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*Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef* is a hand-drawn 2D action adventure taking you on a wild ride of dakka, gore and explosions! Krump your way through the hive city of Luteus Prime; battle Humans, Orks and Genestealer cultists; and ultimately retrieve your luscious hair squig from the hands of the Warboss Gutrekka!

Who’s ready for Waaagh!?

The game was released on Orktober 20th for Steam, Switch, and X-Box and a Playstation release is coming soon..

## Story

Luteus Alpha. It’s one of the most important planets in the Armageddon sector. Mostly because of its large supply of promethium, needed to support the war raging on in the sector. Ogruk Gutrekka, Warboss of Waaagh! Gutrekka, noticed this, and decided he wants the world’s supplies of promethium all for himself.

And that’s where you, Gargaz, pop into the story. Set out to take over Luteus Alpha, together with your Warboss, before Ogruk decides to nick your luxuriant hair squig and kicks you out of his bomba!

While crashing downwards to the surface of Luteus Alpha, Gargaz swears he will take revenge on Ogruk for taking his precious. Determined to return this finest of accessories (and pet), the indignant Gargaz must fight his way through all manner of foes to challenge Warboss Ogruk himself.

You’ll play as Gargaz Teefgrabba, a simple ork, who was leading a rather simple life before boarding the Warboss’ bomba. Krumpin’ humies every occasion he gets is what he does best, and that’s exactly what you’ll be doing throughout Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef. Krumpin’ humies, and other not so human creatures.

Tackle the dangers in Luteus Prime as a lone wolf in singleplayer, or round up the warband and beat 'em up with up to four players. Multiplayer can be accessed in local play or through online play.

## Unlockable Weapons & Gear

The Greenskins love their dakka more than anything in the universe, and there’s plenty to find on Luteus Alpha. Fill your dakka needs with a total of twenty weapons, split across five categories: Sluggas, Shootas, Boomstikks, Rokkit Launchas and Burnas.

Unlocking these new weapons is really straightforward. You can unlock them by spending the in-game currency called Teef at the Mek Shop. Teef are earned consistently throughout the game; by killing (mini)bosses and collecting so-called teefcaches. Access the Mek Shop in either the main menu or at any checkpoint you reach and go on a spending spree.

The Mek Shop gots it all! The finest looted shooties, and hats, to spend your Teef on! But spend wisely, as (mini)bosses and teefcaches only drop a limited amount of currency.

Next to the weapons, there are four distinct playable classes, each with their own passive ability, melee weapon and throwable. Players can freely switch between the classes while in a lobby. The classes are designed true to their lore, and give you the option to switch up the gameplay to cater to your playstyle.

As mentioned, you’ll be encountering a lot of different enemies; Astra Militarum, Genestealers, Space Marines, and even other orks will try to smash your face! There are also multiple stronger, tougher foes, the so-called bosses, who will try to stop you in your tracks! Those who have seen the trailers and previous communication may already have an idea who some of these bosses are, so if you haven’t watched the trailer yet, be sure you do! We wouldn’t want to spoil too much, you’ll have to find out and encounter the rest of the bosses in your playthrough!

## Basic Mechanics

You play as your chosen Ork who you customize by choosing their class, clan, weapon loadout, and hat (the most important thing?).

You move your character using twinstick controls (or keyboard/mouse combo) where the left stick moves your character and the right stick aims your weapon. Besides attacking, your Ork will jump and dash to avoid threats and navigate the stage.

As you attack, your *WAAAGH!!* meter will increase and when it maxes out you can spend it to unleash a strong attack that does not deplete ammo.

Taking hits from enemies (and friendly characters!) will cost you hitpoints, represented by your red health bar. Eating squigs will restore your health.

Besides running, shoot, and dodging, you will explore the various stages hunting for boxes of teef and other oddments. Teef are the currency of the game, earned by playing any mode, which are spent to buy new guns and, most importantly, hats.

Stages of the campaign are unlocked as you proceed through the story and can be done separately once unlocked. Even if you reach a stage playing online with friends, that stage remains unlocked for you when you next play.

## Versus Mode

Next to the story mode gameplay, there is the Player versus Player mode (both local play and online play), or should we call it… Ork vs Ork! Scrap it out with your buddies, and show them who's boss in all-out brawls. These fights are with up to four players and can be either every ork for himself or based on teams.

When creating a PvP match you’ll be able to select one of three game modes: Deathmatch, King of the Hill and Juggernaut. You’ll also be able to select the number of lives each player has, at which killcount the game will end and the time limit. When prefered, there’s also the option to exclude certain weapons (looking at you, squig chugga) or even whole categories from being used. And to add a little extra spice you can choose whether or not you want health/waaagh squigs to be present in the arena, and even low gravity zones!

In total there are seven versus maps, each made with the essence of certain locations in the story. Good luck in brawling it out with your friends, and claiming the truthful title of Warboss!

## Physical Release

Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef is also having a physical release for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 & 5, through partnership with ININ Games who will support the release.

If you are looking to get your own physical copy, and literally get a hold of the game, there are still copies available for pre-order.

## The Soundtrack

Back when we first released our demo during Steam NextFest in February we got a lot of response to the music being played during the final battle, played by our very own Six Shootas. Later on we released a clean version of the theme song, and it has been listened to a lot since then. During the Save and Sound festival we released a special look behind the scenes on how the soundtrack came together.

Learn more about the development of the soundtrack here.

1. ↑ Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef on Steam (steampowered.com)
2. ↑ Steam :: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood &amp; Teef :: Ready For WAAAGH!? (steamcommunity.com)