THQ is doing really quite well of late, especially with its collection of original and promising games. It’s doubtless been helped along by theWarhammer 40,000license, withDawn of Warbeing a superb and popular franchise. Who can blame the publisher for believing that aWarhammer 40KMMO could last for at least seven years?
At THQ’s conference call yesterday, the publisher revealed that it would be showing off 40K at E3, and that it believes the game will be its biggest money maker.
“The highest ranking revenue opportunity for us clearly is theWarhammer 40kMMO,” stated THQ chief Brian Farrell. “Again, I encourage you to come by and see what we are seeing at E3 with that when we fully unveil it, but we think we are going to have a very competitive MMO.
“As you know, one of the big wins there is when you are successful with those properties, you have a long life on both revenues and cash flow, that’s not just one year or two years it can go, five, six, seven years. So that’s probably the biggest opportunity.”
The40KMMO is in the hands of Vigil, who proved themselves withDarksiders. It’s in good hands, it doesn’t tread the usual high fantasy ground, and everybody loves a little40K. It’s certainly got a better start than most wannabe MMOs, and I wish it all the best. It might be the kind of MMO I could really get into.
Warhammer 40k MMO ‘could last seven years’[CVG]
