Sega, Creative Assembly and Games Workshop team up for new Warhammer games

Sega, Games Workshop and Creative Assembly this morning announced that they are teaming up to release brand new games based on the Warhammer universe. Previously THQ held the rights to release Warhammer 40k titles, such as Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine.

Creative Assembly is best known for their Total War series and should be a perfect fit for the Warhammer franchise, so we’re expecting quality.

The first games under the deal don’t sound like they will be ready until almost 2014, so it may be a bit of a wait. Read on for the announcement.

SEGA of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that Creative Assembly, award-winning creator of the Total War series, and SEGA Group have entered into a multi-title licensing deal with Games Workshop to create videogames based in the Warhammer universe of fantasy battles.

A new high-calibre development team has been set up at Creative Assembly?s UK studio to work alongside the existing Total War, Alien IP and Mobile teams on the first Warhammer title in the deal, scheduled to launch from beyond 2013.

?With this year being our 25th anniversary,? said Tim Heaton, Studio Director at Creative Assembly, ?it seems fitting for us to embark on such a dream project with such a well-established partner. The incredibly rich and detailed Warhammer world is something we grew up with, and has left an indelible imprint on us as both designers and gamers.?

?We?ll be doing the Warhammer universe justice in a way that has never been attempted before. We?re bringing those 25 years of experience and expertise in extremely high-scoring games to bear, delivering a Warhammer experience that videogamers will absolutely love.?

?We have enormous respect for SEGA and Creative Assembly and have felt for a long time that the combination of the enormously rich setting of the Warhammer world, and their stunning development talent is a match with huge potential,? said Jon Gillard, Games Workshop’s Head of Licensing. ?Now that we?ve managed to bring these two giants of gaming together it is safe to say that some truly amazing products are going to be unleashed as a result. We are excited at the possibilities, and are enthusiastically working with the team at Creative Assembly already.?

This first Warhammer game joins the eagerly-awaited Total War: Rome II and the untitled Alien IP as one of five projects currently in production at Creative Assembly, now one of the largest developers in Europe.