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2024OnlinePanel 21Saturday 28th SeptemberWarhammer 40k

In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war… And gorgeous women

Warhammer 40,000 is the world’s largest and most significant miniature wargame, with some of the highest-quality models produced in the industry. It is a hobby beloved by many fans of all ages and genders. In addition to the game, Warhammer 40,000 enjoys a wealth of novels released by the Black Library – a company dedicated …

2024Friday 27th SeptemberOnlinePanel 6Warhammer 40k

The Return of Reckoning: Warhammer Online and Successful Fan-Directed Preservation of Videogames

This research presentation explores how videogame communities mobilise to save their favourite games from becoming lost to history using the example of The Return of Reckoning (Return of Reckoning, 2014) as a case study. The key aims are to position live-service games in current games preservation theory and then unpack how the ‘fan-developers’ preserved Return …