Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Announced

[Pike]

THQ AND RELIC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE WARHAMMER 40,000: DAWN OF WAR


Popular Tabletop Wargame to Take PC Gamers by Storm in Fall 2004

CALABASAS HILLS, Calif. - December 10, 2003 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced Warhammer 40,000; Dawn of War, the first real-time strategy title in its agreement with industry-leading PC development studio Relic Entertainment Inc. Based on the world of Warhammer 40,000 - the dark, futuristic, fantasy universe traveled by millions worldwide from Games Workshop (LSE: GAW), the world's largest tabletop wargames company - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is scheduled for release in fall 2004.

"Warhammer 40,000 encompasses an extremely rich universe where legions of warriors engage in intense tactical combat scenarios, the perfect backdrop for a real-time strategy experience," said Philip Holt, Vice President of Product Development, THQ. "When we looked for a developer, Relic's expertise in the genre and passion for the license made them the ideal fit."

"The opportunity to work directly with the creators of this highly-regarded, well-traveled world was very enticing for our team," said Alex Garden, CEO at Relic. "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War will bring the epic moments of the tabletop gaming experience to life with genre-defining front-line combat scenarios."



A bit more info here: http://www.relic.com/product/dawnofwar/

[Kroggy]

Fast move on the new forum Pike. gg.

[ionfish]

pike is magic like that.

[DemonTalons]

HELL YEA~! Are all the races going to be included?

[ani]

wow, gg

[32bit]

wicked. i've been waiting for a decent 40k game for like, forever and a day.

[starrider]

now we know what nsp3 is. finally!!

[-V-]

Let's just pray it dosen't turn into an "exclusive" release for the geometry shapes systems, or get rushed and turned to mush like HW2.

[El Russo]

I'm confused; isn't NSP3 a forestry sim? Forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong. If I'm right though, I suppose there isn't an NSP4 seeing as we didn't consider they'd be making another game so quickly and also that we now know what it would be.

[ÜberJumper]

There is another NSP as well.

[JargonFilter]

woah, a WH4k forum already created. that was fast.

[mrmin123]

this should be great(!!)

[GuaRRand]

I dont trust orcs in space...
Its worse then goatshooting vikingships!

[El Russo]

Originally posted by ÜberJumper
There is another NSP as well.

So I take it that would be NSP4, right? Also, is the forestry sim still NSP3? Was WH40KDW an NSP?

[Russian Ninja]

Already these forums have attracted attention, which means that most likely when the game nears completion, these forums will possibly explode.

Again.

[Aurek]

Oh my god yes, holy shit, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhurihgriwjhgirwh :fright:

I dont believe it, finally after years and years and YEARS of waiting a brilliant developer is FINALLY getting the wh4k lisence. Relic I will personally have all you're childern right now

[ÜberJumper]

Russo:

Things Change.

[NovaBurn]

Hmmmmm warhammer; my friends play it a bit. looks fun once you get all them little space marine dudes.

btw russo; NSP4 = homeworld2 expansion: dawn of the vaygr

:viking:

[ÜberJumper]

Nova:

You'd be wrong with that guess.

[El Russo]

Originally posted by ÜberJumper
Russo:

Things Change.

Dammit! Answer my questions Jumper!

Having looked about, it seems that NSP4 was Warhammer, but doesn't that still leave us with NSP3?

[sajuukar]

Ono, it's not an orgininal idea from relic... I feel... sad...

[ÜberJumper]

NSP3 is a generic term for whatever the next secret project to be announced is.

The guys at Relic (In my experience anyway) usually have no idea that they're working on is refered to by the community as a NSP... they have internal project names to refer to them by.

[Arioch]

Surreal.

[chavez]

Originally posted by Aurek
Relic I will personally have all you're childern right now

careful, we might just hold you to that

[Splitstar]

im a happy little bugger :3dcool:

[Taiidan Admiral]

Will the Tau be included?

[El Russo]

Originally posted by ÜberJumper
NSP3 is a generic term for whatever the next secret project to be announced is.

So what's this then? Note the "NSP4" part of the address.

