Warhammer 40,000 real-time technique sequence Dawn of War has been dormant ever since Relic Leisure ended help for its failed 2017 effort, Dawn of War 3. Nonetheless, the primary two video games stay much-loved by followers, who’ve puzzled ever since whether or not a Dawn of War 4 or possibly even remakes of both Dawn of War 1 or 2 may be within the works.

Now, after a single picture was printed to LinkedIn, Dawn of War followers have hope that one thing new within the sequence is lastly on the best way.

Let’s begin with Relic Leisure itself, which lately gained independence from prior proprietor Sega by way of funding from Emona Capital. Emona managing associate Dominik Dolenec printed a selfie to LinkedIn displaying him standing exterior Video games Workshop’s Nottingham headquarters and the mecca that’s Warhammer World. Sure, that’s a statue of a House Marine within the background. It’s superior.

The foreground is extra fascinating, nevertheless. Dolenec is carrying a Relic Leisure T-shirt for his journey to Video games Workshop, and so it may be fairly assumed that he’s on the town representing the developer.

“Nice go to to Video games Workshop PLC in Nottingham,” Dolenec mentioned. “Many due to Owen Rees for sharing the Warhammer magic with us! Wanting ahead to deepening our partnership in years to return. ”

Owen Rees is Group Head of Licensing at Video games Workshop. He’s labored on a quantity of Warhammer video video games, and leads the licensing of video video games and client merchandise for all Warhammer merchandise. It’s additionally value noting these emojis on the finish of Dolenec’s remark. This very a lot reads like a online game enterprise assembly.

You possibly can think about the hypothesis. Dawn of War 4 is high of the wishlist, it appears, however maybe remakes of Dawn of War 1 and / or 2 are on the playing cards as a substitute. Let’s be optimistic and recommend a model new sport and remakes are all within the works. Why not?

Right here’s what we all know: Video games Workshop is on the hunt for the subsequent huge Warhammer online game hit after the massively profitable, 5 million-selling House Marine 2 modified every part for developer Saber Interactive.

In January, reporting outcomes for the primary half of its monetary yr ending December 1, 2024, Video games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree hailed the success of House Marine 2, which contributed important royalty income to the enterprise.

In reality, licensing income from royalty earnings elevated within the interval by a whopping £18 million (approx. $21.9 million) to £30.1 million (approx. $36.7 million). Earned earnings, which is the important thing determine right here, was £26.1 million (approx. $31.8 million), up from £5.9 million (approx. $7.2 million), a rise Video games Workshop mentioned was primarily from House Marine 2. 98% of Video games Workshop’s whole licensing income got here from PC and console video games (House Marine 2 launched on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X and S).

A win all spherical, then, however Rountree additionally expressed a level of warning on potential future online game success, admitting hits like House Marine 2 are few and much between.

Right here’s the assertion:

Through the interval, our licensing companions launched two new video video games; Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2, a 3rd particular person shooter for PC and console and Warhammer 40,000: Velocity Freeks, a fight racing sport. Established video games proceed to contribute, alongside royalty earnings earned following the success of House Marine 2. We recognise that successes like these for Warhammer are usually not a given on this planet of video video games. Clearly we’re on the lookout for the subsequent one. We stay cautious when forecasting royalty earnings.

So, the place might this huge Warhammer online game hit come from? It appears inevitable that Saber Interactive will get the prospect to proceed the House Marine story with House Marine 3, and certainly has mentioned it has concepts for a 3rd sport.

Warhammer 40,000 has by no means been larger. Amazon’s House Marine 2 animation, launched as half of the Secret Degree anthology sequence, went down effectively with followers. And there’s enormous pleasure in regards to the Henry Cavill-fronted Warhammer 40,000 tasks within the works for Amazon, though they’re years away. Inventive Meeting is reportedly working on a Warhammer 40,000 Whole War sport (lastly!), though it’s apparently years away. Might a revival of Dawn of War scratch that technique itch within the meantime?

Wesley is the UK Information Editor for IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You possibly can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.