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Game publishers don't like to talk much about how much a particular game costs to make. However, an executive for THQ made an exception this week during an investor briefing call. Gamasutra reports that during the call THQ's executive vice president and CFO Paul Pucino stated that at the moment the company is projecting that its long-in-development MMO Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium Online will cost somewhere in the $50 million range.

Pucino added that the publisher was looking for the game to generate revenues "over a long period of time -- five, six, seven, eight years" and that ultimately the game would become very profitable. He would not state how many subscribers THQ is expecting for the game which is being developed by Vigil Games and is currently slated for release during THQ's fiscal 2013 time frame.

While THQ finally gave its long-in-development Warhammer 40,000 MMO game an actual title (Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium Online) last June at E3, we thought that was going to be the single for lots of info about the game to be revealed. Sadley with the exception of a few screenshots and a couple of trailers, details about the game are still being kept close to the vest.

During today's THQ conference call to financial analysts, execs for the company said that the game is now due for release sometime in THQ's 2013 fiscal year. That year begins on April 1, 2012 and ends on March 31, 2013. That means we have well over a year at least before the game is launched, if then.

Last June at E3, THQ finally showed the public something of Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium Online, the upcoming MMO based on Games Workshop's war game. However, If you thought that reveal meant that the game was going to be launched in the near future think again.

In a new chat with Shacknews, THQ exec Danny Bilson admitted that the publisher's first big MMO game is "still a few years off" adding that "It won't be released until it's incredibly competitive" The MMO project comes from THQ's internal developer Vigil Games. Bilson also feels the game will be successful even with the huge World of Warcraft audience, saying "I don't expect to get all World of Warcraft users over, but if I get a million we're in great shape.

The Warhammer 40,000 MMO has had a media black-out for quite a while now. No information has been released on playable races, vehicle usage,what combat actually entails, or the actual meat of the MMO at all. however, in their demonstration at Gamescom, THQ decided to break out their new MMO and showcase it to the audience. The result is this first trailer, which reveals a good bit about the game proper.

The first playable race, which is no surprise to anyone at all, is the Imperium of Man. This race includes the three subfactions (according to the tabletop game) of the Adeptus Mechanicus (Techpriests), Imperial Guard, and Adeptus Astartes (Space Marines). Gameplay of all three classes was shown, as well as some of the mechanics revolving around the battlefield, and it's certainly a stunning-looking game. This is one of the few trailers to come from Gamescom that genuinely has us trembling with excitement.

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PC gamers will soon be able to play their own version of Darksiders, the action-adventure game from developer Vigil Games and publisher THQ that was first released for consoles back in January. The PC port is now scheduled for release on September 23 but folks who pre-order the game on Steam and Direct2Drive will get some extras.

The pre-order offer on Steam includes a free download of Titan Quest Gold, the cult hit action-RPG from the now defunct developer Iron Lore. If you put your money down for the game early at Direct2Drive's site you will be able to download a free copy of the third person shooter Red Faction: Guerrilla. While the game will require Steam to play it doesn't appear to support Steamworks features like achievements.

While retailer web sites and even Steam had already moved the release date of the Darksiders PC port from June to September, publisher THQ's UK web site has finally confirmed that the third person action game from developer Vigil Games will be released in that part of the world on September 24.

The UK web site has also revealed that the PC port, at least in that country, will be getting some extras in the form of a "Hellbook" (catchy). The book will contains a comic book and concept artwork from the game drawn by comic book artist Joe Madureira (who now works at Vigil Games). It will also contain the game's soundtrack on CD.

While PC gamers wait patiently for the release of the PC port of Darksiders sometime in September publisher THQ has announced plan to release merchandise related to the action game from developer Vigil Games. Two of these items will debut during this July's San Diego Comic-Con.

One of them is The Art of Darksiders,a book containing tons of concept artwork from the game. It will be released in a limited print run at Comic-Con by Udon Entertainment and will be generally be released in October. Also SOTA Toys will show off a 14 inch statue of the lead character in the game WAR during Comic-Con. The statue will be the first of a series based on Darksiders and will be sold sometime later this year.

For some odd reason some game publishers like to have a financial analyst conference call during E3 2010. One of the companies that did so was THQ. During its conference call publisher execs managed to confirm a sequel to one of their best selling 2010 titles.

That title is Darksiders, the third person action game from THQ's Vigil Games division. The sequel, Darksiders 2, has already been greenlighted for production, according to a THQ exec, but that the game won't be showing up until 2012. PC owners will get their port of the original Darksiders this September.

Years after THQ first announced that the publisher would be making an MMO based on Games Workshop's Warhammer 40,000 franchise, E3 2010 has finally revealed the actual title of the game: Warhammer 40,000 Dark Millennium. As previous announced the game is under development at Austin-based Vigil Games.

There's still not a lot of info about the game. THQ states that Dark Millennium will allow players to "select their race and enter a beautifully crafted world of intrigue, adventure and all-out war." It's also touting its "strong graphics engine" with claims that it is "one of the best looking MMORPGs ever seen." More info about the game will be revealed in about two months at Gamescom. In the meantime you can check out a trailer above this post.

It was a huge surprise to learn a few months ago that publisher THQ was planning to release a PC version of their console action game Darksiders from developer Vigil Games. While THQ announced a June 24 release date for the PC port there's now evidence that the game's release has been pushed back.

Pre-order listings for the game at GameStop and Amazon.com now show a September 16 release date for the PC port. In addition the listing for the game on Steam's web site now shows a September 2010 release as well. We have naturally emailed THQ to get an official confirmation but at the moment it doesn't look like this is a mistake.