Remember that video game titled inSane being developed by Volition Studios along with the great Guillermo del Toro through THQ? Last we heard a year or so ago they had been developing it for about a year with still two to three more years to go, it was being built as a trilogy, and it was going to be a massive sandbox-style game with some truly terrifying beasties to encounter.

Well, as it turns out, THQ either wasn’t impressed enough with what they were seeing, or didn’t want to wait as long as they were waiting to get the game. It’s been announced that the company has canceled pre-production on inSane, effectively reverting the rights back to del Toro.

Part of today’s video game deal of the day over at Amazom is Warhammer 40K: Space Marine for PC Download for only $24.99 (that’s 50% off the list price of $49.99).

Also, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II Retribution Complete Pack for PC Download is on sale for only $29.99 (that’s 50% off the list price of $59.99).

The THQ Ultimate Bundle download is only $59.99 (that’s 70% off the list price of $200.89) and includes the following game downloads:

– Homefront + Maps and Shotgun DLC Pack
– Metro 2033
– Red Faction Guerrilla
– Red Faction: Armageddon + Path to War DLC Bundle
– S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
– Saints Row 2
– Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Note, these deals are valid only for today, Sunday, December 18, 2011, until 11:59PM PST while supplies last.

Also, if you order the THQ Ultimate Bundle between now and 12/31/2011, you’ll receive a $5 promotional credit good towards any of the 2011 bestselling Video Game Download like Battlefield 3 or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 in the month of January 2012. (See the “Special Offers and Product Promotions” section of the product page for more details.)

Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
XBOX 360 | PS3 | PC
THQ Games
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Price: $49.99

A few weeks back I wrote this article when the demo of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine was released. Well, now that I’ve finally gotten myself waist-deep in the full version of the game, consider this to be the ‘Extended Edition’ of that article.

Everything I said before still stands true so I won’t waste our time here re-telling you how visceral the gaming experience felt to me then. I also won’t flood you with adjectives and verbs about how bad-ass it felt to slay millions of Orks using your ChainSword, Bolter Rilfe, and more.

It still does. It still is.

Given that Universal Pictures recently denied us of another exciting Guillermo del Toro monster movie””the H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, At the Mountains of Madness“”it’s no great shock that the director has integrated a little Lovecraft inspiration into other projects of his.

For those who didn’t know, del Toro is a geek and a gamer at heart, and he’s been hard at work stepping into the realms of video games. He admittedly was clueless going in, but he’s learned a lot as production on the game he’s working on with THQ and Volition Inc., inSANE, has moved forward. And now del Toro shares that the game has a “Lovecraftian” quality to it, making it even more exciting than it once was.

Continue reading for more, and to see the super teaser trailer for inSANE you have not yet seen it.