Necromunda: rented pistol revealed by the Microsoft Store page

Necromunda: rented pistol revealed by the Microsoft Store page

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A new first-person shooter set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Necromunda: Hired Gun, leaked through an entrance to the Microsoft Store. The store page, which is currently still available for viewing at the time of this writing, details a set of FPS for a player in the hive city the size of a Necromund planet, in which players assume the role of a bounty hunter . Players are accompanied by an upgradeable cyber-mastiff dog, and the description promises “infinite” weapons and augmentation customization.

“Choose your contracts. Hunt your targets. Collect the reward.” reads the game’s slogan, which suggests that there may be some level of freedom in the way you accept jobs in Necromunda: Hired Gun. The few other details also explain that your dog is able to sniff and kill enemies for you, and that a hook will allow you to quickly traverse the “massive” environments of the game.

A pre-order package known as the Hunter’s Bounty Pack includes a single knife, a clothing cover and the classic 40k weapon, the handgun. It also has a ‘new look’ for the cyber-mastiff toy, which indicates how we will interact with the robot dog.

The game is being developed by Streum On Studio, the developer responsible for the Warhammer 40,000 Space Hulk: Deathwing game in 2016. It is published by Focus Home Interactive and is – according to this store page – due for release on June 1st.

The Twitter account Idle Sloth managed to dig up five screenshots of the game, which show an action-packed shooter that includes what appears to be a variant of a plasma cannon, as well as the cyber-mastiff in action and … is a Cawdor Mouse pump delivery? Among the familiar Necrumda ganger, we also see what is clearly a Luther Pattern Excavation Automata “Ambot” attacking the player as well.

At the moment, we only know the Xbox Series X / S and Xbox One platforms for the game, as these are the only ones listed on the Microsoft Store. We will have to wait for an official announcement to see if the PC and PlayStation formats will also be supported.For more Warhammer, check out our interview with the creators of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and news that a lot of free Warhammer games will be free with the upcoming White Dwarf magazine.

Matt Purslow is the news and entertainment writer for IGN in the UK.

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