With the Warhammer pedigree established, Battlesector is being developed by Black Lab Games, who previously and faithfully worked on another popular IP with Battlestar Galactica Deadlock, a 3D tactical spaceship wargame.
A thoroughly enjoyable title that is still supported and getting fun community mods added. And while that is a mouthful of a name, the game is basically Civilization meets Warhammer 40K, with all the boring politics and trade removed and more Necrons, Space Orks, and bolter battles put back in its place. The publishers behind Battlesector, Slitherine, have other Warhammer products under their frag belt, including the wonderful Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War.
Let me introduce this tactical turn based title by saying - The upcoming Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is the closest we have ever come to seeing a tabletop version of 40K brought to our PCs. Games like Total War Warhammer produce incredible and faithful experiences, helping to draw more people to the tabletop IP.Īnd so onto the jewel in their crown, Warhammer 40K. Which can be a very costly hobby.īut as the years go by and the cash continues to come in, Games Workshop have rightly become more confident. And on the flip side, they wouldn’t want to lose custom because there was a digital product that recreated the experience and was good enough to replace the need to buy into the Warhammer hobby experience. Firstly they wouldn’t want to risk losing money and business because an inferior digital product lowered the value of the Warhammer name. Because for years now the company has allowed their Warhammer 40K IP to be licensed and turn up in games, but never have they let the game developers recreate anything that replicates the tabletop version and rules. This stuff ain't cheap and this is the reason I bring this up. You would have likely seen the hobby shops on your high street selling minis and scenery and paints. Games Workshop and Warhammer 40K make their shop money from their tabletop miniatures game and rule set. While the Warhammer fantasy focused juggernaut, Total War: Warhammer 3, is gaining momentum (they did their Survival battle gameplay reveal very recently, and is due out later this year) we turn our attention to the even more popular IP end of the Warhammer spectrum: the sci-fi defining Warhammer 40K. Games Workshop and it’s various Warhammer IPs are carving their way through the video game landscape with Astartes-like precision.