An unannounced Warhammer RPG was seemingly on the cards, however the project was shelved towards the end of last year.
A report from MP1 st content posted by former employees of the developer called Think Pennies – “a role-playing game studio developing games focused on interactive storytelling” – which has an unannounced Warhammer game listed on their LinkedIn profile.
As with many other companies over the years, Think Pennies has been affected by layoffs recently. Two months ago, Think Pennies’ CCO Daniel Erickson posted:
“And in the past three years at Thinking Pennies we have created something very good. We have never lost sight of what is important, our feedback is great, our collaboration is strong. We have went from two people and PowerPoint to a team of almost sixty heavy-vted, incredibly independent, Our experts have changed the practice, however, and our work now there is no money.”
This change meant Think Pennies had to “downsize the studio”. While Erickson did not specify what the developer was working on before its announcement, others who previously worked with the company listed an “unannounced Warhammer” project being made in Unreal Engine 5 on their own page, with one saying “intentional RPG service” has been canceled.
A post found by MP1st described the game as a third-person “Co-Op PvE Action RPG with unique animations and gameplay”, whcih will feature melee and combat fight, with ‘enormous enemies set in a dark dream world’.
Eurogamer contacted Think Pennies for more information on its recent work, and announced the cancellation of the Warhammer RPG game.
This week’s announcement follows statements earlier this month that Games Workshop is looking to expand the Warhammer series further, and is looking to “follow up” after Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2’s success. clear last year.
“We recognize that this kind of success for Warhammer is not a given in the world of video games. Clearly we are looking elsewhere. We remain cautious when estimating royalties. ,” Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree said last week.
Also, in December, Games Workshop and Amazon Studios finalized their plans to bring Warhammer 40K to film and television.
