GW to continue support for LOTR.

rumtap · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:32 am

I just saw a post on the facebook page of my local GW.

GW are creating a "Specialist Product Design Studio".

It will include Forge World and will bring back a lot of the old boxed games such as Blood Bowl, Necromunda, Battle Fleet Gothic etc.

It will also, and this is the big one, maintain the LOTR and the Hobbit and produce new products to support it.

So it's not going away and will live on!

Draugluin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:27 am

The funny thing is that this corroborates that stupid article from BoLS that got so much stuff wrong. If LotR is moving to a studio with a different name, GW would technically be sorta discontinuing the line.

Lord Maedhros · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:41 am

Funny this popped up on Bolter and Chainsword forums as well, the general consensus is that it should be taken with a huge pile of salt, however many GW's are posting it on their FB pages...so, as one member over there said, "If this is fake, then its the best troll by GW in a long time!"

Scib · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 9:06 am

Although I would like it to be true, just can't believe it

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:56 am

I'll believe it when it occurs. I hope it's true though. That would be great.

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 11:57 am

Hope it happens but will remain sceptical until it's up on their website/White Dwarf etc.

orc-archer · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:34 pm

This kind of news is almost too good to be true! I'm certainly happy, if this truly means new products in the future.

There is a picture floating around, and it has been confirmed as real by more than one GW facebook page. So it appears to be pretty legit.

streetline · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:55 pm

I've seen it reposted on fb from Oz/US stores but nothing in the UK. No word at all. All I've seen is someone who knows someone who knows something says something is happening but it isn't quite this.

We're still in the dark. We can now hear things moving around us, however.

JDE

rigg1313 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:16 pm

Get HYPE people!
If all the gw managers from several major countries believe it and have been emailed the changes from head office (I've read the email and posters) then why would it be a lie?
Another promising fact is that the Perry brothers sculpted an entire line of 3rd movie models that have yet to be released! This is according to reputable personasking them a series of question at an event last week.
And aas previously suspected all of the 3rd move releases were all previously sculpted to be released in the 2nd film. There is easily another wave of releases in the wing. Perhaps this new subsidiary GW company "Specialist Games" will bring out for us.

Aeglos · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:05 pm

A couple of the UK GWs have hinted at something big happening this weekend on top of the release of the Heresy game. This would certainly fit that description. Nothing more concrete than that from the UK (although I only checked a few store's Facebook pages).

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 3:45 pm

I'm not going to lie, it is hard not to get excited. This is the most promising extension to the life of the lotr range since the hobbit relabeling.

streetline · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:01 pm

GW Peterborough have apparently now said that in the next six months a team will be put together to possibly revive some SG within the FW remit. No news on which or when - and no mention of LOTR.

Draugluin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:09 pm

Lady Atia says it's real and she's been behind every big GW leak since AoS, and has been right about all of them.

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 4:18 pm

Who is atia?

Draugluin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:04 pm

She runs a twitter account by that name and she's been leaking a LOT of stuff a week or two early with it. And she's always been right.

jdizzy001 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:21 pm

So she works for GW? What makes her correct?

Draugluin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:15 pm

I don't know, she's just always been right. She has to have some serious connections though. She seems to get the White Dwarfs at least a full week ahead of schedule.

Draugluin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:21 pm

http://natfka.blogspot.com/2015/11/all- ... w.html?m=1
Mix of resin and plastic kits for all releases, so LotR might not get any plastics, but at least no more finecast, it'll be Forgeworld resin. And the license has been renewed, supposedly for another 5 years!

Scib · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:19 pm

Specialist games have been CONFIRMED on the warhammer app but there's no mention on lotr/hobbit

Draugluin · **Posted:** Thu Nov 12, 2015 7:25 pm

That's because LotR isn't a standalone boxed game, like Calth or any of the other things they refer to in that announcement.

GW to continue support for LOTR.

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