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Read More »Ninth studio announces Warhammer licensing deal
Canadian developer Roadhouse Interactive has become the latest studio to get its hands on an official Warhammer license. The company has reached an agreement with Games Workshop to make a side-scrolling Space Marine game for smartphones and tablets. The work we have seen to-date from Roadhouse makes us extremely confident …
Read More »Games Workshop: Seven new games deals, and wanting more
Iconic tabletop gaming outfit keen to meet developers at GDC and E3
Read More »Games Workshop: seven new video games deals, and more to come
Iconic tabletop gaming firm Games Workshop has a new strategy for licensing its IP to the games business. It has signed up seven new games development partners in the last nine months, each of them working on various different games, inspired by the Warhammer fantasy medieval brand, the fantasy sci-fi …
Read More »Danish indie dev lands Space Hulk licence
Independent Danish developer Full Control has won the Space Hulk video games licence from Games Workshop. Full Control is based in Copenhagen and specialises in Unity-built strategy games for PC and mobile. Based in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the new title is described as a 3D digital turn based strategy …
Read More »Creative Assembly captures Warhammer licence
Multi-title licensing agreement for revered tabletop franchise
Read More »Sega’s Creative Assembly lands Warhammer licence
Total War developer Creative Assembly has been handed the Warhammer licence by owner Sega. A new multi-title licensing agreement with IP owner Games Workshop has led to the formation of a new development team within the studio, with the first game scheduled to launch from beyond 2013”. Other video game …
Read More »Rory Donnelly departs THQ
Rory Donnelly is the latest high-profile departure from THQ. He was a THQ veteran, having joined the firm in 1999 as MD for France. His most recent role was SVP of European publishing. He has been instrumental in growing THQ’s Southern European business. A company statement read: THQ confirms that …
Read More »THQ to lay off 79 at Vigil Games
Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium no longer an MMO
Read More »THQ cuts 120 Warhammer jobs
Beleaguered publisher THQ has cut some 120 employees from its game development network, as the company looks to streamline the business to ease costs. Some 80 positions will be made redundant at Texas outfit Vigil Games, while another 40 will go at Vancouver studio Relic Entertainment. The latest bout of …
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