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:Side with the forces of Order, or the vile hosts of Destruction, in a war that will unlock ancient secrets, reveal dark purposes, and determine the fate of the Sargos Sector. For in this dark millennium, there is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter.
:Side with the forces of Order, or the vile hosts of Destruction, in a war that will unlock ancient secrets, reveal dark purposes, and determine the fate of the Sargos Sector. For in this dark millennium, there is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter.


===Playable Factions===
From THQ private company conference of 20th january concerning E3 presentation plan:
From a THQ private company conference concerning E3 presentation plan{{citation needed}}:
Playable factions:
– Imperium
* Imperium
- Eldar
* Eldar
- Orks
* Orks
- Chaos
* Chaos


Features:
– Focus both on Melee and Long range Combat
- covering system
- 29 Zones (21 claimable, 8 invadeable)
- Open-World
- PvP around resource gathering and taking strategic points
- center zone features a conquerable stronghold
- No playable Tanks or other Warmachines at release but implemented possibility for expansion
- Tyranids as full fighting PvE-Faction
Lore (being discussed concerning certain faction-plots at the moment but here are the things we determined with Games Workshop so far):
- Game takes place in the southern border-sectors of Segmentum Tempestus
- Factions fight over a destroyed imperial forge world called Tarelis and its hive-city Cerberus X (newly added to the lore!)
- The story of the game will NOT take place in a parallel universe! Just like the Planet Kronus (made by our colleagues at relic) Tarelis will be part of the lore!
- Tyranids will be main-antagonists
- Unfortunately Vigil-games was not allowed to use Relics Gorgutz ‘Ead ‘Unter as Ork Warlord as he will make a final appearance in the second DoW2 expansion


Costs:
- 49.99$
Monthly fee:
- being discussed but most likely around 13$
Rating:
- targeted Teen/PEGI 16


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 20:09, 1 September 2010

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online
Developer(s)Vigil Games
Publisher(s)THQ
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseTBA
Genre(s)MMORPG
Mode(s)Multiplayer

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online is an upcoming science fiction massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 setting. It is currently under development by Vigil Games. Originally announced in March 2007,[1] more information is to be released to the public in August 2010.[2]

Gameplay

The game will feature relatively in-depth fire-fights with player-formed squads as well as cover and flanking mechanics, within the MMORPG format.[3] However, being true to the setting, war and battles will be a big feature of Warhammer 40,000 Online and Vigil Games are promising to deliver battlegrounds of epic proportions.[4] Controllable vehicles have not been confirmed, but the developers have said that they are aware of how important vehicles are to the setting.[4]

The game will be set in the 41st Millennium, well after the Horus Heresy, and all races important to that period in the setting will be represented, although only one playable race has been announced so far, The Imperium of Man.[5] Details about characters are still largely unknown. However, it has been said that there will be no non-combat classes in the game as this would not fit properly with the background. Characters will be able to customize their characters visual appearance with weapons, books, scrolls and chains.[4]

Although war and battlefields will be a large part of Dark Millennium Online the scope of the game will include more of the setting than that; Vigil Games’ General Manager David Adams mentions being able to visit "cities (of all scales, types and sizes), exotic alien temples, Chaos shrines, deserted battlefields, mysterious ruins, ancient structures, drifting hulks in space, etc..." and that they will be populated with all manners of non-player characters.[4]

Grouping with other players will not be required to advance through the game although it will be beneficial for tackling both the harder PvE and PvP content of the game.[4]

Dark Millennium Online was revealed at E3 2010 expo June 15-17th. There, the name was announced as Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online, and a first trailer was shown.[6]

Plot

On the official website a backstory for the game was revealed.

On the very edge of the galaxy lies the Sargos Sector. For centuries it was rendered uninhabitable and isolated by volatile Warp Storms. Even now, deep within the sector the very fabric of reality is unraveling. Only the ancient Sentinel Devices hold the Warp at bay.
But the ravages of time and meddling of humanity have weakened the Sentinel Devices-and now, the battle for these lost worlds is at hand. Drawn to the conflict, the great races of the galaxy descend upon the Sargos Sector, seeking to preserve reality-or to tear it asunder.
Side with the forces of Order, or the vile hosts of Destruction, in a war that will unlock ancient secrets, reveal dark purposes, and determine the fate of the Sargos Sector. For in this dark millennium, there is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter.

Playable Factions

From a THQ private company conference concerning E3 presentation plan[citation needed]:

  • Imperium
  • Eldar
  • Orks
  • Chaos

See also

References

  1. ^ "THQ AND GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP PLC ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE WARHAMMER 40,000 LICENSING AGREEMENT", "Vigil Games", 2007-04-01.
  2. ^ "Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online", "IGN", 2009-04-02
  3. ^ "Actual WH40K MMO details here", "Computer and Video Games", 2008-04-08. Retrieved on 2008-06-29
  4. ^ a b c d e " Warhammer 40,000 Online", "GamesRadar", 2008-05-07. Retrieved on 2008-06-29
  5. ^ "New WAR40K trailer introduces first playable race", "Massively", 2010-08-20. Retrieved on 2008-08-22
  6. ^ "2010 E3 trailer for Dark Millennium Online". Vigil Games. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
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