Part IV of our exclusive feature completes our look at games we're looking forward to for next year.
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THQ and Relic's impending WH40K Dawn of War II - Retribution for PC will include the now traditional pre-order incentives and a Collector's Edition no less. The CE gives fans access to all bonus wargear for the 6 races, a poster, and race art cards at $39.99 for North American THQ Store patrons - no EU love?
THQ's Danny Bilson has revealed real-time strategy studio Relic Entertainment is collaborating with Valhalla Game Studios on Devil's Third. They're partnering on some "really cool aspects" of technology for the action shooter. Valhalla is solo but THQ treat "all our external teams as internal".
CEO Brian Farrell of THQ has announced that Volition Inc's Saints Row 3 will be releasing this Fall, but wouldn't reveal anything specific about it. That's because he's been "placed under a very tight gag order" by the Saints Row team. The boss did tease that it sets a "new bar" in quality.
Danny Bilson, THQ's Core Games VP, has revealed via Twitter that a new RTS game from Relic Entertainment will be announced in August. "The big announce for the next Relic RTS should come in August...that's the plan." said Bilson on his Twitter account.
CFO Paul Pucino of publisher THQ has said during an investor call that they predict Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium Online to cost about $50m. He wouldn't be drawn on what kind of subscriber numbers THQ needs for its first MMO to break-even, but that it would generate revenue for up to 8 years.
The upcoming third-person shooter Warhammer 40K: Space Marine from Relic Entertainment will include the infamous Chaos Space Marines. They'll be providing the role of the villains in Space Marine, and Captain Titus will be leading the brawl against them. It's for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this year.
Warhammer 40000: Space Marine's release window has been narrowed to this coming August 2011, reports Gamespot.
THQ has published the first developer diary for Relic's Warhammer 40K: Space Marine, which is a departure from the studio's pedigree of real-time strategy titles. Instead Space Marine is all about action and to help sell us on the idea is the first diary from Relic, which includes a healthy dose of gameplay. It releases this August.
The developers of Warhammer 40000: Space Marine, Relic Entertainment, discuss just what is going into the story and character design in their upcoming first person shooter in a new video.
Corks are popping over at THQ offices as they've secured an extension to their license for Warhammer 40k from Games Workshop for "all relevant platforms". THQ's Dawn of War series from Relic Entertainment has sold over 6.5m copies to date. Space Marine is next in line, followed by MMO Dark Millennium Online.
THQ has announced that they have extended their licensing agreement with Games Workshop to keep making games based on the tabletop miniatures RPG/wargame. THQ has produced such licensed games as Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, and will be releasing such games as the MMO Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium and shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.
Publisher THQ has revealed their financials for the fiscal year now passed and they record a loss of $136.1m, while net sales were in fact stronger at $802.3m. Q4 '11 didn't perform as well as the previous year's, but Homefront is attributed as their 'primary drive' for success. The new IP has had a "solid start".
The quarter four investor call for THQ revealed their line-up for calendar 2011 and some notables are missing, scheduled for next year and one next fiscal. FY2012 has been in effect since April 1st and there's plenty on the roadmap except for MMO Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium which is due a release FY2013.
THQ has announced a Collector's Edition for their upcoming third-person shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, which promises to rock the minds of Games Workshop fans with visceral action set in the dark, forboding universe of Warhammer 40,000.
A new Warhammer 40,000 game has appeared on the Australian Ratings Classification Board, called Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team and is rated M for Mature.
THQ has released a list of its PC and next-gen console titles that will be shown off at E3 2011.
Publisher THQ's "biggest prong" for the digital landscape is to "turn digital ecosystem on" for the home consoles, which means XBLA and PSN titles galore. Bite size titles that "sets you up" for the major game and "makes you familiar with the brand." Unlockables in the main games and other bonuses are important.
THQ, after closing New York-based Kaos Games, have closed another developer, THQ Digital Warrington, which was formerly known as Juice Games. The developer had developed Red Faction: Battlegrounds and just finished with Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team - both are digitally distributed titles for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC.
THQ core games boss Danny Bilson has teased the first details of Relic's Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War III instalment, revealing it 'combines I and II'. Well 1 + 2 does, in fact, equal 3. That's good math. While it's "going back" to the first two on some things it will give us something we "haven't seen before".