Focus Home Interactive and Rogue Factor today announced a new partnership with Games Workshop to begin development of Necromunda: Underhive Wars, the adaptation of cult classic tabletop game Necromunda, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Necromunda: Underhive Wars is a turn-based tactical RPG in which rival gangs of ruthless warriors are locked in an endless war for control of the Underhive, a gigantic warren of derelict factories, rusted metal husks, and forgotten technologies.
Yves Bordeleau, General Manager at Rogue Factor, said:
“Rogue Factor’s collaboration with Focus and Games Workshop is a story of trust, hard work, and true passion for the Warhammer Universe. Our adventure began by building the foundations of Mordheim: City of the Damned Early Access. Regarded as a highly successful and well-executed endeavour, the Early Access of Mordheim: City of the Damned gathered a vast number of passionate gamers that helped foster an amazing community and improved many aspects of the game. After a strong launch on PC and consoles, and an incredible experience with many lessons learned, the way was paved for our next step in conquering the tactical RPG genre: Necromunda: Underhive Wars.”
Jon Gillard, Head of Licensing at Games Workshop, added:
“We are delighted to welcome Necromunda: Underhive Wars to the catalogue of great games based on our worlds and settings. Rogue Factor and Focus Home Interactive made a wonderful Mordheim: City of the Damned game and having done such a great job they’re clearly the right people to realize the nightmarish world of Necromunda. Now fans of this unique and highly influential IP will at last be able to pick up their stubber and search for cool archaeotech whilst wiping out rival gangs throughout the Underhive.”
Focus Home Interactive will reveal more details about Necromunda: Underhive Wars next month, so stay tuned for more!
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I fee like every month or so there is announcement of a new Warhammer game.
Which, in itself, is not a bad thing. Most of these games show a serious passion for the lore of that universe.
If they were any good as games, I would really appreciate it. But hey, if they make more, we just might (MIGHT) see a gem of a game. We can hope 🙂
I know absolutely nothing about Warhammer, but I know that the fanbase for that universe is insanely passionate, but doesn’t it reach a point of being too much?
“I know absolutely nothing about Warhammer” I know that there’s hammers involved. Probably wars, too, but I can’t be sure about either, but that’s never stopped me from having opinions about things about which I’m uninformed.
I think Games Workshop is working under the “quantity over quality” mantra: just swing at every pitch and try to hit a home run.
gamesworkshop are money hungry bast*rds. they dont give a flying fig newton about quality. just money. inb4 they sue me. they have a tendency to sue people who bad mouth them.
“turn-based””tactical” I prefer real-time and spastic, improvised combat myself.