Wednesday, April 1, 2009

(April fools) Hell, it's about time...




...to release Swords & Soldiers' 3rd faction!From beyond the galactic nebulae comes the Space Marine Galaxial Confederation Force to oppose the brutish Vikings and nefarious Aztecs. They are armed to the teeth with turbosteel plating and have technology far superior to any other faction on the planet! High up in orbit around the planet the Space Marines have watched the various undertakings and insignificant struggles of the pathetic Vikings and Aztecs.

Determined to rid the planet of this ridiculous barbequeing and vegetable-growing, the ever-steadfast Space Marines decided to engage their enemies in an all-out planetary offensive. Charge up your Ion Cannons, put on your power armor and load your machineguns, for the Space Marines have landed! To find out more about the space conquering, turbosteel plated, chaingun wielding Space Marines check out the factions page! Or check out some of the new screens at the media page!

30 comments:

yaooj said...

this is totally an april fools joke
nice try guys but i expect ninjas!

Unknown said...

Nice screenshots!

Now how about that GDC report... :-P

sif said...

its obviously a prank sinc the marines would overpower everyone else

ty said...

wow i almost fell for this

frodo said...

It is about time!

but no....
we still dont get the third faction...
how about you release it tomorow?

Anonymous said...

so wheres the REAL third faction?

(good joke though)

David 'KidKobun' Bruno said...

Hahaha, great April Fool's joke guys. I got a good laugh out of it.

will said...

so did this unit just get photoshopped? or is their something there?
it would be SO AWESOME IF U HAD A SPACE MARINE AS A MISCELLENIOUS UNLOCKABLE IN SKIRMISHES!!

FalcoVet101 said...

I knew from the beginning it was a joke (nice new bullet holes in the sign btw)but they would be a cool secret unlockable,or faction for a sequel.

Anyway,I WANT THE REAL ONE NOW!!!

Anonymous said...

yah!

Darkmagi_82 said...

Wow, you actually had me for a minute there until I thought about it. I still expect something more along the lines of ninjas/ninja monkeys.

Anonymous said...

oooh... you guys said Hell!

Anonymous said...

nice tease i was thinking it be something like the japanese but on all days you pick april 1st to say the space marines

ronald said...

the space marine looks like a baboon

Anonymous said...

*Nice*, those smokin' holes!

JhOjo said...

Nice try, I especially like the change of logo, but I don't buy it! :p

Liesje said...

Whaha! Hilarious:P I thought to check out on GDC news - and finding Space Marines!
How awesome that would be, though...
Good luck, y'all, and can't wait for release:)

weeeeeee said...

zip e dee doo dah!

huissen said...

what's the change in logo? i dont notice =0

im said...

please romino! give us the real third faction!!!!!!!!!!!!!

chuk said...

hahahaha

Mario64a said...

Haha, who want 2 pay me 2 tell about the 3rd faction? Highest bid gets the name of the 3rd faction ;-)

yaooj said...

okay ronimo weve had our laughs, now how about we get a real update? (preferablly the third faction)

Anonymous said...

Check this: four new vids on IGN!
http://media.wii.ign.com/media/142/14274340/vids_1.html

Two of 'm also here:
http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/news/2009/04/two_new_swords_and_soldiers_gameplay_videos

Anonymous said...

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ckester said...

I'm surprised no one caught the reference in the name
"Hell, it's about time..." were the words spoken in the first Starcraft II teaser.

Just so happened to be a marine.

Really looking forward to this game, looks very promising

Anonymous said...

Space marines are so lame and would not fit in with the style of this game at all. I'm glad it is just an April fools prank. I don't think I would buy the game if it was not.

Mario64a said...

DSi rocks, I'm sending this message trough the DSi browser. It's fast, fun and easy, 2 bad U can't c youtube movies and no using web MSN/Yahoo :-( Maybe they need 2 update it 2 do that.

Just a little time 2 play Swords & Soldiers.

Anonymous said...

ckester said...

I'm surprised no one caught the reference in the name
"Hell, it's about time..." were the words spoken in the first Starcraft II teaser.

Just so happened to be a marine.

Really looking forward to this game, looks very promising




NERD ALERT!

Unknown said...

Shouting 'nerd alert' on a gaming blog - now *that's* what I call funny! :D

(especially if it's in relation to a game that is full of references to games and tv :-P )