Warhammer videogames have been pretty hit-and-miss over the years, to put it mildly—but Saber Interactive's Space Marine 2 was firmly on the 'hit' side of the fence last year, reaching a player count of 4.5 million a month after launch and drawing more interest to the world's most grimdark sci-fi setting than ever. Unsurprisingly, Games Workshop's quite happy with that result—and pretty keen to see it happen again.
The company's half-yearly report reveals an enormous rise in revenue from licensing in the 2023/2024 financial year—from £12.1 million to £30.1 million—with "the increase being mainly from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2". Even with the core business (miniatures, rulebooks, etc) continuing to boom, that makes licensing over 10% of the money the company earned in that period, largely off the back of one big success. The report also suggests that the resulting excitement has led to "more people coming into our Warhammer stores".
