The Rumour Thread

[novakai]

25 minutes ago, swarmofseals said:

Source on this?

from Bolter and Chainsword

actually the Gitz box is a bit cheaper then the other 3, which make sense since they have less retail price in the box.

Edited November 23, 2020 by novakai

[Neverchosen]

Hmm... So I was having a difficult time deciding between Slaanesh and Tzeentch...  And my bank account says to simply stick with what I have 😭

I guess I was born Undivided and I will die Undivided.

[Kronos]

I think we have some more undead coming for Bloodbowl, and I think this one may be a Dwarf.

[Nezzhil]

 

As we expected the Covid-19 delayed Old World and at least it was not cancelled. We were receiving an update every month and after the lockdowns, and the news disappeared from the horizon. But it is back again.

[HorticulusTGA]

35 minutes ago, Nezzhil said:

 

As we expected the Covid-19 delayed Old World and at least it was not cancelled. We were receiving an update every month and after the lockdowns, and the news disappeared from the horizon. But it is back again.

.... Next year. Rip. 

[KingBrodd]

Honestly I'm not very fussed about the Old World just yet. They said it was years away and when GW calls 3-6 months 'Soon' I'm willing to bet it wasnt being released until 2022, now it may not be until 2023/4.

[Ogregut]

For all we know, it's now further ahead than it was. 

I think alot of people believe all work stopped because of lockdown where I bet a lot of headway has been done at home offices. 

 

[silverstu]

10 hours ago, Kronos said:

I think we have some more undead coming for Bloodbowl, and I think this one may be a Dwarf.

I was hoping for new dwarfs... not quite what I had in mind!😁

[Nezzhil]

[KingBrodd]

1 minute ago, Nezzhil said:

Aelf? Cities of Sigmar? 

[Nezzhil]

1 minute ago, KingBrodd said:

Aelf? Cities of Sigmar? 

It seems another XVI-XVIII italian sword to me. I don't know what GW is designing with all of these swords, but we have a pattern here.

[HorticulusTGA]

1 minute ago, KingBrodd said:

Aelf? Cities of Sigmar? 

That, or Vampire Swordsmen, to go with the other sword's hilts we've seen recently. 

Vampires like Manfred have been shown without sleeves. 

Tho this one seems more clean than the other.

[El Syf]

Just now, HorticulusTGA said:

That, or Vampire Swordsmen, to go with the other sword's hilts we've seen recently. 

Vampires like Manfred have been shown without sleeves. 

Tho this one seems more clean than the other.

Dear lord, I don't think I'm ready for Manfred's muscle bound vampires doing Hulk Hogan impersonations.

[KingBrodd]

Just now, HorticulusTGA said:

That, or Vampire Swordsmen, to go with the other sword's hilts we've seen recently. 

Vampires like Manfred have been shown without sleeves. 

Tho this one seems more clean than the other.

Completely forgot about Vamps!! Damn I wonder if we will see them in a Preview in January. 

The next Preview is for Black Library so perhaps Broken Realms will be shown off there for a January release date. Soooooo maybe?

[Black_Templar_Lad]

Fully expecting the next updates to The Old World to be tied with the announcement of Total War Warhammer 3. It seems hopeful that we'll be seeing a crossover of the new models in the game such as Kislev, so I wonder if either team is waiting on the other to announce together. 

 

Also in regards to that rumour engine, these swords are definitely interesting. Do you think that arm has a sleeve? The crinkles in the wrist look at little too odd to be skin wrinkles and look more akin to clothing creases, perhaps a silk sleeve?

Vampiress? 😍

[Overread]

3 minutes ago, Black_Templar_Lad said:

Fully expecting the next updates to The Old World to be tied with the announcement of Total War Warhammer 3. It seems hopeful that we'll be seeing a crossover of the new models in the game such as Kislev, so I wonder if either team is waiting on the other to announce together. 

Warhammer TW 3 is apparently coming out next year (or at least that's the target window or was pre-corona). Warhammer Old World is still 3-5 years at best away from release and that was the date we had pre-corona. So at least 2 years on their best estimation from today. 

So whilst GW might release some marketing about it, I would not expect any pairing; the two are simply on utterly different timelines of production and there's no sane reason to pair them at this stage. Now we don't even know what age the Old World game will take place in; meanwhile the way CA has been doing the story for Warhammer Total War its sounding very much like they are doing their own End Times style story. A buildup of war during the first game; the disabling of the vortex in the second game - the unleashing of demons and chaos into the world in the 3rd game. A neat way to end it and bring the whole game into the Age of Sigmar - which might well be what CA is thinking for a future licence 

[Beastmaster]

10 minutes ago, Black_Templar_Lad said:

Also in regards to that rumour engine, these swords are definitely interesting. Do you think that arm has a sleeve? The crinkles in the wrist look at little too odd to be skin wrinkles and look more akin to clothing creases, perhaps a silk sleeve?

