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Warhammer Online shutting down in December

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 18, 2013 3:00pm PDT

It feels rare for MMORPGs to shut down nowadays, not without trying free-to-play first anyway, but Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning is for the chop. This December, after five-and-a-bit years online, the MMORPG based upon Games Workshop's tabletop wargame will shut down.

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"`Fuck I wanted to like this, at least max out a character. I grew up on Warhammer, but this was ..."

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Space Hulk: Deathwing is an FPS

By Alice O'Connor, Sep 04, 2013 8:15am PDT

Games Workshop is going wild with video game adaptations lately, licensing its beloved tabletop franchises to everyone and their grandmother. That Focus Home has licensed Warhammer 40,000 off-shot Space Hulk for an FPS is no surprise, then, but here's the weird bit: Space Hu...

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"I liked E.Y.E. for what it was. The narrative was an incomprehensible mess, but the gameplay ..."

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf announced

By Steve Watts, Aug 16, 2013 4:00pm PDT

Another Warhammer 40K game is in the works. Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf is a turn-based CCG set for PC, iOS, and Android in 2014.

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"imagine gaming history as we know it if they let Blizzard use the license "

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Games Workshop's Chainsaw Warrior coming to PC and mobile

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 22, 2013 9:00am PDT

Games Workshop may be best known for its Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 wargames, but the company has made plenty of weird and obscure board games and RPGs too. Single-player board game Chainsaw Warrior is becoming a video game thanks to Auroch Digital, giving us an ...

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"Is it me or does this guy look exactly like duke nukem even down to the hair cut and facial ..."

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade is a F2P PlanetSide-ish war 'em up

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 13, 2013 3:15pm PDT

The announcement of Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade this week was quite confusing, both because it was light on details and because, well, it's made by the folks behind Wet and Naughty Bear. But, new details: it'll be a free-to-play PlanetSide-y PvP fight for control of pl...

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"Welp, was looking forward to this until I saw who's working on it. Shovelware online games :("

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Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade MMORPG announced

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 12, 2013 9:30am PDT

A MMORPG set in Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 universe has been announced at E3 for PC, Xbox One and PS4 but, er, it's probably not what you're expecting. WH40K: Eternal Crusade will see the Space Marines, Chaos Space Marines, Orks and Eldar duking it out in a "persisten...

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"Yeah. Unless some major publisher is backing this game I think a huge AAA effort like this from ..."

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Blood Bowl 2 announced

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 06, 2013 10:00am PDT

Wipe the skull fragments from your boots and sharpen your shoulder pads, as Cyanide Studio's Blood Bowl adaptation is finally getting an actual sequel rather than more fancied-up expanded editions. Publisher Focus Home carefully avoids saying anything of much consequence abo...

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"Yeah, that really threw me off when I discovered it. I guess they figured if it rolls dice ..."

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Warhammer 40,000 universe coming to mobile

By John Keefer, Mar 21, 2013 5:00pm PDT

The Warhammer 40,000 universe has enjoyed some success on the PC, particularly with the Dawn of War franchise. But Roadhouse interactive now wants to bring the world of Space Marines and Orks to smartphones and tablets.

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"Looks great! And now for a 40k version...Inquisitor, perhaps?"

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Warhammer 40,000 turn-based strategy coming from Slitherine

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 15, 2013 10:00am PDT

Warhammer 40,000 fans, your prayers to the Emperor (or Gork, Mork, Isha, or whichever vile daemon you heretics worship) have been answered. A turn-based strategy adaptation of Games Workshop's grimdark tabletop wargame is coming, but not from the usual source. While Relic de...

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"i should have mentioned CC is one of my favourite strat games which is why i am a bit gutted i ..."

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Free-to-play Blood Bowl: Star Coach announced

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 05, 2013 12:00pm PST

If you like the team-management side of Blood Bowl but not the turn-based strategy of matches, and would rather games were free than costing money, then, er, hey! Cyanide is working on a free-to-play version of the Games Workshop tabletop game which focuses purely on managem...

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"dammit not another game I can try out for free and decide whether I want to spend any money on ..."

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Space Hulk coming to PC in 2013 with co-op

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 10, 2012 2:10pm PST

If you missed Games Workshop's recent reissue of Space Hulk, or simply enjoy purging impure aliens from derelict space ships, good news! A new video game adaptation is in the works for PC, Mac and iOS, staying true to the classic turn-based Warhammer 40,000 board game but pa...

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"christ, good time to be a GW fan if you like computer gaming. :D"

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Total War dev making Warhammer Fantasy games

By Alice O'Connor, Dec 06, 2012 6:00am PST

Multiple Warhammer fantasy games are in the pipeline at Total War developer The Creative Assembly, Sega announced today. The publisher has scooped the rights to Games Workshop's classic magical elves-and-ratmen tabletop wargame and set up a new team at TCA to bring them to o...

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Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition announced for PC

By Steve Watts, May 04, 2012 8:00am PDT

Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition is coming this September, with the addition of Chaos Dwarves, Daemons of Khorne, and Underworld outcasts.

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"Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice . . . We won't get fooled again."

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Wrath of Heroes enters open beta

By John Keefer, Apr 10, 2012 7:30am PDT

If you can't get enough of Warhammer Online, then you'll want to try Wrath of Heroes, a new free-to-play PvP title in the Warhammer universe just entering open beta.

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"The game is not good or bad its just bland and boring 3-4 games and you just no longer care to ..."

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THQ's Warhammer 40,000 license extended

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 26, 2011 7:00am PDT

More lovely Warhammer 40,000 video games shall flow forth from THQ, as the publisher's licensing agreement has been extended.

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"only recently jsut got into the dow franchise but absolutely love it already.cant wait for ..."

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