purchase.
