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The Goonhammer Interview: Mike Brandt

Jonathan Bernhardt - September 9, 2019

Now entering its tenth year, the NOVA 40k Grand Tournament has become one of the largest events of the year and a major part of the 40k tournament circuit. The event is headed by Mike Brandt, the NOVA Open...

Gaming

The Goonhammer Interview: Pete Foley and Robin Cruddace

Jonathan Bernhardt - September 6, 2019

Over the last three years, Pete Foley, the Book & Box Games Manager, and Robin Cruddace, the lead games designer for Warhammer 40,000, have become faces for Games Workshop, engaging with the community on a regular basis, both online...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War II and Chaos Rising (2009 to 2010)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 27, 2019

So we arrive at Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II. This is probably the defining modern Warhammer 40K game, rivaled only by its predecessor and Warhammer 40K: Space Marine; to the degree that it can be said that a...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War Expansions (2005 to 2008)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 20, 2019

Last week we covered the base Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War game, which made a massive impression on the RTS genre in the early Aughts and inspired three expansion games from 2005 to 2008. This week we’ll actually talk...

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Video Game Retrospective: Dawn of War (2004)

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 13, 2019

This is where it all began: the original Dawn of War. Okay, technically it began with Warhammer 40K: Fire Warrior, but Fire Warrior, a first-person shooter where you played as a T’au commando, was a weird game whose reach...

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Video Game Review: Battlefleet Gothic 2: Armada

Jonathan Bernhardt - August 6, 2019

We return this week with probably the current flagship 40K video game, given Inquisitor’s rocky track record and Mechanicus being a budget title. It would seem fairly odd on first blush that this duty would fall to one of...

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Video Game Review: Inquisitor – Martyr

Jonathan Bernhardt - July 16, 2019

Many developers have attempted to capture the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium (and the high fantasy of the Old World) in video game form. Every Tuesday, Jonathan "Crion" Bernhardt will be diving into the games that use the...