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Keasar · Dec 6, 2012

Edit: This is about Warhammer Fantasy, THQ holds the license for Warhammer 40.000.

http://www.creative-assembly.com/se...ith-games-workshop-to-create-warhammer-games/

SEGA and Creative Assembly Announce Partnership with Games Workshop to Create Warhammer Games

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – 11AM GMT, December 6, 2012 – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced that Creative Assembly™, award-winning creator of the Total War™ series, and SEGA® Group have entered into a multi-title licensing deal with Games Workshop® to create videogames based in the Warhammer® universe of fantasy battles.

Diggity! Actually, this is a dream come true for me.

derFeef · Dec 6, 2012

Warhammer and Alien? They must be busy.

Dakota47 · Dec 6, 2012

This will be quite awesome. It's bad news for Relic (and THQ) though, I guess.

f0rk · Dec 6, 2012

Dakota47 said:
This will be quite awesome. It's bad news for Relic (and THQ) though, I guess.

Don't think they've ever had the fantasy license.

Tizoc · Dec 6, 2012

What's Warhammer fantasy and how is it different to 40K?

Alex Connolly · Dec 6, 2012

Epic.

I mean, Warmaster!

Teknopathetic · Dec 6, 2012

This doesn't impact relic/THQ in the slightest.

They need to make a Warhammer game like Spartan: Total Warrior first. Then Altdorf: Total WAAAGH.

"What's Warhammer fantasy and how is it different to 40K?"

It's fantasy, 40K is Sci-fi.

Metallix87 · Dec 6, 2012

Tizoc said:
What's Warhammer fantasy and how is it different to 40K?

40K is sci-fi, Fantasy is traditional high fantasy.

Dakota47 · Dec 6, 2012

f0rk said:
Don't think they've ever had the fantasy license.

Ah, my bad.

Waaghals · Dec 6, 2012

This year is just getting better and better....

derFeef · Dec 6, 2012

Tizoc said:
What's Warhammer fantasy and how is it different to 40K?

Fantasy = Elves, humans, (epic) dwarves etc.
40k = Future with alien races.

nico1982 · Dec 6, 2012

Dakota47 said:
This will be quite awesome. It's bad news for Relic (and THQ) though, I guess.

I may be wrong, but THQ recently extended the license for Warhammer 40K, just not the 'original' Warhammer.

pieatorium · Dec 6, 2012

Total Warhammer, sign me the hell up

derFeef said:
Fantasy = Elves, humans, (epic) dwarves etc.
40k = Space elves, space humans, space orks etc.

fixed

DiscoJer · Dec 6, 2012

Hmmm. Their Total War stuff has been very good, but their console titles are kind of mixed.

Catshade · Dec 6, 2012

It's amusing to see how SEGA, of all Japanese gaming company, can flourish on PC space...

Serra · Dec 6, 2012

Oh yeah!

StoppedInTracks · Dec 6, 2012

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the best news ever!

Anyone else remember the Warhammer Fantasy strategy games like Dark Omen or Shadow of the Horned Rat?

I loved those games... so very, very hard and rewarding.

Zaptruder · Dec 6, 2012

Holy crap. Total War Warhammer Fantasy would be pretty freakin' killer.

derFeef · Dec 6, 2012

pieatorium said:
fixed

True

I prefer 40K personally, but the Warhammer dwarves are really epic.

Tizoc · Dec 6, 2012

derFeef said:
Fantasy = Elves, humans, (epic) dwarves etc.
40k = Future with alien races.

Hmm does Fantasy have a Holy Order of Knights who wield Chainsaw Scythes?

Aselith · Dec 6, 2012

Sweet, I hope it's TW style play.

Alex Connolly · Dec 6, 2012

Bretonnian or Empire grand armies like nobody's business.

StoppedInTracks · Dec 6, 2012

Big'Uns all day, all night

Xater · Dec 6, 2012

Warhammer: Total War. Do it!

REMEMBER CITADEL · Dec 6, 2012

StoppedInTracks said:
Anyone else remember the Warhammer Fantasy strategy games like Dark Omen or Shadow of the Horned Rat?

