Games Workshop have a new video teaser for the Space Marine chapter the “Blood Angels”. New figures are due out in Feb 2011. The video shows the new Blood Angel models including the Furioso Dreadnought (which looks like it’ll take many months of pocket money to buy!) and the Stormraven. Some of the YouTube comments […]
Ian Livingstone cashes in again as RockYou buys Playdemic
RockYou, the social gaming company made famous and successful by Facebook, has bought the Manchester based Playdemic. The future looks good for Playdemic. They purchase means they’ll have heavy targets to meet and probably a change of working but this acts as one heck of a “save point” for the company. In addition, RockYou are […]
Games Workshop heading for trouble; turning around the turn around
Games Workshop has had a tough few years. However in recent months the news has been much better. The cost cutting had worked and the company had seemed to make the right bets. In July it was reported that revenue was up nearly a million to £126.5 million. The news today, however, is not so […]
The latest Ultramarines clip
HeyGuys has an exclusive clip from Martyn Pick’s Ultramarines animation. This is the first ever official Warhammer 40,000 movie. You can buy it now as a two-disc special edition from Ultramarines The Move but it is expected to have some sort of cinema release later next year. I’m in two mines about the movie. The […]
THQ brings Warhammer 40,000’s Space Marine to the PC
Games Workshop have their earnings report out tomorrow. Today brings the news that THQ Inc it has a 3rd person action/shooter game coming for the Warhammer 40,000 setting. THQ and Games Workshop are really leaving no set of gamers in the dark. Space Marine will ship for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. The […]
MMO-Champion sold to Curse
Major League Gaming have sold MMO-Champion to Curse.com for an undisclosed sum. This likely represents MLG getting rid of none core assets to try and increase liquidity and Curse.com, very much, continuing on their “ooh, they look successful; buy them!” spree. MMO-Champion’s CEO Fabien Bonte will be joining Curse. They’ve promised a redesign of MMO-Champion […]
The 2010 Ennies nominations have been announced
The Ennies may well be the most significant of the RPG industry awards. Certainly, everyone who’s made it through to this round should be very happy with themselves and will hopefully see a rise in sales just because they’re a nominee. You’ll see some of the products marked with HM – these are honourable mentions […]
Jervis Johnson on new Warhammer “We’ve ramped the rules up to the next level”
Jervis Johnson is a name rich with Games Workshop history. In this video promotion/intro for the new Warhammer Johnson discusses how the game offers your chance to impact the game world. We learn that you can’t really trust the landscape. Rivers might run with blood, buildings might be magical or woods filled with monsters. The […]
Warhammer and romantic narrative? What? Let Phil Kelly explain
Games Workshop have a new video for their forthcoming Warhammer revision. Today we’ve games developer Phil Kelly doing a splendid job of talking us through the background to the world. Mountains are sentient creatures that grumble and growl, the whole landscape has been warped by wild magic – it’s hell on earth. My favourite bit […]
Mercenaries that eat your own troops: Jermey Vetock previews Warhammer Battles
Games Workshop are on a YouTube roll. We’ve another sneak peak at the new Warhammer book from them today. The video is preview/interview of games developer Jeremy Vetock. You can see he’s really pleased with the new rule book. I’m also a little more clear as to what the book is about. I always assumed […]
