For every great Warhammer game, there are perhaps two more that aren't. Games Workshop’s many properties aren't immune to the abstract curse that comes with making licensed games, but this year could mark a turning point in the quality of titles we’ll be getting, especially when it comes to strategy games.
Sure, Vermintide is great, and I’m sure Fatshark will do another stellar job with the 40K-set Darktide, but Games Workshop make tabletop games, and only strategy games are truly able to capture what makes the hobby so compelling. From Dawn of War to Total War, we’ve had some great Warhammer strategy games, but we’ve also had plenty of mediocre ones and I’m hoping Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector will kickstart that change.
A couple of years ago, we heard that Games Workshop may be looking to be more discerning when licensing the Warhammer IP for videogame projects, and we've heard similar murmurings more recently from other sources. Now we've seen developers withdraw support on Steam for older Warhammer games "due to changes in the license agreement" - though we should stress it's not clear exactly what that issue is.
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