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Slitherine adds more weight to Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 revival
Posted: 15.03.2013 10:38 by Nick Akerman Comments: 2
Slitherine has become the second studio to announce it is working with Games Workshop this week. The company has signed an agreement to develop a strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, just days after Zattikka revealed it is working on a free-to-play product.

"This deal represents yet another testament to our continuous aim to reach new audiences, without losing sight of who we are and what we do best", said JD McNeil, Chairman of the Slitherine Group,

"It's all about creating strategy games that are targeted to a particular audience and addressing a very specific need in the market," he stated.

"The Warhammer 40,000 setting is a perfect fit for the style of strategy games that we make and will be very popular with fantasy and science fiction fans alike. Joining forces with Games Workshop will allow us to bring an wonderfully deep and appropriate IP to the Turn Based Strategy genre."

Is the Warhammer 40k return something you're interested in? It seems Games Workshop is ready to thrust the brand in front of consumers with added confidence.

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By wolfsrain (SI Veteran Newbie) on Mar 15, 2013
wolfsrain
Been a while since we had a Warhammer TBS. More like over a decade ago, when SSI were doing some nice TBS in the War 40k Universe.

Hopefully, Slitherine will manage to pull this one to at least the same level as the old games (Rites of War, Final Liberation, Chaos Gate).
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Mar 17, 2013
herodotus
Slitherine means, gulp, Matrix Games which equals....damnably high prices. I hope this is not so. With all the micro-expansions that sold well, yet expensively, for "Panzer Corps" I'm sure Slitherine believe they're onto a good thing.
Be interesting to see how they represent the game visually.