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“We’ve loved watching
the AI playing itself - it’s
really quite devious.”

matched with a very experienced player until you start winning people realize and, unlike other IPs, 40k has literally hundreds
a few matches yourself.
of captivating novels written about it, some of which are New
York Times best sellers. There are so many that some fans have
IGM: Cross-plat form multiplayer is one of the big features of
their own Black Library to contain them all! On my last check
Regicide. Are there any particular considerations that need
there were almost 400 novels and short stories which make up
to be made when designing a game that runs on both PC and
the Black Library. Taking this into mind, we’re nowhere near
mobile devices?
400 games, and I feel like there’s room for many more.
Machin : The game is designed to be a parallel on whatever
Much as it has given birth to such a wealth of popular fiction,
platform you use. This includes content, and so when you buy
the universes that have been created by Games Workshop
items on the PC, you have access to them on your portable
support a range of incredible miniatures, which are also supdevice too. As a result, every model has multiple versions of
ported by a great tabletop and other games. Players of these
it that are optimized in different ways to ensure we get the
games are encouraged to forge their own narratives - tell their
maximum results on each device. Fortunately, asymmetric
own tales - and this is naturally conducive to the exploration of
turn-based games really come into their own when they’re
new ways to enjoy the incredibly detailed backgrounds against
cross-platformed, because the set of instructions networked
which they are played.
back and forth are highly effective.
IGM: For gamers that are skeptical about the quality of mobile
games, can you describe how the market has improved over In case you were curious like I was, there have been 30 video
the past couple of years?
games set in the 40k universe since 1992, according to Wikipedia. That does not include the Warhammer Fantasy uniMachin : Worldwide gamers are wanting serious games on their
verse, canceled projects, or non Warhammer-related Games
mobiles as well as their PCs. We’ve found that most people
Workshop projects. It seems like the Warhammer universe
who are in transit or watching TV are using tablet devices to
is ever-expanding, and so long as fans keep the fantasy alive
play games to pass the time. It has generated a new section of
in their tabletop and cross-media experiences, they can look
the market often called midcore – it has allowed us to create
forward to a constant supply of games, books, and miniatures.
a strategy game typically associated with serious gaming that
you can access via mobile, which is normally associated with
Developer: Hammerfall
more casual titles.
Platforms: Windows PC
IGM: What would say is the most compelling aspect of the
Warhammer world? What makes it versatile enough to suit
so many different games across a number of genres?
Machin : The Warhammer 40k Universe is bigger than most

Website: www.warhammer40kregicide.com
Twitter: @WH40KRegicide

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