Vampiress? 😍

I thought of a long, tight-fitting glove as well. Or really flabby skin. 😄

[sandlemad]

38 minutes ago, El Syf said:

Dear lord, I don't think I'm ready for Manfred's muscle bound vampires doing Hulk Hogan impersonations.

GW's always looking to put their own angle on fantasy archetypes and there's many worse takes than swole beach bully vampires that slap people on the back and call them brother. (Sophisticated vampires wearing opera gloves to battle could also be ok)

Looking at this, the pommel and hilt are vaguely similar to some of the swords we've seen. Not a million miles from the 'perfume bottle' style pommel from one of the earlier ones.

Interesting as well to think about what gets shown and what doesn't. From what I can tell almost nothing we saw yesterday was previewed in the rumour engine pics, if we discount those done deliberately as previews of the preview in the week leading up.

[Black_Templar_Lad]

27 minutes ago, Overread said:

Warhammer TW 3 is apparently coming out next year (or at least that's the target window or was pre-corona). Warhammer Old World is still 3-5 years at best away from release and that was the date we had pre-corona. So at least 2 years on their best estimation from today. 

So whilst GW might release some marketing about it, I would not expect any pairing; the two are simply on utterly different timelines of production and there's no sane reason to pair them at this stage. Now we don't even know what age the Old World game will take place in; meanwhile the way CA has been doing the story for Warhammer Total War its sounding very much like they are doing their own End Times style story. A buildup of war during the first game; the disabling of the vortex in the second game - the unleashing of demons and chaos into the world in the 3rd game. A neat way to end it and bring the whole game into the Age of Sigmar - which might well be what CA is thinking for a future licence 

Doh! Completely forgot how far away TOW is 😂. 

But oh boi would an AoS Total War be good, I really hope this happens in the future. 

22 minutes ago, Beastmaster said:

I thought of a long, tight-fitting glove as well. Or really flabby skin. 😄

😂 Well all those years spend undead are bound to create some skin problems. 

[Overread]

Thing is even if GW does Old World again, for CA it would mostly be the same game we have now, if anything it might be a good "Saga" title for them, esp since GW will likely launch it slower and tease it out like they have the specialist games. So for CA the natural evolution point for Total War Warhammer is to move with the same pattern GW has - to do Age of Sigmar. For GW its also natural for them to want a big developer to do their latest and current focus - again to do Age of Sigmar.

For CA it also presents a lot of new content that they can use and develop. It means that fans of TW Warhammer are more likely to buy into a totally new game rather than one that's basically the same. Especially after doing 3 full linked games iwth expansions. 

 

 

I'm sure CA would want to do another - not just from the fan side of things, but financially the TW Warhammer game has not only been a big seller (biggest excluding Rise of the 3 Kingdoms which has an abnormal boost due to a huge Asian market) but its also retained one of  the highest continual playerbases. So its not just a big game its a long lasting one; the kind that you can tease DLC out for and make good profit; the kind that lasts in the amrket a long time and generates sales as a result of that. 

 

As it stands I would be more surprised if we don't see TW Age of Sigmar at some stage. 

[Nighthaunt Noob]

If today's rumor engine, along with many of the previous ones, isn't Vampires, GW's trolling game is epic. It's almost comical how many of these types of images are stacking up at this point.

[Enoby]

An interesting tidbit from 2019's October White Dwarf with Syll'Esske in. While I won't post the entire story, it follows man who has been possessed, and who seeks the daemon. He becomes fused with his daemon like many of the others in the host. 

Possibly this was inspired by/the inspiration for Two Souls? 

Maybe other literature suggests future releases.

[SirSalabean]

Vampires would fit with all these fancy swords. I’d imagine lots of fancy swordsman muskstier vampires with all these rumour engines 

[KingBrodd]

2 hours ago, Nezzhil said:

Also worth nothing are the scars on the wrist...are they bite marks perhaps?

[sandlemad]

25 minutes ago, Enoby said:

An interesting tidbit from 2019's October White Dwarf with Syll'Esske in. While I won't post the entire story, it follows man who has been possessed, and who seeks the daemon. He becomes fused with his daemon like many of the others in the host. 

Possibly this was inspired by/the inspiration for Two Souls? 

Maybe other literature suggests future releases.

Cool, I can see the connection. Part of Syll'Esske's background is that they're idolised by those who want synchronisation between the mortal and the daemonic. Wouldn't be surprised if they get some rule boosting Twinsouls, or maybe a battalion.