[ÜberJumper]

That's for the other game that's in development.

[El Russo]

It's like trying to draw blood from a stone. Is that the forestry sim?

[starrider]

its useless trying to get relic game info from uber. they've bound him with evil blood pacts and such so he'll keep his mounth shut. all he can do is make cryptic, leave you for more, comments that make little or no sense.

[Raven of the Da]

I wish there was a smiley that expresses the extacy of joy thi s represents for me :tooth: :santa: THIS IS SO COOL :call2: :cdance: :mdance: :call:

[GuaRRand]

The pink dancing elephant comes close... :P

[ÜberJumper]

Russo:

There was no forestry sim.

[asda]

Originally posted by ÜberJumper

There was no forestry sim.

what is a forestry sim anyway?:smash:

[Kroggy]

Originally posted by ÜberJumper
Russo:

There was no forestry sim.

You just broke Russo's heart.

[thesamonthemoon]

NOOOOooooooooooooooooo......... It can't be true.... *sniff*.

I bet the Forestry Sim is relics other NSP.

On a side note, I found this fellow who looks somewhat remeniscent of the awesome concept art on page one.

Image from http://www.forgeworld.co.uk

[ionfish]

I bet he's really good at chopping down trees, with a great big sword like that.

[thesamonthemoon]

So your saying that maybe that concept art is for the forestry sim, but their was a mixmixup, and they acidentaly posted it as WH40K: DoW concept art? Hmmm....

Or maybe relic is using that guy in both games; as the evil guy in DoW, and as the main character in the forestry sim.

[AdrianWerner]

How dare you make fun of Abaddon the Despoiler

Anyway..the guy in the concept art looks like ordinary space marine of NightLords(one of chaos space marines legions) iN Terminator body armor

[thesamonthemoon]

Well, perhaps, but notice the similarity between the facial texture. And, of course, they both have that claw thingie.

[The Collector]

Abaddon the Despoiler. yay.

I'm guessing we'll get the traditional fare of Chaos/IG/Space Marines. Concept art thingy in the intro post appears to have a city in the background being attacked by little fliers. Probably a "ground-side" RTS then. I'm piqued to see how they build onto a genre defined by "Build [Structure], crank out [Unit] and rush".

I'm also curious to how extensive DoW will be. It's not Warhammer at all without humans, but will they include IG/Space Marines/Adeptus Mechanicus and all the other crap? If they do, it may confuse people who might not otherwise know what WH40k is.

More 20 hr workdays?

[Shadione]

FYI, that concept art is not meant to be anyone in particular. Ideas and imagery were pulled from multiple sources to make it 'look cool'.

[thesamonthemoon]

Well, then the picture was a sucess. It definately looks cool.

[Vijil]

We dont need relic concept art. Just look at the 40k concept art!

http://www.adriansmith.co.uk/images/.../c_as_1016.jpg

You know, Im becoming rather serious about heading up a forestry sim mod for IC or even this game when it comes out. We'll call it NSP3, for a laugh. I'll whip up some concept art. Who's with me?

[El Russo]

Originally posted by ÜberJumper
Russo:

There was no forestry sim.

I was thinking it a rather weak premise for a game... I was also thinking where I got the idea Relic were doing one?

[Vijil]

its from the trees in the NSP3 forum skin.

mmm, combat chainsaws
GE trees that shoot ppl

[thesamonthemoon]

Vijil - This coming from a HW2 modder: I'm with you all the way.

Hopefully DoW will be modable, and if it is, I'll help you code the sim. Can't wait to see your concept art.

[ÜberJumper]

Russo:

It was shin or myself or someone that joked about it being a forestry sim on IRC when that image of the trees was first posted.

[El Russo]

I can only conclude that I was on at the time, and very very drunk...

I DEMAND RELIC MAKES A FORESTRY SIM RIGHT NOW!!!

[thesamonthemoon]

I hate to continue with such an off topic subject, but allow me to direct you to this thread: http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...threadid=22076
(why it's on Tanis Shipyards, I have no idea... maybe a moderator could move it here?)