Asartes was a work of fucking art ... was actually creative ... and they basically just snatched the guy up and brutally murdered any future Asartes-like series in the fucking cradle.
Not only did they snatch him up about a week or so before he was going to start releasing Astartes 2, they then put the original up on GW+... but reedited with the graphics muddled and the sounds edited to be worse.
Fan-created series that made more people interested in Warhammer and it's associated brands than Games Workshop EVER has in any way shape or form gets crushed, ruthlessly, and tossed to the winds because GW can't have anything they're not in control of.
Case in point, Janovich, he of the dancing Death Korps. After GW took down Astartes, he boxed up all of his purchases that were still in the refund window and got a refund. He still does GW content, and he's dared them to come after him for doing so. Also, his GW corporate videos are on the nose.
Meanwhile, for as massive of a misstep that they made by firing Blain Pardoe, Catalyst Games Lab has been handling the Battletech/Mechwarrior franchise surprisingly well. Because at the same time GW was squashing their fan animations, CGL took the creator of a popular fan series and had him help with their newest game, or at least on the trailer. As well as canonizing the character and micronation of one of their most popular community members ("Tex" of the Black Pants Legion, with his character Randolph P. Checkers of Van Zandt).
Not only did they snatch him up about a week or so before he was going to start releasing Astartes 2, they then put the original up on GW+... but reedited with the graphics muddled and the sounds edited to be worse.
Case in point, Janovich, he of the dancing Death Korps. After GW took down Astartes, he boxed up all of his purchases that were still in the refund window and got a refund. He still does GW content, and he's dared them to come after him for doing so. Also, his GW corporate videos are on the nose.
Meanwhile, for as massive of a misstep that they made by firing Blain Pardoe, Catalyst Games Lab has been handling the Battletech/Mechwarrior franchise surprisingly well. Because at the same time GW was squashing their fan animations, CGL took the creator of a popular fan series and had him help with their newest game, or at least on the trailer. As well as canonizing the character and micronation of one of their most popular community members ("Tex" of the Black Pants Legion, with his character Randolph P. Checkers of Van Zandt).