Games Workshop is celebrating what it has hailed ‘the best financial year in the company’s history,’ having reported a revenue of £269.7 million for the 12 months to May 31st 2020. That’s an increase of over £10 million on the £256.6 million it totalled for the same period in 2019. …
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Independent retailers and hobby stores are celebrating a ‘rare win’ over Games Workshop who spent an embattled week at the outrage of a community who believed themselves “to be overlooked” by the British miniatures brand and its latest big box Warhammer launch, in favour of the online discounters and its …
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Games Workshop’s Warhammer is massively successful. Seriously. Over the past three years – since the onset of Brexit fell upon us – Warhammer has doubled the size of its business. Last year, it ended £81million in profit. Robert Hutchins talks to senior licensing manager, Zoe Smith about how the franchise …
Read More »Games Workshop prepares for bumper 2019 with profits and sales already ahead of 2018
Profits and sales at Games Workshop, the tabletop gaming firm behind the global Warhammer franchise, are ahead of last year, signalling another bumper year for the UK company. According to the group, trading between September and early November has beaten the company’s performance for the same period last year, with …
Read More »Games Workshop and Marvel partner for Warhammer comic series
Games Workshop and Marvel have detailed a new collaboration to create a new series of Warhammer comics, due to land in autumn 2020. Marvel Comics is the iconic name behind many of the world’s best-loved super hero characters (you know, like Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four) and proudly …
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USAoploy will release two new licensed versions of Talisman in North America and other select regions later this year, marking the first time a licensed version of the game is made available.
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"The response for the physical and digital game has already been incredible, and we just can’t wait to watch that grow to new heights."
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The hobby and toy specialist is preparing to open its third store next month in face of high street woes.
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The impact of Games Workshop's new licensing strategy has seen revenue rocket from £2 million to £10 million in the last five years. That's the equivalent of $155 million at retail. Licensing.biz explores the history, success and future of this British-born brand.
Read More »Warhammer is gaining greater toyshop presence and it’s thanks to its growing licensing roster
The move towards enticing new audiences into the Warhammer trope has been bolstered through collaborations with Steve Jackson Games for a Warhammer cross-over with the publisher’s hit title Munchkin, Warhammer Monopoly and a children's book series.
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