Warhammer 40,000 Online

Warhammer 40,000 Online

Infobox VG
title = Warhammer 40,000 Online (working title)
developer = Vigil Games
publisher = THQ
released = TBA
genre = Sci-fi MMORPG
modes = Multiplayer
ratings = ESRB: RP
platforms = Microsoft Windows
media = DVD
requirements =
input = Keyboard and mouse

"Warhammer 40,000 Online" (working title) is an upcoming science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on Games Workshop's "Warhammer 40,000" setting. It is currently under development by Vigil Games. Originally announced in March 2007 [ [http://www.vigilgames.com/news_030107.php "THQ AND GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP PLC ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE WARHAMMER® 40,000™ LICENSING AGREEMENT"] , "Vigil Games", 2007-04-01.] , with a planned release date in a few years. [ [http://biz.yahoo.com/paidcontent/080407/1_321828_id.html?.v=1 "Interview: Brian Farrell, CEO, THQ: "The Rapid Growth Rate Will Resume""] , "Yahoo Finance", 2008-04-07. Retrieved on 2008-06-29]

Known game features

It has been made clear that although the game will feature relatively in-depth fire-fights with player-formed squads as well as cover and flanking mechanics it is definitely a MMORPG as opposed to a MMOFPS. [http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=186373 "Actual WH40K MMO details here"] , "Computer and Video Games", 2008-04-08. Retrieved on 2008-06-29] However, being true to the setting, war and battles will be a big feature of Warhammer 40,000 Online and Vigil Games are promising to deliver battlegrounds of epic proportions. [http://www.gamesradar.com/f/warhammer-40000-online/a-20080502174245201051 " Warhammer 40,000 Online"] , "GamesRadar", 2008-05-07. Retrieved on 2008-06-29] It's unknown if controllable vehicles will be featured but the developers have said that they are aware of how important vehicles are to the setting.

The game will be set in the 41st millennium, well after the Horus Heresy, and all races important to that period in the setting will be represented, although it has not been revealed which ones will actually be playable. Details about characters are still largely unknown and what's been said so far is only that there will be no non-combat classes in the game, as that would not fit with the background, and that the characters will be highly customizable with things like weapons, books, scrolls and chains hanging from their armour.

Although war and battlefields will be a large part of Warhammer 40,000 Online the scope of the game will include more of the setting than that; Vigil Games’ General Manager David Adams mentions being able to visit "cities (of all scales, types and sizes), exotic alien temples, Chaos shrines, deserted battlefields, mysterious ruins, ancient structures, drifting hulks in space, etc..." and that they will be populated with all manners of non-player characters. Grouping with other players will not be required to advance through the game although it will be beneficial for tackling both the harder PvE and PvP content of the game.

ee also

* "Warhammer 40,000"
* ""
* ""

Notes and references

[http://www.vigilgames.com/games_40k.php official website]
[http://wh40k.com WH40k - unofficial fansite]


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