Exterminatus mod for Half-Life 2

Setting
This mod is set in Games Workshop's, great Warhammer 40,000 ( 40k ) universe, as seen in Dawn of War and our previous mod WH40K : Rival Species.

The 40k universe is set in the year 40,000 by which time mankind has colonized millions of worlds thought the galaxy by interstellar warp travel. Humanity is ruled by a vast, uncaring, priesthood/bureaucracy on Earth in the name of an all powerful God/Emperor. A galaxy of insidious alien races have threatened and fought the Imperium since its earliest days in innumerable wars and battles.

Developers of this mod have deliberately chosen to include only the Imperium and Tyranid races out  of the many that exist in the 40k universe in order to focus on the quality and polished  that the mod would not have otherwise.  Please do not ask about the other 40k races.

Status
Exterminatus is feature complete and the game is fully playable.  A public beta is available for anyone that wants to try it.  New beta versions will be announced here, but there are also weekly public alpha builds which are posted on the EX homepage at 40ksource.com .  Alpha builds, being incomplete, unbalanced and often unstable aren't really worthy of news on moddb.

Development is still going on to improve existing features.  Asking if the mod is dead when we have posted news in the last 8 weeks will get your comment deleted.  These things take time to do right and must not be rushed.

Gameplay
Each map sees the Marines and Tyranids competing in a series of mission objectives, culminating in a battle to decide the fate of the planet.

Players that do well for their team are rewarded with the option to use more powerful player classes including special and heavy weapons marines, the tank like Carnifex and terrifying Lictor.

Features

• Two teams, with their own distinct appearance and game play styles
• Three tiers of player classes, achieve success to unlock superior classes
• Twelve playable classes, each with their own unique sounds, weapons and abilities
• Mission and Objective based game play, with progressive spawn waves

Getting Together
Regular scheduled games are being hosted on a number of dedicated servers several times each week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8PM BST (GMT+1).  Alpha tests of the bleeding edge updates to EX are held on Sunday evenings around 7PM BST.   Please check our steam community page for upcoming scheduled games and servers addresses.