Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War May Return

Relic Entertainment has revealed it may work with Games Workshop to create Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 3.

In an interview with Eurogamer, game director Quinn Duffy suggested that the team would be taking a fresh approach to the sequel, providing a complicated situation involving the series' license can be unravelled.

Originally owned by THQ, Relic was bought by SEGA after its previous owners went bankrupt. While it's clear that the rights to RTS series Company of Heroes were part of this deal, given the imminent release of Company of Heroes 2 in June, what's less apparent is whether the Warhammer 40K license also made the move.

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There were certain properties that were attached to the sale of Relic initially, but not all of Relic's initial IP was part of that initial sale package.

Thus far, SEGA has yet to say anything and Games Workshop, which owns the original IP, hasn't commented either. But does Duffy, who worked on the previous games and is hopeful of a third entry, know anything? In a word: kinda.

"I'm still a bit fuzzy on that," he explained. "There were certain properties that were attached to the sale of Relic initially, which was Company of Heroes, but not all of Relic's initial IP was part of that initial sale package.

"Dawn of War, because it's a license and it's owned by Games Workshop, they have the opportunity to work that license with whoever they want. I would hope it would be us again. We had a great working relationship with Games Workshop. SEGA is establishing one now with the fantasy license for Creative Assembly.

"There's a strong possibility we'll all be working together again on Dawn of War."

Rumours from last year (again, courtesy of Eurogamer) suggested that the Dawn of War 3 was already in development, though THQ's Danny Wilson explained it's, "going to have a much larger strategic component to it, more of a global battle going on with little tactical things, sort of MMO-like."

What do you think? Would like to see the franchise return in this new form, or do you think the team should stick to what worked in the past? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Source : ign[dot]com