Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks

Warhammer 40000: Speed Freeks is a solid entry in the Warhammer line of video games. It’s fun, fast, and runs well on the Steam Deck. Warhammer 40000 is in early access and is a must try for fans of the Warhammer franchise.

Orks screaming “Red wunz go fasta!” as they smash their bashed-together death-bringing vehicles into each other is part of the fundamental vision of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Nearly 30 years ago, Games Workshop released a game called Gorkamorka, a game of vehicular carnage – basically the tabletop version of Twisted Metal – that was a bright, but short-lived flame amongst the grim darkness of the Imperium. It was fun, and I liked it, not least because it was basically Destruction Derby with green idiots and guns.

I will be honest with you: as much as I was immediately enamored with the concept of playing a Mad Max-inspired vehicular combat game themed after Warhammer 40,000, and as awesome as it was to see a publisher deciding to remove microtransactions altogether prior to launching the game out of Early Access, I was ready to give Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks a woeful score at first. For nearly a week, it was literally (and I do mean LITERALLY) impossible to find a single match, or connect to any ...