Games Workshop have announced the North American Golden Demon painting competition for Baltimore, MD, this year. The day long event will be held at the Baltimore Convention Center on August 21st. John Shaffer, who has been judging the event for 8 years, thinks Golden Demon is different from other competitions. Talking to trade press, he […]
Ultramarines gets impressive voice lineup – Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee and John Hurt
The Warhammer 40,000 movie Ultramarines is shaping up nicely. Today they’ve announced a truly impressive line up of voice talent. There’s Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee and John Hurt plus the likes of Steven Waddington, Donald Sumpter, Johnny Harris, Ben Bishop, Christopher Finney and Gary Martin. John Hurt (Hellboy, Alien), in particular, seems to have some […]
William King signs five figure deal with Games Workshop and Black Library
Author William King has signed a five figure book deal with Black Library, the Games Workshop imprint, for a trilogy based on the elf high brothers Tyrion and Teclis. The twins are powerful heroes; Prince Tyrion is exceptional with the blade and Teclis is a mage without equal. King’s trilogy will be set two hundred […]
Games Workshop robbed by store boss
In Sunderland, a former shop manager at Games Workshop has been been charged with theft. The local Magistrates have ruled that the theft; which amounts to more than £8,000, is too serious for them to judge on. The case has been past up to the Newcastle Crown Courts. The Sunderland Echo is reporting that Christopher […]
And we shall know no fear! The Ultramarines wireframe test
Bob Thompson from Codex has been letting likely fans of Ultramarines, the forthcoming Games Workshop Warhammer 40K movie, preview some of the animation from Image Metrics. Image Metrics is a London based but Hollywood known animation studio. They’re involvement with the project is one of the many reasons to talke the Ultramarines movie seriously.
Update on: Ultramarines, the Warhammer 40,000 movie
Games Workshop, infamous for tightly clutching its IP, has actually allowed a Warhammer 40K movie to be made. It’s being made right now by London film makers Codex Pictures. We know just a little more about the movie due to a press release from animation experts Image Mertrics – it’s going to be at least […]
Games Workshop pleases the bankers
We were expecting good news from Games Workshop and, today, we get it with their official statement. The company has more than doubled its profits. They’ve gone from £3m in profit previous two quarters to £7.9m in the last two. Successful license deals are partially to credit here. Money from royalties rose from £0.5m to […]
Games Workshop’s chairman, Tom Kirby, relocates to the States. We ask; why?
The London financial news are carrying the news that Games Workshop’s executive chairman – Tom Kirby to you and I – is moving to the States. It looks like he’ll be there for up to two years. Tom Kirby, previously a tax inspector (I kid you not) has been all over Games Workshop. He started […]
Solaris re-signs Eric Brown for Guardians of Phoenix series
Eric Brown’s first series (Necropath, Xenopath and Cosmopath) started life as Games Workshop books and concluded as Rebellion books. Judge Dredd fans know Rebellion as the publishers of 2000AD. The key to the deal is the imprint publisher – Solaris. It was a Games Workshop company when Necropath was published. Games Workshop got rid of […]
Yay. Good news for Games Workshop
I’m so used to reading bad news about Games Workshop’s financial fortunes and then kicking off the annual debate about protecting Intellectual Property versus supporting fans. I almost read the headline wrong when I noticed a report stating that; Games Workshop was increasing its profits forecast. Games Workshop has more than 340 retail branches (a […]
