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Topic Started: Mar 8 2011, 08:12 PM (2,596 Views)
Lowe Gear
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HNH

ALL GLORY TO THE OMNISSIAH!!!!
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THQ and Games Workshop Announce Multi-Year Extension of Warhammer 40,000 Video Game License Agreement

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. & NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom, Apr 26, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- THQ (NASDAQ:THQI) and Games Workshop (LSE:GAW.L) today announced a multi-year extension to their successful video game license agreement, extending THQ's current exclusive rights to publish video games based on the popular Warhammer® 40,000® universe through titles across all relevant platforms including core, social and mobile rights.

Since entering the licensing agreement with Games Workshop, THQ has published several highly successful titles based on the intellectual property (IP), including the Warhammer® 40,000®: Dawn of War® real-time-strategy games for PC systems that have shipped 6.5 million units to date. Two fresh interpretations of the Warhammer 40,000 IP are currently in development by THQ: Warhammer® 40,000®:Space MarineTM- a third-person shooter for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and PC set to release later this year - and Warhammer® 40,000®:Dark MillenniumTM Online, a massively multiplayer online game exploring the deep fiction and myriad races of the IP.

"The complex, futuristic war-torn universe created by Games Workshop equipped THQ's award-winning development teams with the material to create one of the most loved PC franchises - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War," said Brian Farrell, THQ President and CEO. "Our envisioning of the Warhammer 40,000 universe will continue to grow with top quality games across all platforms, including the upcoming launches of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine and Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online."

"The impressive translation of the Warhammer 40,000 universe from the tabletop to the video game space by THQ certainly highlights the potential of our most successful intellectual property in the right hands," said Mark Wells, Games Workshop CEO. "We know that the depth of the storylines, characters and imagery of the Warhammer 40,000 universepositions the IP to excel across many media platforms - and extending our agreement with THQ will help ensure that Warhammer 40,000 maintains a strong and growing presence in the video game space."

Source: http://investor.thq.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=96...4246&highlight=
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Akito10
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Norman freakin' Jayden

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/warhammer40...e/video/6310791

Confirms Army Painter in multiplayer.
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Norman freakin' Jayden

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-...-marine-preview

Great preview. Game sounds great.
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Boxart for Space Marine:

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive...t-revealed.aspx
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Oh, Ultrasmurfs, how I loathe you. Let me count the ways... And is that a 'nid stuck in with those boyz?
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Shadow00X
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Courage Incarnate

nah, Bloodletter.
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New Space Marine developer diary: "Combat"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vskKGCpSb0

Plus new screenshots:

http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/photo-...post_key=201876
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Akito10
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Norman freakin' Jayden

Really pumped for this.
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Homeless One
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Veda Terminal

Of course you are, dog of the False Emperor.

Still, I'm really hoping we can put a helmet on.
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Raxtenko
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The Maleficent

Pft, real men don't need their thinking heads intact to fight
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Homeless One
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Veda Terminal

I'd just rather look at the helmet than his ugly face.

Bonus points if we can get a Beakie.
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Raxtenko
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The Maleficent

The awesome Night Lord's beakie =o And then main character gets executed.
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Necropenguin
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Emperor be praised, the Collector's Edition is epic!

A 10-inch Purity Seal replica... with a magnet! This shall protect my leftovers from the perils of the Warp!

There's also other stuff, but the sheer awesomeness of that sold me. B)

In addition, there seems to be a wide array of pre-order bonuses that are dependant on where you order it from, which seems to be an increasingly popular trend now-a-days (and one I don't like...), but here they are:

Amazon.com: Golden Relic Chainsword.
Best Buy: Traitor Legion Pack (armor skins for The Emperor's Children, Iron Warriors).
GameStop: Emperor's Elite Armor Pack (armor skins for the Space Wolves, Black Templar).
Steam: Blood Ravens armor skin and free copy of Darksiders for PC.
THQ's E-Store: PowerSword multiplayer weapon.
Walmart: Golden Relic Bolter
Select PC digital sellers(?): Free copy of Darksiders for PC.
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Homeless One
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Veda Terminal

I'm largely annoyed, since I want the Black Templars and the Iron Warriors skins.
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Retailer specific pre-order bonuses noooo!

Investigating the Iron Warriors, I see they make use of mechanical limbs. Best Buy it is.
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Lowe Gear
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HNH

Gamestop gives Space Wolves, and no one is offering Storm Wardens, so I reckon I'm going with Gamestop.
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An interview with Raphael Von Lierop, the Game director for Space Marine:
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2011-...r-40-000/714213

It seems to mostly be re-stating what we already know, but I figured I'd link it in the event that there's something in there I might have missed that's new. :wacko:
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May 26 2011, 11:01 AM
Retailer specific pre-order bonuses noooo!

Investigating the Iron Warriors, I see they make use of mechanical limbs. Best Buy it is.

IRON WITHIN, IRON WITHOUT

The Iron Hands would probably be even more up your alley, but GW likes ignoring them in favor of much more boring chapters, so.
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I wonder how many people will call this game derivative for having space marines. XD
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Necropenguin
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I wonder how many people will call this game derivative for having space marines. XD


I'm sure some idiot could theoretically have such a mal-informed notion, but they would just be the ravenings of a buttmad smalltime.
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Norman freakin' Jayden

Best Buy for me as well. The only other thing I care about is Black Templars, but I love the IW and EC too much to care too much.
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Almost as good as Lowe ^_^
It's a bit of a toss up for my, I like the Templars, but don't really like the Wolves, and I can't stand the EC but I've got to respect the Iron Warriors. Couldn't they have just had a losers of Istavan V pack? They'd we get Raven Guard Iron Hands, and my personal favorite, Salamanders, and all their burn-y goodness.
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Steam for me. Simpler and Blood Ravens to the end. >>;
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Akito10
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Norman freakin' Jayden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk3LN7bKYAU
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