The vote went in favour of adding an extra playable class to each team. Once the initial Beta of EX was released to the public a second poll was posted to determine the future direction of the mod. After a very close call the public decided on the Tyranid setting. As an 40k fan will tell you the "Imperium of man" and it's Space Marine a no-brainer choice for one species, the other was not so clear, so we have created a public settings poll to allow the public to guide our choice. Preferring enjoyable game play over the seemingly endless task of recreating the enormous 40k universe the team have decided to focus on just two species. Rival Species has a very broad scope, hoping to include the many species of the 40k universe, after five years it is clear that the vast quantity of content this approach required was damaging to the quality of the content and gameplay. Exterminatus is is more a sequel to Rival Species in spirit than in design.
Learning from the teams experiences with developing mods for Half-life and Half-Life 2 the team set out with some realistically achievable goals. Six distinct Tyranid classes : Warrior, Genestealer, Lictor, Zoanthrope, Biovore and Carnifex.Six Chaos space marine classes : Renegade, Raptor, Weapons Specialist, Aspiring Champion, Havoc, Ternminator and Dreadnaught.Six Imperial space marine classes : Tactical, Assault, Weapons Specialist, Veteran, Heavy Weapons, Ternminator and Dreadnaught.Three teams, with distinct and varied weapons, abilities and tactics.Team based multi-player missions in a variety of Warhammer 40,000 environments.News of the mod's progress being reported monthly on it's forum, website and moddb, including screen shots and movies from alpha and beta test sessions. Ten maps from the 41st millennium, each with their own missions and objectives. Eioghteen distinct classes, each with their own weapons.
This download includes Three Species: Imperials, Tyranids and Chaos. The playable beta version of Exterminatus is available for download from The 40k Source Website. Unopposed a hive fleet can strip a living world to bare bedrock, consuming all life, air and water to create yet more Tyranids. A billion billion creatures with a single, vast mind, hungering for organic matter. The extra-galactic menace of a new Tyranid hive fleet has arrived.
A galaxy of insidious alien races have threatened and fought the Imperium since its earliest days in innumerable wars and battles. Humanity is ruled by a vast, uncaring, priesthood/bureaucracy on Earth in the name of an all powerful god/Emperor.
The 40k universe is set in the year 40,000 by which time mankind has colonized millions of worlds thought the galaxy by interstellar warp travel.
This mod is set in Games Workshop's, great Warhammer 40,000(40k) universe, as seen in Dawn of War and our previous mod for Half-Life, Rival Species.