IGN: "An interesting job listing went up on Tsumea, the well-known site for Australian and New Zealand game developers, yesterday, advertising a number of positions for a new game based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
The game is to be developed by Brisbane-based THQ Studio Australia and the listing simply states that the company is "seeking videogame development talent across all disciplines to work on an action game for Microsoft Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3 based on the popular Warhammer 40,000 universe from Games Workshop."
The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault is a base-building real time strategy game set in the Warhammer 40k universe. A civil war has erupted within the Space Marine Legions after the Emperor is betrayed by his son Horus.
Polygon: ''When Crytek artist Erasmus Brosdau decided to work on a side-project in his spare time, he opted to make a very short CGI piece about his favorite science fiction world, Warhammer 40K.
In the three years since, his little project has become one of the most notable pieces of fan-fiction in the world, with 30,000 Facebook likes and keen interest from a hardcore section of gaming fandom. It is a symbol for what is possible when people who care about fictional franchises create their own stories.''
GamingShogun.com writes: "THQ has announced that they have extended their exclusive license of Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40k IP, which includes all video game and social platforms. THQ recently released the expansion to Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II, called Retribution..."
do not think dark millenium is coming this year, or did i miss something? i would have expected more info on it, than the little that is known, if it were launching this year.
