Space Hulk Finally Arrives On The North American Wii U eShop This Week

For the Emperor

by Damien McFerran Wed 13th Jan 2016

It's taken a while, but the Wii U version of Space Hulk is finally launching this week in North America.

The game - which is a port of the PC original - was due to launch in May last year, but missed that release window. The Sony versions arrived in September, but the Wii U edition was held back until - we were told - Christmas.

We've now been told that it will launch this week - tomorrow to be exact. In case you didn't know, the title is based on the Games Workshop board game of the same name, and involves clearing out derelict space ships of hostile alien forces.

You can check out the trailer for the PC edition below.

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Shiryu
Wed 13th Jan 2016

Wonder if we will get it in Euroland as well... I will definitely pick it up despite much preferring something a little more "WH40K Space Marine" on Wii U which sadly will never happen.

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Shieldser9
Wed 13th Jan 2016

I can't bring myself to buy a game that's available on a smart phone on my console, especially when they are that much more expensive

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Spoony_Tech
Wed 13th Jan 2016

I've been interested in this since I first seen it. Definitely looking forward to some reviews. I'll have to read some for the pc version to get an idea of what it's like.

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Gerbwmu
Wed 13th Jan 2016

I'll impatiently wait for a review but it seems like a game I'd like

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Laxeybobby
Wed 13th Jan 2016

Any news on Europe release date?

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riChchestM
Wed 13th Jan 2016

Bought it for iOS and didn't play it much. It's simply not very good. Very slow to play and the UI was obtuse.

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dkxcalibur
Wed 13th Jan 2016

I remember wanting the Space Hulk game for my 3DO back in the day. I believe that was a game similar to Doom. This game is a turn based strategy game, and I love good turn based strategy games. However, all the reviews that I've read are saying this is mediocre at best. I may buy this eventually but it will not be this week.

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Smokingspoon
Wed 13th Jan 2016

As much as I love wh40k, this game doesn't look very good.. Ahhh.. darn it, I wish Dawn of War 3 would still happen.

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ULTRA-64
Wed 13th Jan 2016

I'm interested in this since I had the board game as a kid and I think it would be allot more fun in a computer game format. HOWEVER......this doesn't look great tbh, and its been a long time since I tried a turn based strategy game so.......

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johnodaz
Wed 13th Jan 2016

Excellent been looking forward too this for ages glad its coming out at last on the Wii U hopefully it'll be released in all territories.

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NintendoFan990
Wed 13th Jan 2016

This game's title is so misleading... -_-

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dumedum
Wed 13th Jan 2016

Get out of my way!

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SetupDisk
Wed 13th Jan 2016

@Damo
A kind of related to this article question(delayed game on the eshop).
Any word on what is going on with Chasing Dead?

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GrailUK
Wed 13th Jan 2016

Dammit, anything with Terminator Space Marines is a day 1 purchase for me. For the Emperor!

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bleedinmagic81
Wed 13th Jan 2016

@NintendoFan990 I thought it involved the Incredible Hulk, as well.

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ouroborous
Wed 13th Jan 2016

not sure about this game, need more info. seemed like that one second at the very end was the only shot of actual gameplay.
if its turn based strategy rpg, is it sort of like steamworld heist then? cause that was awesome.