Games Workshop canceled the development of a "Warhammer" game

2025-02-07 01:49:41|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Last year was of great significance to the Warhammer series, and the highly anticipated release of the Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 became a highlight.This game became the most popular work in the series and was also one of the best-selling games on the Steam platform back then.In addition, Amazon's series "Secret Level" released an episode that takes over the plot of "Star Marine 2", and it has been confirmed that a series starring Henry Cavill and set in the "Warhammer 40K" universe is under development..

Given these circumstances, it is no surprise that more Warhammer games are coming soon.However, not everything was smooth sailing, and recent news has shown that a originally planned series of games has been cancelled in recent months.

The cancelled game was developed by Thought Pennies Studios.The studio was founded by Tim Earns in 2020 and has been involved in the production of series such as Star Wars and Final Fantasy.The studio, which claims to be a role-playing game developer on its website, has experienced several rounds of layoffs in 2023 and late 2024.The impact of the round of layoffs at the end of 2024 was particularly serious, because an unnamed publisher "changed the strategic direction", causing the studio's current project to lose financial support.

This project is described as a "cross-platform social role-playing game".Although it was never officially released, some employees' resumes show that the game was set in the Warhammer universe and was eventually cancelled due to a shortage of funds.The game is developed using Unreal Engine 5 and has been in development since at least 2022, but it is not clear whether it has been launched earlier.

A special resume describes the game as a third-person “a cooperative PvE action role-playing game with unique hero characters and gameplay styles” that combines melee and ranged combat, setting up various monster enemies in the dark fantasy world..Although Warhammer is not mentioned, if the description of Dark Fantasy is linked to the previous article, it is obviously referring to this series.Other mentioned details are more technical, such as the addition of hit pauses and camera jitters to enhance the combat experience, and immersive wall-through animations.

This means Games Workshop's final decision to withdraw funding support for the project, resulting in another round of layoffs and thus canceling the game.This is especially regrettable considering the comments posted on LinkedIn by the studio’s chief creative officer Daniel Erikson.In the article, he said that the game development is progressing smoothly and received good feedback.Unfortunately, we seem to have no chance to see the studio's efforts for many years.

Fortunately for Warhammer players, there are several other games in the series currently under development.This includes the sequel to the 2018 game "Warhammer 40K: The Cult of Mechanism", and a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Jackalyptic Games and published by NetEase.

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