Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (2007) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command features fast, action-packed combat through turn-based strategy and an engaging, authentic single-player storyline. Gamers play as the elite Space Marines of the Ultramarines…

59 12 November 2007

What Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command is

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command is a strategy game developed by RedLynx and released in 2007. It was published by THQ. It is available on Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command features fast, action-packed combat through turn-based strategy and an engaging, authentic single-player storyline. Gamers play as the elite Space Marines of the Ultramarines chapter and strive to combat the encroaching evil of the ruthless and daemonic influenced Chaos Space Marines through 13 cinematically-tied missions. With a multiplayer mode featuring 9 unique missions, gamers will team up and go head-to-head with other gamers worldwide as either the Imperium of Man or Chaos Space Marines.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Warhammer 40,000 series

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command is the 17th of 136 entries we hold in the Warhammer 40,000 series. It arrived 10 months after Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death. The next entry was Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm in 2008. Its critic score of 59 is 12 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader - Void Shadows at 100.

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How it was received

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 3,249 rated strategy games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2007 averaged 64, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command launched on 12 November 2007, within three weeks of Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Super Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

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