News
9 May 2003
SEGA EUROPE LTD SIGNS WARHAMMER ONLINE
Games Workshop’s Massively-Multiplayer Online RPG to Appear at E3 Games Expo
LONDON, UK – May 9, 2003 – SEGA Europe Ltd, today announced an agreement with Warhammer Online Ltd, granting SEGA Europe rights to publish ‘Warhammer Online’ for PC across Europe, North America, Canada and Australia/New Zealand.
Warhammer Online is a new massively multiplayer online computer game that allows players to take on the role of outlaws and mercenary adventurers within the grim and gritty realisation of Games Workshop’s dark, gothic fantasy world of Warhammer. At the heart of the game is a combination of fantastic new technologies coupled with the deep and atmospheric Warhammer background and some of the most innovative player and character development within an online RPG.
Matthew Woodley, European Marketing Director, SEGA Europe, commented, “The combining of Games Workshop’s Warhammer universe and Climax’s cutting-edge technology and game design is proving to be something genuinely breathtaking. Watching this game in development has been enthralling. SEGA is delighted to be involved in this project and we’re genuinely looking forward to a ground-breaking game.”
Robin Dews, General Manager of Warhammer Online added, “We’re really excited to have SEGA as our publisher for the game. They have a fantastic reputation both in the industry and with the gaming public for only publishing top quality titles and we know they’ll do a fantastic job of getting Warhammer Online into the hands of fantasy games enthusiasts the world over.”
Due to appear at the E3 Games Expo in Los Angeles between May 14th-16th, 2003, on the SEGA booth #2216 in the West Hall, Warhammer Online marks another key signing for SEGA Europe. Warhammer Online is due for release across Europe during Spring 2004 closely followed by the other major territories. Release date and distribution partners for North America are still to be confirmed.
About Warhammer Online
Warhammer Online Ltd was set up in 2001 as a joint venture company between Games Workshop plc and Climax Entertainment Ltd in order to design, develop and deliver a massively multiplayer online game set against the turbulent backdrop of Games Workshop's grim and gritty Warhammer world. The official website of Warhammer Online is
www.warhammeronline.comAbout Games Workshop
Games Workshop designs, manufactures, distributes and retails tabletop wargame systems and associated miniatures, marketed as a complete hobby for players aged 12 and above. Its key brands are the high gothic Warhammer Fantasy Battles and darkly futuristic Warhammer 40,000 mass combat systems. With its international headquarters in Nottingham, the company also has wholly-owned subsidiaries in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Spain & Australia as well as Italian & Northern European sales operations, currently based in Nottingham. Games Workshop also own more than 274 hobby stores worldwide and operates thriving mail order and on-line sales businesses. More than 2,400 people are employed by the company through these operations. Games Workshop product is also featured in more than 3,600 independent outlets internationally. Games Workshop is a public company quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Turnover to May 2002 was £108.6m. The Group’s hobby magazine, White Dwarf is available via the stores, by mail order, on newsstands throughout the world (in several languages) and through its website
www.games-workshop.com Julia Woodall, PR & Investor Relations, Games Workshop Group PLC, +44 (0)115 9168026 or e-mail juliaw@games-workshop.co.ukAbout Climax
Climax was originally founded in 1988 by Karl Jeffery and has since grown to become one of the world's leading interactive entertainment companies. As ever, its aim is to deliver high quality game experiences in both its original and licensed products. Striving to keep at the cutting edge of technological development within the videogame industry, Climax employs over 300 people in six divisions throughout 5 locations worldwide - LA, Brighton, Solent, Nottingham and London. Climax is an active technology and content developer for the following platforms: PC, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Gameboy Advance & Gamecube, Interactive TV, Online and Wireless.
About SEGA®
SEGA Europe Ltd. is the European Publishing arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s web site is located at
www.SEGA-europe.com.
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