Earlier this year Sega bought Relic after previous owner THQ went bankrupt. As part of the $26.6 million deal, the Japanese company acquired the studio and the rights to RTS series Company of Heroes. The second game, Company of Heroes 2, launches in June.
What is unclear, however, is whether the Warhammer 40k license was part of the deal. Sega won't say, and Games Workshop, which owns the Warhammer 40k IP, has been busy licensing its properties out to multiple developers. There's a turn-based Space Hulk game in the works, for example, and Slitherine is making a mystery Warhammer 40k strategy game.
But what of Dawn of War?
"I'm still a bit fuzzy on that," Duffy said. "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."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...ill-work-with-games-workshop-on-dawn-of-war-3But is Relic working on Dawn of War 3?
"I won't say..." Duffy said with a smile.
Damit haben wir zwar immer noch kein definitives "Ja! Freut Euch auf was da kommen möge!" aber ich denke viel dichter kommen wir ohne Gameplay Trailer zur Enthüllung von DoW3 nicht dran 😉 Wenn ich allerdings bedenke was mir gerade bei CoH2 im Vorfeld schon sauer aufstößt frag ich mich schon ob das die Überreste vom THQ Management sind oder ob das bei DoW3 unter Sega Schirmherrschaft ähnlich werden würde. Time will tell...
------Red Dox