I won't say it's the best game I've ever played, but it's probably the game I have the fondest memories of. Dark Omen was good, but Mark of Chaos demo was a huge disappointment so I never tried the full game.

CA are a good match, tactical combat in Total War games has obviously been hugely inspired by SotHR and Dark Omen. Hopefully something good comes out of this.

Alex Connolly · Dec 6, 2012

Let's keep this Fantasy masturbation going. I'm looking forward to seeing a roiling mass of Skaven pouring over the landscape, being met by a colourful slew of violent, snapping lizardmen.

TaroYamada · Dec 6, 2012

OHHHHH FUCK. Meltdown over here, please CA put resources OUTSIDE the combat. I hate that shit in RTS games, COMBAT ONLY REAL TIME.

Fucking meltdown over here.

speedpop · Dec 6, 2012

Well then. There goes my lunch money.

deleted · Dec 6, 2012

Watch it becoming Creative Assembly's first FPS.

Seriously, can't wait to see the result of this license - developer dream-team. 2014 earliest is my guess?

davidsaurus · Dec 6, 2012

This seems like a pretty good fit.

derFeef · Dec 6, 2012

Dwarf Master Engineer with dual wielding pistols, pls.

8bit · Dec 6, 2012

Hoping for a painting tiny minatures minigame for any Wii U releases.

Illithid Dude · Dec 6, 2012

Best news I've heard all year. And when the 40K license is inevitably lost by THQ, I hope Creative Assembly is there to pick that up, too.

Binabik15 · Dec 6, 2012

StoppedInTracks said:
HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the best news ever!

Anyone else remember the Warhammer Fantasy strategy games like Dark Omen or Shadow of the Horned Rat?

I loved those games... so very, very hard and rewarding.

I never got very far in Shadow of the Horned Rat on PSone as a kid. But Skaven are the best, so it's no biggie that they won.

RTS Warhammer would be cool, but a good action game would be even better.

PS: I have Mark of Chaos, I should actually play it.

Darklord · Dec 6, 2012

Warhammer: Total War. Do it.

isual · Dec 6, 2012

warhammer: total war.

GarthVaderUK · Dec 6, 2012

Amazing news!

REMEMBER CITADEL · Dec 6, 2012

Illithid Dude said:
Best news I've heard all year. And when the 40K license is inevitably lost by THQ, I hope Creative Assembly is there to pick that up, too.

Imagine the gifs if Blizzard picked it up.

jaosobno · Dec 6, 2012

Great news considering that Warhammer (both Fantasy and 40K) are my favorite universes! I still remember how epic Dark Omen was (my favorite mission was the one where you have to take out Black Grail)

alstein · Dec 6, 2012

This could be really awesome.

My only gripe is CA needs to make their games perform better- they tend to be sluggish even on fairly beefy machines.

faridmon · Dec 6, 2012

I am ok with this. creative Assembly is one of the best Beat-up devs as well as RTS devs. out there.

XANDER CAGE · Dec 6, 2012

This is an awesome idea.

There's actually a Warhammer mod for Total War Medieval 2, if I remember right.

Almighty · Dec 6, 2012

Warhammer: Total War is something I can get behind. I always hoped CA would try their hand at a fantasy setting Total War.

StoppedInTracks · Dec 6, 2012

Illithid Dude said:
Best news I've heard all year. And when the 40K license is inevitably lost by THQ, I hope Creative Assembly is there to pick that up, too.

40K license should go to Firaxis IMO.

Dictator93 · Dec 6, 2012

Pylon_Trooper said:
Epic.

I mean, Warmaster!

This joke. It is good.

SkullplateMurray · Dec 6, 2012

Total War:hammer

Raytow · Dec 6, 2012

turn based, turn based, turn fucking based!

Saiyar · Dec 6, 2012

Tizoc said:
Hmm does Fantasy have a Holy Order of Knights who wield Chainsaw Scythes?

No, but it does have an evil order of knights riding dinosaurs.

Corto · Dec 6, 2012

Great news. Though it's not the 40K license, I would be pleased with them getting that one too. Games Workshop is maybe just waiting for THQ to kick the bucket to start talking with Sega.

Android18a · Dec 6, 2012

Yes!

The closer to the tabletop game the better, I'd say.

The games need 'virtual painting' modes too

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