Necromunda: Underhive Wars Announced

Plenty of Warhammer titles have been released in the past several years. Few of them could be considered critical and financial successes. Rogue Factor’s Mordheim: City of the Damned published by Focus Home Interactive was an exception that had some neat ideas and a lot of potential. This potential has not been squandered and now Focus Home Interactive has announced that their collaboration with Rogue Factor continues in their next project, Necromunda: Underhive Wars.

This adaptation of a classic tabletop game promises to be a turn-based tactical RPG pitting rival gangs against one another in a struggle to control Underhive, a warren of derelict factories and a trove of ancient technologies, the perfect backdrop for a game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Here are a couple of quotes from the press release we’ve got:

“Rogue Factor’s collaboration with Focus and Games Workshop is a story of trust, hard work, and true passion for the Warhammer Universe. Our adventure began by building the foundations of Mordheim: City of the Damned Early Access. Regarded as a highly successful and well-executed endeavour, the Early Access of Mordheim: City of the Damned gathered a vast number of passionate gamers that helped foster an amazing community and improved many aspects of the game. After a strong launch on PC and consoles, and an incredible experience with many lessons learned, the way was paved for our next step in conquering the tactical RPG genre: Necromunda: Underhive Wars.”

– Yves Bordeleau, General Manager at Rogue Factor.

“We are delighted to welcome Necromuda: Underhive Wars to the catalogue of great games based on our worlds and settings. Rogue Factor and Focus Home Interactive made a wonderful Mordheim: City of the Damned game and having done such a great job they’re clearly the right people to realize the nightmarish world of Necromunda. Now fans of this unique and highly influential IP will at last be able to pick up their stubber and search for cool archaeotech whilst wiping out rival gangs throughout the Underhive.”

– Jon Gillard, Head of Licensing at Games Workshop.

Additional information about the game is promised to be released on February 1st and 2nd during the What’s Next event in Paris held by Focus Home Interactive.