THQ and tabletop game publisher Games Workshop have announced the extension of their licensing deal and with it the coming of a new Warhammer 40,000 MMO massively multiplayer online game.

The development project is going to Vigil Games and is set to follow up the success of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in 2004 which brought the Warhammer 40K universe to real-time strategy fans.

The game spawned two expansions the latest of which won Gamespot’s Best Expansion Pack award in 2006.

Kelly Flock, THQ executive vice president of worldwide publishing said, “We have had tremendous success with our Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise based on the Warhammer 40,000 universe, with numerous accolades and sales in excess of 2 million units worldwide”.

“We feel that Dawn of War's success is just the beginning for this powerful franchise that resonates so well with gamers.”

Andy Jones, Games Workshop's head of group legal and licensing followed up by saying, “We are confident that THQ will continue to develop and deliver great game concepts that really bring to life the Warhammer 40,000 universe. THQ can do so on whatever platform and in whatever genre it wishes--after all, THQ is the proven expert in the field of computer game software”.

>> Link - Official Site/Warhammer 40,000
>> Link - Official Site/Games Workshop
>> Link - Official Site/Vigil
>> Link - Official Site/THQ