THQ Announces Warhammer 40K MMOG

In our interview with the Warhammer Online team a while back, there were questions as to why we weren't going to be seeing a Warhammer 40K MMOG. Several people seemed quite keen on the idea. Well, for those people: your time is now. THQ has announced they'll be developing Warhammer 40K into a MMOG and mobile games. Gamasutra reports on comments from Kelly Flock, executive vice president of worldwide publishing for the company, about their plan to work with Austin startup Vigil games on the project. Says Flock, "We realized this is one of those few properties that has a high level of interest from the hardcore gaming community, which could be a great launching point to turning it into a great mainstream mass-market MMO ... We're not out to replace World of Warcraft, we think we have a unique offering in the same category that will get its own share of attention if we deliver properly on the gameplay mechanics we'll build our own audience." Flock demures from offering a timeframe for release of the game, saying they're not even going to try to pinpoint a development schedule yet.

Uh..

[Lordfly]

Maybe I've slipped into an alternate dimension, but wasn't there a Warhammer MMOG game being developed like... 4 years ago?

Not interested.

[hookedup]

Sorry, but a Space Marine dancing on the mailbox is not going to do it for me.

40k?

[cybereal]

40k... Apparently they already know their peak membership numbers!

Re:Not shooting for the stars

[Guuge]

I also found that statement funny, but for a different reason.

Imagine a musician announcing that they're not out to replace Britney Spears. Imagine slashdot announcing that it's not out to replace CNN.

Re:40k?

[Crunchie Frog]

40k... Apparently they already know their peak membership numbers!

Thanks folks, Cybereal will be here all week. Try the veal.