03. March 2008, 03:20:52

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KolyaQuote

Tags: °spacehulkA new fan made Space Hulk game has been released only a few days ago and it looks nothing short of professional quality.
Niklas Astrand and Jorgen Nilsson have formed the group Teardown and build this 2D tactical game in about one and a half years.
They received permission from Games Workshop for the concept as well as from EA to reuse images from the first Space Hulk Game from 1993.

As of now version 1.0 is released but there are already many plans for 1.1.
It looks like nothing can stop these two Swedes from making the best Space Hulk game.

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after some legal battles there is a new rebranded version: Alien Assault
The earlier Space Hulk build (version 1.0) can still be found here.
A total (re)conversion for the latest Alien Assault (v1.021) to Space Hulk is available here.
 

18. March 2008, 23:44:59

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KolyaQuote

Legal problems have put this project to a halt quickly. Despite the fact that the creators made every effort to get the necessary permissions and got green lighted from Games Workshop and EA, it has turned out now that all Warhammer 40.000 licences to make a computergame belong to THQ (Dawn of War).
Of course every effort is being made to get permission from THQ (who have no plans for a Space Hulk game). If any of you work for THQ or may be able to establish a contact please help these guys out. Send help to: svavelvinter@hotmail.com

21. March 2008, 02:29:53

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KolyaQuote

Related thread on QuarterToThree.com

I'm in contact with Jörgen Nilsson of Teardown.se now. We got a hint to get in touch with David Adams of VigilGames.com, a division of THQ who are currently developing Warhammer 40K Online and might be able to help with the license issue.

25. August 2009, 16:51:56

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KolyaQuote

THQ eventually denied cooperation. Hence Teardown's Space Hulk game won't be released despite it being developed to v1.1 by now.
After surveying their fanbase Teardown decided to rebrand the game. And in a rather funny twist they decided to use the name of the movie franchise, that Games Workshop ripped off in the first place, when they "created" the Genestealers: The new game will be called Alien Assault. (forum announcement on teardown.se)

19. October 2009, 13:42:20

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KolyaQuote

Finally. Alien Assault is here.
Brothers, prepare for battle.

It looks like during rebranding the game Teardown have replaced the original missions, some art and names, and more annoyingly they decided to substitute the wrath-filled Space-Hulk lingo for lame-ass internet humour ("This is Sparta" and "Kill it with fire"-jokes anyone?).
Nevertheless the game has a good atmosphere, mostly for the well done sound effects and attention to detail with the graphics. No doubt it would have been even better as a Space-Hulk game, but it wasn't meant to be. The gameplay was also improved for this version, though there's still room to get better here. For example the player should be able to order around Marines while another Marine is moving to it's destination.