WARHAMMER 40,000: BOLTGUN 2

The bloody retro-style FPS is back with an all-new playable character

- By Robert Jones

After a long time languishing in the doldrums of mediocre letdowns, we're finally starting to see the Warhammer 40,000 world successfully tapped into in games once again. Last year's Space Marine 2 was a riotous romp through hordes of Tyranids, while WH40K: Darktide has become a pitch-perfect FPS.

Even other recent Warhammer 40,000 games like Rogue Trader which, at launch, missed their mark somewhat, seem to have been turned around quickly into genuinely good, unique gaming experiences. And then there's the promising new WH40K games that are incoming like Mechanicus 2 (see elsewhere this issue) to factor in as well. Yes, I think it's fair to say that we're living through a new golden age of Warhammer 40,000 games.

The most kick-ass game to tap into the WH40K world as of late has been the bloody marvelous Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, a retro-style FPS that somehow perfectly captures the awesome power of being an unstoppable angel of death. So, it's fantastic to see that its maker, Auroch Digital, is coming back for more carnage next year with