PETA is an animal rights activist charity with a penchant for PR stunts. Today, they’ve written to the UK’s Games Workshop to ask them to ban ‘fur’ from gaming miniatures. Not real fur. The depiction of fur on the models. You can read a copy of the letter on PETAuk [PDF] but here’s a sample; […]
Bombardment of Acheron: Games Workshop partners with Titan
Games Workshop has formed a partnership with Titan Comics to produce a comic mini-series next year to support Dawn of War III. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War was a hit back in 2005 and was followed by Dawn of War II: Retribution. The third in the series is due out in April 2017. The comic […]
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr and deadly space porn
Neocore’s forthcoming Warhammer 40K open RPG looks amazing. Inquistor: Martyr is set in the Caligari Sector of space, where whole regions can get blocked off from the rest of the Empire at times and where shadows lurk. You’re an Inquisitor in this persistent and open world sandbox of an RPG. That means the actions you […]
The Warhammer RPG at E3: Vermintide
This is a gameplay trailer for the Warhammer FRPG Vermintide. Vermintide is the first person action RPG from Fatshark set in Games Workshop’s fantasy Warhammer world. The city of Ubersriek is besieged by the skaven and a band of five heroes need to cooperate to survive the apocalyptic invasion. The game itself stretches from the […]
Humble kickstarter: Sleeper RPG shows promise
Death Spiral Games are asking for only £2,000 in their Kickstarter for sci-fi action RPG Sleeper: Orphans of the Cold War. They’ve a full 27 days on the clock, at the time of writing, over £500 in bank already and more than 20 backers. It’s looking good. You can check the latest details on their […]
Is Games Workshop about to completely reboot Warhammer Fantasy Battle?
Rumours are swirling that Games Workshop are about to reboot Warhammer Fantasy. Not only that, some sleuths suggest the company will stop supporting the previous generations. It is suggested that for the 9th edition of the game some factions will vanish. One rumour insists the final factions will be Chaos, Elves, Empire, Undead, Orcs & […]
Click and Kill: A review of Warhammer Quest
The original Warhammer Quest is a popular iOs game. This review is of the PC, Mac and Linux adaptation that’s now available through Steam. I played on the PC. I’ve had plenty of time to play this new version and it’s an enjoyable way to spend up to an hour distracting your brain. It’s a […]
Games Workshop and Chilled Mouse will release Warhammer Quest
On the 7th of January on Windows, Mac and Linux Chilled Mouse, Rodeo Games and Games Workshop will bring Warhammer Quest to Steam. The download is based on the classic Games Workshop board game and set in the Warhammer Fantasy world the turn based game has players explore dungeons in the Empire. The tactical game […]
Games Workshop appoint Kevin Rountree as new CEO
Kevin Rountree will replace Tom Kirby as CEO of Games Workshop from January 2015. Kirby will remain with the company taking up the position of Non-Executive Chairman. Rountree, 45, has been with Games Workshop for 12 years and is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer. In a press release, Kirby said; The Board undertook […]
Gamer legend: A review of the Art of Ian Miller
Ian Miller is an artist that old school gamers will know well. He drew for the first edition of Warhammer 40,000 and Realms of Chaos. He illustrated for Shadowrun and sister Earthdawn as well as Everway. Miller worked on Fighting Fantasy game books and has featured on covers for the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, William […]
