Creative Assembly gets Warhammer license in multi-title deal, first game in 2013

The Creative Assembly is going from legionaries to Lizardmen, having obtained the rights to develop Warhammer fantasy games. Sega announced today that it and subsidiary Creative Assembly have entered into a multi-title licensing deal with miniature makers Games Workshop, with a dev team already working to get the studio’s first Warhammer game out for next year. Creative Assembly’s license is only for the Warhammer fantasy line and not for the Warhammer 40K universe, as clarified to Eurogamer by both Sega and Warhammer 40K license holder THQ.

The last decade saw THQ pump out a swathe of Warhammer 40K games, but outside of two Namco-published real-time strategies and EA’s Warhammer Online, it’s been all quiet on the fantasy front. That’s something Creative Assembly must hope to rectify, although it’s not like the studio is desperate for pies to cram its fingers into. The British developer says it’s working on Total War: Rome 2, the as yet unnamed Alien game, the first Warhammer game, and two other unannounced projects.Continue reading Creative Assembly gets Warhammer license in multi-title deal, first game in 2013Creative Assembly gets Warhammer license in multi-title deal, first game in 2013 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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