Why One Photo on LinkedIn Has Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Fans Excited

Warhammer 40,000 real-time strategy bid Dawn of War has been dormant ever since Relic Entertainment ended enactment for its failed 2017 effort, Dawn of War 3. Still, the archetypal 2 games stay much-loved by fans, who person wondered ever since whether a Dawn of War 4 oregon possibly adjacent remakes of either Dawn of War 1 oregon 2 mightiness beryllium successful the works.

Now, aft a azygous photograph was published to LinkedIn, Dawn of War fans person anticipation that thing caller successful the bid is yet connected the way.

Let’s commencement with Relic Entertainment itself, which precocious gained independency from anterior proprietor Sega via concern from Emona Capital. Emona managing spouse Dominik Dolenec published a selfie to LinkedIn showing him lasting extracurricular Games Workshop’s Nottingham office and the mecca that is Warhammer World. Yes, that’s a statue of a Space Marine successful the background. It’s awesome.

The foreground is much interesting, however. Dolenec is wearing a Relic Entertainment T-shirt for his travel to Games Workshop, and truthful it tin beryllium reasonably assumed that he’s successful municipality representing the developer.

“Great sojourn to Games Workshop PLC successful Nottingham,” Dolenec said. “Many acknowledgment to Owen Rees for sharing the Warhammer magic with us! Looking guardant to deepening our concern successful years to come. 💪🎮”

Owen Rees is Group Head of Licensing astatine Games Workshop. He’s worked connected a fig of Warhammer video games, and leads the licensing of video games and user products for each Warhammer products. It’s besides worthy noting those emojis astatine the extremity of Dolenec’s comment. This precise overmuch reads similar a video crippled concern meeting.

You tin ideate the speculation. Dawn of War 4 is apical of the wishlist, it seems, but possibly remakes of Dawn of War 1 and / oregon 2 are connected the cards instead. Let’s beryllium optimistic and suggest a marque caller crippled and remakes are each successful the works. Why not?

Here’s what we know: Games Workshop is connected the hunt for the adjacent large Warhammer video crippled deed aft the hugely successful, 5 million-selling Space Marine 2 changed everything for developer Saber Interactive.

In January, reporting results for the archetypal fractional of its fiscal twelvemonth ending December 1, 2024, Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree hailed the occurrence of Space Marine 2, which contributed important royalty gross to the business.

In fact, licensing gross from royalty income accrued successful the play by a whopping £18 cardinal (approx. $21.9 million) to £30.1 cardinal (approx. $36.7 million). Earned income, which is the cardinal fig here, was £26.1 cardinal (approx. $31.8 million), up from £5.9 cardinal (approx. $7.2 million), an summation Games Workshop said was chiefly from Space Marine 2. 98% of Games Workshop’s full licensing gross came from PC and console games (Space Marine 2 launched connected PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S).

A triumph each round, then, but Rountree besides expressed a grade of caution connected imaginable aboriginal video crippled success, admitting hits similar Space Marine 2 are fewer and acold between.

Here’s the statement:

During the period, our licensing partners launched 2 caller video games; Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, a 3rd idiosyncratic shooter for PC and console and Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks, a combat racing game. Established games proceed to contribute, alongside royalty income earned pursuing the occurrence of Space Marine 2. We recognise that successes similar these for Warhammer are not a fixed successful the satellite of video games. Clearly we are looking for the adjacent one. We stay cautious erstwhile forecasting royalty income.

So, wherever could this large Warhammer video crippled deed travel from? It seems inevitable that Saber Interactive volition get the accidental to proceed the Space Marine communicative with Space Marine 3, and so has said it has ideas for a 3rd game.

Warhammer 40,000 has ne'er been bigger. Amazon’s Space Marine 2 animation, released arsenic portion of the Secret Level anthology series, went down good with fans. And there’s immense excitement astir the Henry Cavill-fronted Warhammer 40,000 projects successful the works for Amazon, though they're years away. Creative Assembly is reportedly moving connected a Warhammer 40,000 Total War crippled (finally!), though it is seemingly years away. Could a revival of Dawn of War scratch that strategy itch successful the meantime?

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].