There are plenty of bands whose merchandising habits I find bloated annoying–Kiss and The Misfits, to name a couple. But man, I’ll rock Motörhead ANYTHING. I have a Warpig pendant dangling from my rearview mirror. So who cares if they’re making masks, or… video games?

That’s right — in honor of the band’s 40th anniversary, Global Merchandising and Haemimont Gaming have teamed up to create “Motörhead Through The Ages”, an expansion pack to the STEAM video game Victor Vran (those aren’t the actual graphics in the photo up there, promise).

According to the game’s press release:

The Motörhead game will consist of new game environments that have not been seen in the original game. Traverse war-torn landscapes and cities, Wild-West-inspired landscapes and the Dark Ages Castle where the Queen of the Damned resides, all heavily inspired by and based on Motörhead`s history, lyrics and general attitude. Motörhead define the themes of the game as Victor faces evils relevant to our own world – religious fanatics, corrupt politicians and power-hungry oppressive rulers. During these quests he will be supported not only by the newly designed Motör-Weapons, -Powers and -Skills, but also a soundtrack with over a dozen tracks, partly never heard before!

Interesting! Obviously, this is not Lemmy’s first foray into gaming. I like that they didn’t just make it a game where you fight the Warpig or the Bomber, either — it seems like they’re taking the band’s lyrics to heart.

That said, it’ll be interesting to see who goes for this. I don’t normally consider the Venn diagram of the rabid Motörhead fanbase and the STEAM game fanbase to meet that much in the middle. But who knows? Maybe it’ll be so fun that everyone will drop what they’re doing and get it. Now if only they’d release an app to add Lemmy’s mustache and warts to your photos…

Motörhead’s new album, Bad Magic, comes out August 28th, but you can listen to some new tracks here. The band’s on tour as well, so go here for dates.