{"id":64091,"date":"2026-06-27T06:51:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64091"},"modified":"2026-06-27T06:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T22:51:04","slug":"the-butchers-nails-is-the-most-violent-warhammer-40000-show-ever-made-by-games-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=64091","title":{"rendered":"The Butcher&#8217;s Nails Is the Most Violent Warhammer 40,000 Show Ever Made by Games Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The hugely popular Space Marine 2 did a great job of delivering third-person action, but what about a big-budget <em>first-person<\/em> Space Marine game? So far, that doesn\u2019t exist, but the latest Warhammer 40,000 animated show from Games Workshop gives fans an idea of what it might look like.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">During Games Workshop\u2019s Big Summer Preview showcase, the UK company revealed the debut trailer for a new animation called The Butcher\u2019s Nails, which is due to hit the company\u2019s streaming platform, Warhammer TV, soon. The gory clip stars a World Eaters Berzerker called Makrath, who joins forces with members of fellow Chaos Space Marine faction, the Iron Warriors, during an assault against loyalist Space Marines backed up by soldiers of the Astra Militarum.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The trailer shows Makrath ripping his enemies to shreds from a first-person perspective, giving us an idea of what a World Eaters Berzerker sees from within his helmet. There are cool, Space Marine HUD elements \u2014 the kind you\u2019d expect to see in a first-person Space Marine video game. Makrath\u2019s Bolter is positioned at the bottom of the screen, just as you\u2019d expect in a first-person shooter. You even see the outlines of enemies as if they\u2019re marked, just as you can in so many sci-fi first-person shooters. I particularly like the moment Makrath executes an Imperial Fist with a Bolter shot to the face. Very Doom.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-slideshow\"><button type=\"button\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"jsx-2228525885\"\/><span data-cy=\"slideshow-view-trigger\"><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-preview\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 slideshow-preview\">\n<h3 class=\"title5 jsx-62124236 jsx-1085005187\" data-cy=\"slideshow-preview-title\">The Butcher&#8217;s Nails Warhammer 40,000 Animation Images<\/h3>\n<div data-cy=\"slideshow-images-container\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 images-container\"><button type=\"button\" data-cy=\"hero-image\" aria-label=\"Open Slideshow\" class=\"jsx-1711207865 hero-image\"><img alt=\"Image credit: Games Workshop \/ Warhammer Community.\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image jsx-2896921488 image aspect-ratio aspect-ratio-16-9 jsx-2605834259 jsx-2338608387 hover-opacity\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><span class=\"button-text jsx-729543028 button button--primary jsx-3381835873 jsx-4266531355 row-pagination-button next contained centered round large\" data-cy=\"paginate next\" title=\"Open Slideshow\"><span class=\"ign-icon right-chevron jsx-2750866048 jsx-2919720488\" role=\"presentation\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-cy=\"right-chevron\" style=\"mask:url(https:\/\/kraken.ignimgs.com\/_next\/static\/media\/RightChevron.272be43c.svg?cors=1) no-repeat center center \/ contain;background:currentColor\"\/><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Yes, it very much looks like a first-person Chaos Space Marine game to me, which, now I think about it, I very much want. Space Marine 2 is wonderful, don\u2019t get me wrong. But there\u2019s something about a first-person perspective that I think would make for a more intense experience, and playing as a Chaos Space Marine would be a welcome palate cleanser.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And the World Eaters would be the perfect pick for such a game. For the uninitiated, the World Eaters are the angriest Space Marine legion (their primarch is called Angron!). The Butcher&#8217;s Nails, after which this animated show is named, are implants that turned the World Eaters into crazed gladiators, and helped them along the path to Chaos. In the current Warhammer 40,000 setting, the World Eaters rampage across the galaxy, slaughtering pretty much anything and everything in their way without rhyme or reason. Angron, now the Daemon Primarch of Khorne, is angrier than ever. Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne! And so on and so forth.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And so, yes, the World Eaters would be the perfect fit for an ultra gory, relentlessly violent, fast-paced first-person melee shooter hybrid, one where you speed towards those righteous Space Marines and squisky Guardsmen and tear them apart.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"light\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hammer and Bolter: The Butcher&#8217;s Nails Trailer | Big Summer Preview 2026! <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Noq5SmzQNJ\" class=\"link jsx-1337145738 jsx-3925284146 underlined\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Noq5SmzQNJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jesus 40k Worldview (@40kWorldview) June 26, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And yes, I know the excellent Boltgun exists, and a sequel is on the way. But I&#8217;m talking about a first-person Space Marine game that isn&#8217;t a boomer shooter and isn&#8217;t all about making the Ultramarines flex their muscles like the Warhammer 40,000 poster boys they are. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, Boltgun is great, but what I have in mind is different. It&#8217;s, well, it&#8217;s this animation in video game form.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Perhaps The Butcher&#8217;s Nails will have to do for now. In a post on Warhammer Community, Games Workshop said \u201cmuch of the action is from Makrath\u2019s perspective \u2014 literally depicting what he sees from inside his helmet.\u201d On top of that, \u201cThe action is relentless \u2014 the entire episode is almost a single non-stop fight scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In other Warhammer 40,000 news, it emerged this week that popular Tabletop Simulator Steam mods that recreate the in-person Warhammer 40,000 game have received takedown requests from Games Workshop, sparking a backlash within the community.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/new-warhammer-40000-animation-is-almost-entirely-from-the-perspective-of-a-single-world-eaters-berzerker-and-now-i-want-a-first-person-chaos-space-marine-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hugely popular Space Marine 2 did a great job of delivering third-person action, but what about a big-budget first-person Space Marine game? 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