Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team
Developer(s)THQ Digital Studios UK[1]
Publisher(s)THQ
Director(s)Richard Badger
Programmer(s)Mat Draper
Artist(s)Richard Thomas
Stuart Jennett
SeriesWarhammer 40,000
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Microsoft Windows
ReleaseXbox 360
July 13, 2011
PlayStation 3
  • NA: August 2, 2011
  • EU: August 10, 2011
Windows
May 22, 2014
Genre(s)Shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team is a top-down shooter game with twin-stick control, set in the Warhammer 40,000 future fantasy universe. Players play as Space Marines attempting to halt an Ork invasion spaceship, facing orks and, later, Tyranids. Four Space Marine classes are playable Sternguard Veteran, Techmarine, Vanguard Veteran and Librarian. The first two focusing on Shooting the later two on melee. The game supports single player and same screen multiplayer modes.[1]

The game included a bonus weapon for the use in multiplayer mode in the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, obtained by completing a level.[2]

The game was developed and released by THQ for the Xbox 360 in July 2011 and for the PlayStation 3 in August 2011. A Microsoft Windows port was developed by UK based company D3T Ltd and released in May 2014.

Reception

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The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3][4]

James Stephanie Sterling of Destructoid called the Xbox 360 version a "decent little shooter for fans of the franchise", and noted that the game was not designed for single-player mode, while criticizing the lack of online multiplayer.[5] GameSpot's Carolyn Petit praised the title's mindless fun and compelling environment while taking issue with the shallow gameplay, local-only co-op, cheap deaths, and poor checkpoint placement.[8][9] Nathan Grayson of GamesRadar+ liked the Xbox 360 version's quick, violent twin-stick combat, unique classes, and customization but disliked the repetitive gameplay, short runtime, and pace-breaking tutorialization.[10] Arthur Gies of IGN wrote, "Arcade shooters shouldn't be boring, and they shouldn't be needy and pushy, and Kill Team is often all of the above."[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Yin-Poole, Wesley (June 2, 2011). "Warhammer 40k Kill Team announced". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Richardson, Mike (July 29, 2011). "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Date Announced". PlayStation Blog. Sony Interactive Entertainment. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team for PlayStation 3 Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team for Xbox 360 Reviews". Metacritic. Fandom. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Sterling, James Stephanie (July 18, 2011). "Review: Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (X360)". Destructoid. Gamurs. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Reed, Kristan (August 12, 2011). "Download Games Roundup [date mislabeled as "August 15, 2011"]". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  7. ^ Bailey, Kat (July 18, 2011). "Review: Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team (X360)". GamePro. GamePro Media. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Petit, Carolyn (August 5, 2011). "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Review (PS3)". GameSpot. Fandom. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  9. ^ a b Petit, Carolyn (July 18, 2011). "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Review (X360)". GameSpot. Fandom. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  10. ^ a b Grayson, Nathan (July 15, 2011). "Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team review (X360)". GamesRadar+. Future plc. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  11. ^ Workman, Robert (August 5, 2011). "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team Review (PS3)". GameZone. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  12. ^ a b Gies, Arthur (August 3, 2011). "Warhammer 40K: Kill Team Review (PS3)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  13. ^ a b Gies, Arthur (July 19, 2011). "Warhammer 40K: Kill Team Review (Xbox 360)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  14. ^ Silwinski, Alexander (July 18, 2011). "Warhammer 40K: Kill Team review: Needs more dakka (X360)". Engadget (Joystiq). Yahoo. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  15. ^ "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team". PlayStation Official Magazine – UK. Future plc. October 2011. p. 115.
  16. ^ Hayward, Andrew (September 2011). "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team review". Official Xbox Magazine. Future US. Archived from the original on October 27, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  17. ^ Jenkins, David (July 18, 2011). "Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team review – blasting off again (X360)". Metro. DMG Media. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
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