Eternal Crusade

Warhammer 40,000 Eternal Crusade is a up-coming 3rd person Massive Mulitplayer RPG made by Behavior Interactive and published by Square Enix.The release date was announced to be late 2015. Players can play as Space Marines, Eldar, Orks, and Chaos. The Tyranids will be included a "balancing" faction controlled by an AI system. Players will fight over land in huge open world battles between the different factions and earn points to upgrade their character with various items drawn from the Warhammer 40k Lore.

Story

The story in the game is written by best selling author Graham McNeill and is helped by Narrative Designer Ivan Mulkeen who will help develop the different factions in the game. The open world is set on the planet of Arkhona in the late 41st Millenia. The PvP gameplay of Eternal Crusade takes place on an open world. The PVE game modes take place in instanced areas, below the surface of the planet, but you will need to find them in the open world to enter.

Combat

Eternal Crusade is an MMO  set in a open world, the combat plays out like a proper third-person shooter. You point where you want to shoot or strike and hitting your target is based on skill. There are no ability bars or auto-attack systems, and if you want to evade or block an incoming attack, you press a button to roll out of the way or hold down the guard button. Once you complete a round in the game with will receive xp to upgrade you character with items ranging from weapons to armour. There are also vehicles spread across each map, which are drivable and range from Land Raiders to Baneblades.