Warhammer 40,000: Glory In Death Q&A
It's starting to look like Nokia's got a plan for putting the N-Gage on the map: It's going to identify entertainment franchises with small but extremely dedicated fan bases, and then it will turn them into N-Gage games. Lately, the company has been concentrating on tabletop role-playing games. For instance, Nokia somehow snagged the Rifts license from Palladium Books last year, after creator Kevin Siembieda had already snubbed loads of other video game suitors. Now, GameSpot has learned that Nokia is cooperating with Games Workshop to bring its classic Warhammer 40,000 tabletop tactics game to the N-Gage. Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death, which will be a turn-based strategy game, is currently under development by UK developer Razorback Developments.
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GameSpot: How similar will the N-Gage version of Warhammer 40,000 be to the tabletop game? How are you planning to translate the game's competitive nature to the N-Gage?
Timo Toivanen: We'll make the game as true as possible to the tabletop version. We wanted to do a pseudo-tabletop conversion, since (Warhammer creator) Games Workshop has done this for a very long time, and we'd be foolish to tamper with such a well-designed system. Games Workshop really has Warhammer down to a science. They have statistics galore concerning the movement ratios of specific units. Hence, we have tried to preserve the same ratios in our game so that the overall balancing is consistent. Of course, N-Gage Arena will fuel international online competitions and global multiplayer.
GS: What's the scenario in Warhammer 40,000: Glory in Death's single-player game?
TT: There will be two different single-player game modes in Warhammer 40K: Glory in Death. First, there's the campaign mode. There are four single-player campaigns with around 60 missions between them. The Warhammer story was something we definitely wanted to have in this game, and Games Workshop is very keen on it, naturally. The idea is that there are four different playable races, and each race gets a different storyline, which moves connects with the others at different points.
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The second single-player mode is the skirmish mode, which is designed for short games. Basically, this will be a random battle mode for solo gamers to pitch themselves against the game's artificial intelligence on 20 unique skirmish maps. In skirmish mode, players will be able hone their skills to near-perfect levels, so they'll be able to confront all the challenges in the other game modes.
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GS: How will Warhammer 40,000 take advantage of the N-Gage's special capabilities?
TT: The game will feature two-player play over both Bluetooth and N-Gage Arena connections, as well as a pass-and-play multiplayer mode. Over Bluetooth, players will be able to choose a free-for-all battle, where they fight one another, or play against the CPU in a team battle. Only the free-for-all battle will be available over N-Gage Arena. This game will also feature an online high-scores table and many unlockable units to collect.
