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PUTTING THE HAMMER DOWN

Though at its core, Games Workshop produces games for the tabletop, its history is tightly bound with videogames.

It was, after all, co-founded in 1975 by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, who both went on to help define the UK videogame industry. Computer platforms seemed natural offshoots for its physical games, starting in 1983 with Apocalypse for Sinclair’s ZX Spectrum. It even published original games, such as Julian Gollop’s acclaimed 1985 turn-based strategy, Chaos: The Battle Of Wizards.

Warhammer itself started to be reflected in videogames from the early 1990s, with the release of games based on HeroQuest, Space Crusade and Spaceto mobile CCGs (Combat arcade flight sims (Dakka to ARPGs (Inquisitor: and so is the quality level, but the list is studded with

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