The increase time continues at Warhammer 40,000 maker Games Workshop, which has introduced it’s handing out £20 million (approx. $27 million) to its workers as a bonus.
The Nottingham, UK firm behind the Warhammer tabletop video games and their expansive settings, mentioned that for the 52 weeks ending June 1, 2025, core income was £560 million, up from the £494.7 million within the earlier interval. Licensing income was £50 million, up from £31 million. Core revenue is £210 million, up from £174.8 million, and licensing revenue is £45 million, up from £27 million. That quantities to revenue earlier than tax of £255 million, up from £203 million.
Off the again of these large income, and “in recognition of our workers’s contribution to these outcomes,” Games Workshop is giving workers £20 million, up from the £18 million it handed out final yr. The cash will probably be paid on an equal foundation to every member of workers. Games Workshop is estimated to have round 1,500 workers. If that’s correct, it means every worker is about for a £13,333 (approx $18,000) bonus.
Games Workshop’s essential enterprise is the sale of miniatures followers assemble and paint to be used in tabletop wargames, corresponding to Warhammer 40,000. However it’s more and more an IP enterprise, with large income from smash hit video video games corresponding to final yr’s Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2, and animations, corresponding to Amazon’s Warhammer 40,000 Secret Stage episode. Final yr, Games Workshop and Amazon finalized a deal for Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 Cinematic Universe, which can contain the creation of movies and tv sequence. Area Marine 3 can also be in growth.
The place does Games Workshop go from right here? The corporate identified that licensing income within the interval is at a document stage and it doesn’t anticipate this to be repeated in 2025/26, though it stays a core focus. Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer typically is greater than it’s ever been, and based mostly on these outcomes, it’s not slowing down any time quickly.
Games Workshop just lately held its annual Warhammer Skulls showcase, and we’ve acquired all of the bulletins and trailers proper right here. Highlights embody a Definitive Version of Daybreak of Battle and Siege mode for Area Marine 2.
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