The fourth episode of The Council, titled “Burning Bridges,” will launch for Complete Season and Season Pass owners on September 25 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, publisher Focus Home Interactive announced. It will be available as a standalone purchase on September 27.
Complete Season and Season Pass owners will be able to play the episode two days in advance on May 15. The first episode, titled “The Mad Ones,” is required to run episode two.
Here is an overview of episode two, via Focus Home Interactive:
Episode 4: Burning Bridges sees allegiances explained, rivalries come to a head, and the ghosts of the past begin to catch up to the inhabitants of the island. Your decisions will haunt you as you decide the fate of Louis, Mortimer, and the world itself.
The Council has already enthralled players and press alike with a deep and captivating story featuring intricate characters and smart writing. The innovative concept brings the genre beyond its boundaries and allows for meaningful choices with impactful consequences.
Witness Louis’ first encounter with the catacombs beneath Mortimer’s island in new screenshots. Characters and their fates are up to you, and shown here is just one way things can go – how will your endgame begin?
The Steam pre-order beta for the PC version of Space Hulk: Tactics will begin on September 25 and run up until the launch of the game, publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Cyanide Studio announced.
In the beta, players will be able to play as either the Terminators or the Genestealers in skirmish and multiplayer matches across five maps. The full customization system, map editor, and a preview of each faction’s campaign will also be playable. Save data from the beta can be carried over to the full release, allowing players to continue where they left off. And pre-order bonuses will also be available in the beta, granting players access to second founding chapters and other alternate versions of the base game’s Blood Angels, Space Wolves, Dark Angels, and Ultramarines chapters.
Focus Home Interactive will release regular updates for the beta to address bugs adn balance issues as reported by the community. On launch day, players will gain access to more oficial maps, as well as the two complete single-player campaigns.
In addition to the beta information, Focus Home Interactive also released a new trailer profiling the Genestealers. Here is an overview of the creature, via Focus Home Interactive:
The festering malice at the heart of the Space Hulk, the Genestealers are ready to cut down any and all Space Marine Terminators that come aboard. Their strategies and play style are completely different, creating truly asymmetrical multiplayer. Using their numbers and agility to their advantage, the Genestealers are a more aggressive force, but one with less options on how to handle each situation.
Space Hulk: Tactics is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 9.
Publisher Focus Home Interactive and developer Cyanide Studio have released a new trailer for Space Hulk: Tactics introducing the game’s Mission Creator tool.
Here is an overview of the tool, via Focus Home Interactive:
Learn the ins and outs of making your own missions quickly and easily. Changing layouts and looks, adding logic, and linking elements is just a single button press away, with testing done on the fly from within the editor itself. Custom Terminator squads and Genestealer swarms can be designated for each map, as well as unique rulesets, restrictions, and opportunities for either side. Plus, set an objective for the Terminators – one of twenty which range from annihilation to escape.
Once your masterpiece is complete it can be uploaded online and shared. We’ve created specific forums for players to talk about their creations, creating threads for everything from asking for advice to providing a space for narrative to link a selection of maps that they’ve made. Maps can be found easily in-game through various search and filter tools, including for map creators.
Space Hulk: Tactics is due out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 9.
Witness endless battle and the doom of a world in the Space Hulk: Tactics launch trailer!
Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful turn-based tactics adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing unique twists to the cult classic formula. The new launch trailer will prepare you for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in just a few days, October 9. See the desperate battle between man and alien like never before!
On the side of humanity stand the Space Marine Terminators, genetically modified super soldiers clad in heavy armour and equipped with extraordinary firepower that turns them into effective walking tanks. Opposing them are the Genestealers, insidious inhabitants of the floating amalgamations of smashed-together starships called space hulks, hiding inside every pipe and duct, prepared to rend anything that comes close to pieces with glistening claws.
An innovative new card system gives players greater control over their forces, while two non-linear, narrative-driven campaigns tell a new, terrifying story in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. A full customisation system is available across four Space Marine chapters and four Genestealer Hive Fleets, letting you design your force down to the last shoulder plate or weapon hilt. A robust mission editor, inspired by the clip-together nature of building scenarios in the board game, means you can design, share, and play your own maps quickly and easily.
Space Hulk: Tactics comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 9. Pre-order Space Hulk: Tactics today on Steam and get special bonuses, including a 10% discount, immediate beta access, and unique second founding colour schemes for your Terminators.
The Space Hulk: Tactics pre-order beta is ongoing, pre-order now on Steam to play. The game releases on Xbox One, PS4, and PC on October 9.