We’re celebrating the announcement of Warhammer 40,000: Daybreak of Conflict – Definitive Version, however that hasn’t shifted consideration away from a lingering query: Is Daybreak of Conflict 4 taking place in some unspecified time in the future? One would suppose the reactivation of the collaboration between Relic Leisure and Video games Workshop would assist, however nothing’s sure… but.
Whereas chatting with veteran Daybreak of Conflict design director Philippe Boulle about this Definitive Version and his lengthy historical past with the property, we couldn’t resist asking about taking the collaboration with GW a step additional. In fact, he didn’t affirm nor deny talks a few potential Daybreak of Conflict 4, however he appears hopeful about Relic’s relationship with the house owners of the IP after so many profitable tasks and this shock re-release of the RTS basic. Right here’s what he needed to say:
“I can solely speak about issues that we’ve introduced, however we’ve got an extended relationship with Video games Workshop. I got here to Relic to work on GW video games. I labored on Daybreak of Conflict: Darkish Campaign, Daybreak of Conflict 2, Daybreak of Conflict 3, Area Marine. , it’s my joyful place. And, you already know, I nonetheless paint the miniatures and so forth, so yeah, however I’m fully targeted proper now on the Definitive Version.”
GameWatcher will likely be ready for Daybreak of Conflict 4
There’s no tease to be discovered right here, however Boulle appeared fairly proud of the studio’s return to Daybreak of Conflict, which he additionally stated was one thing Video games Workshop had been occupied with for some time, so fingers crossed.
As an additional tidbit earlier than we publish our full interview with him subsequent week, we will affirm on-line servers will use Relic’s personal platform. Boulle elaborated on the knowledge teased within the press launch:
“It’ll use the RelicLink backend, which is what drives the MP matchmaking for all the opposite Daybreak of Conflict video games, the Firm of Heroes video games, in addition to the Age of Empires video games, in order that’s a fairly strong system. The basic recreation was already transformed to that when it was added to Steam, however now we’ll be capable to combine extra intently. We need to get buddy invitations working, to make it simpler to hitch matches, and so forth… It’s essentially a peer-to-peer system, however a battle server checks to make sure all people’s in sync.”
Come again subsequent Monday for the entire dialog with Boulle on Daybreak of Conflict’s previous, current, and future. We coated nearly each side of this remastering effort and might’t wait to share extra particulars with you.
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