Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Now Single-Player

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;warhammer-40000-dark-millennium-singleplayer&sol;warhammer&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-9581"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9581" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;06224609&sol;Warhammer&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"265" height&equals;"190" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <em>Warhammer 40&comma;000 <&sol;em>MMO that was under development by THQ is no longer an MMO&period; It has been announced that <em>Warhammer 40&comma;000&colon; Dark Millennium<&sol;em> is going to be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;refocused” as a single-player action game with some multiplayer elements&period; This change will bring substantial layoffs at developers Vigil Games and Relic Entertainment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Gamers originally though the MMO was cancelled due to financial troubles at THQ&period; The publisher assured fans that the MMO was still being developed&comma; but did not clarify as to the nature of the development&period; The vagueness has led many to question whether the company was financially able to maintain such a large budget for an MMO&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a press release issued by Brian Farrell&comma; president and CEO of THQ&comma; the plans to change the game have been revealed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;As previously announced&comma; we have been actively looking for a business partner for the game as an MMO&period; However&comma; based on changing market dynamics and the additional investment required to complete the game as an MMO&comma; we believe the right direction for us is to shift the title from an MMO to a premium experience with single and multiplayer gameplay&comma; robust digital content and community features&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Due to the change of game style&comma; Vigil Games will be losing 79 full-time employees and Relic Entertainment will be losing 39 full-time employees&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite changing from an MMO to a single-player game&comma; THQ remains optimistic about the future of <em>Warhammer 40&comma;000&colon; Dark Millennium&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;em>Because we believe strongly in the high-quality and vast creative work that is in production&comma; this is the right decision for both our portfolio and for gamers devoted to this powerful property&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;warhammer&sol;">Kotaku<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;