Fans already suspect a brand new Warhammer 40,000: Dawn Of War recreation is going on and a LinkedIn picture solely additional emboldens that principle.
While followers of real-time technique video games and Warhammer Fantasy have been capable of take pleasure in Total War: Warhammer 3 and its numerous expansions over the previous few years, those that desire the extra sci-fi Warhammer 40,000 universe haven’t been so lucky.
Not counting a 2021 cellular solely recreation that’s since been shut down, the final Warhammer 40,000 real-time technique recreation was 2017’s Dawn Of War 3, which was developed by Company Of Heroes 3 studio Relic Entertainment and revealed by Sega.
Last 12 months, Relic break up from Sega and have become wholly unbiased, however there’s some renewed hope that the studio may return to the Dawn Of War collection. The purpose for this? A single picture posted to LinkedIn.
For context, mentioned picture was uploaded to LinkedIn by one Dominik Dolenec, a managing associate at Emona Capital, and exhibits him visiting the Nottingham headquarters of Warhammer firm Games Workshop.
How is that this associated to Relic Entertainment? Well, when Relic went unbiased, it was ready to take action by partnering with Emona Capital, securing funding to assist hold its doorways open.
Dolenec will also be seen carrying a shirt bearing Relic’s brand, which he confirmed within the feedback part of his submit, probably indicating that he’s visiting on behalf of the studio.
Additionally, Dolenec thanks Games Workshop’s head of licencing Owen Rees for ‘sharing the magic of Warhammer with us’ (even tagging him within the submit) and says, ‘Looking ahead to deepening our partnership in years to return.’
All in all, it’s not unreasonable to imagine that Emona and Relic intend to work on a brand new Warhammer challenge. Considering Emona beforehand expressed an curiosity in investing in Relic’s current portfolio of video games (by way of Game Developer), it’s potential the studio will return to the Dawn Of War collection, both with a brand new sequel or remakes of the older video games.
In truth, some followers imagine a Dawn Of War 4 is already within the works. Last month, allegedly leaked screenshots from a market analysis survey made their manner on-line, which Warhammer aficionados say depict terrain seen in different Warhammer 40,000 video games.
If the sequel does exist, it begs the query of whether or not Relic will retain Dawn Of War 3’s MOBA components or ditch them fully for a extra conventional real-time technique expertise.
At the time of its launch, Dawn Of War 3 proved to be one thing of a blended bag, scoring extremely amongst critics however failing to resonate with most followers. 10 months after launch, Relic admitted that the sport had underperformed and, because of this, the studio halted its improvement (by way of Rock Paper Shotgun).
If there was a time to carry again Dawn Of War, although, now’s maybe the very best time to do it. Last 12 months’s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 shooter was sufficient of a success for developer Saber Interactive to think about a sequel (by way of IGN) and Amazon is about to make a Warhammer 40,000 TV present, with Henry Cavill on board as a producer.
Email gamecentral@metro.co.uk, go away a remark under, follow us on Twitter, and sign-up to our e-newsletter.
To submit Inbox letters and Reader’s Features extra simply, with out the necessity to ship an e mail, simply use our Submit Stuff web page right here.
For extra tales like this, examine our Gaming web page.
MORE: Space Marine 2 dev making new AAA recreation and it could be Transformers
MORE: Total War: Star Wars crossover and Warhammer 40K within the works declare stories
MORE: Top 10 tabletop video games and TCGs to look ahead to in 2025
