Coming to a Smartphone soon…
All things come in three (so far), it seems. Games Workshop clearly is on a new strategy for licensing Warhammer and Warhammer 40K out for computer games, especially apps and tablet-games. Roadhouse Interactive signed a deal with Games Workshop to make “side-scrolling action game for smartpones and tablets” based on the iconic Warhammer 40K Space Marines.
After Zattikka and Slitherine, Roadhouse Interactive is the third, comparatively small game-producers to sign up for a Warhammer license. Games Workshop sure isn’t trusting in the big studios any longer.
#1 – Roadhouse Interactive Press Release
Here is the full press release:
LONDON & VANCOUVER, BC – 1PM GMT, March 21st, 2013 – Roadhouse Interactive and Games Workshop® today announced they have entered into an agreement in which Vancouver-based Roadhouse Interactive will develop a side-scrolling action game for smartphones and tablets where you guide a lone Space Marine on his journey to destroy endless hordes of enemies set in the exceptionally rich Warhammer 40,000 universe.
‘We are incredibly excited to bring a part of Warhammer 40,000 to life on mobile and tablet and it’s great to work with Games Workshop. The legions of fans of Space Marines will now be able to fight the Ork menace while on the move!” said Tarrnie Williams co-founder and President of Roadhouse Interactive.
“The work we have seen to-date from Roadhouse makes us extremely confident that this new mobile title will be a fantastic addition to the range of digital games we are building.” said Jon Gillard, Games Workshop’s Head of Licensing. “We are extremely pleased that Tarrnie and the guys at Roadhouse Interactive, who are both veteran developers and very familiar with our IP, are going to help expand the Warhammer 40,000 universe into the hands of mobile gamers with this unique take on it,”
#2 – About Roadhouse Interactive
Here is what Roadhouse says about themselves:
Roadhouse Interactive is a Vancouver based developer of tablet, smartphone and browser games. Roadhouse’s management team is responsible for some of the most well-known game franchises of the past twenty five years and continues to grow industry-leading production, development and live game operations expertise at Roadhouse. Projects includeMechWarrior: Tactics, a turn-based strategy reboot of the classic MechWarrior franchise for Montreal-based Infinite Game Publishing, an unannounced innovative entry into the social casino space, and Elemental Power, a collectible card game launching soon on Kongregate. The company was recently selected as part of the eleventh annual ‘Ready to Rocket’ list of BC technology companies likely to experience significant growth in 2013. For more information about Roadhouse, visit www.roadhouseinteractive.com.
#3 – Thoughts?
Games Workshop’s digital production efforts appear to be even more frantic than their recently beefed up Codex-release schedule.
Are they just “trying out” different developers?
Are they trying to move more thoroughly into the digital gaming world?
For a company that has long been ridiculed for “missing” the digital age, they are sure going at it with a vengeance now.
What do you think of all those Warhammer and Warhammer 40K games for phones and tablets in the making (there’s also Warhammer Quest, which has been announced a while ago)?
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