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Games Workshop Selling Their IP This Week In Vegas!

By Rob Baer | June 19th, 2016 | Categories: Warhammer 40k, Warhammer 40k Rumors

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Games Workshop will be on the floor this week in in Las Vegas selling licenses to their IP for new products such as Video Games, T-Shirts, TOYS, and more!

This week kicks off the 2016 Licensing Trade Show and Expo in Las Vegas, where over 5000 different brands will be on hand selling the rights to their Intellectual Property for the right price and product mix.

Over 16,000 attendees will flood the expo hall from Tuesday to Thursday, and this year Games Workshop will be on hand to hopefully license all sorts of new products for their new 2016 fiscal year.

Just to give you an idea of how big this event really is brands such as Disney, Hasbro, Jim Henson, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and Rubrik (Cube) will be on hand just to name a few

An anonymous source sent us this picture of GW’s booth at the event, which starts on Tuesday June 21st:

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Vendor: Games Workshop

Games Workshop is the world’s leading manufacturer and retailer of hobby miniatures drawn from the Science Fiction and Fantasy settings of Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer: Age of Sigmar and Warhammer Fantasy Battle.

Product Categories (5)

  • Art & Design > Illustration
  • Brands & Agents > Publishing
  • Characters & Entertainment > Character/Animation
  • Characters & Entertainment > Digital Content/Gaming
  • Characters & Entertainment > Toys & Games

Brands (17)

  • Battlefleet Gothic
  • Blood Bowl
  • Dark Future
  • Dawn of War
  • Dreadfleet
  • Fury of Dracula???
  • Horus Heresy
  • Inquisitor
  • Man ‘O’ War
  • Mordheim
  • Necromunda
  • Space Hulk
  • Talisman
  • Warhammer 40,000
  • Warhammer Age of Sigmar
  • Warhammer Fantasy Battle
  • Warhammer Quest

Now remember they just cited in their trading update for FY 2015 that they expected to post higher profits due to extra income from licenses!  So you have to imagine that this show is super important to them to help with their overall sales goals for FY 2016, as they look to reboot Age of Sigmar, and head into another possible edition of Warhammer 40k.

Plus I’m sure the smash hit Warhammer Total War’s revenue will do quite well for their financials as well, whichever the payouts fall into!

Also checkout this close up shot of their booth:

licensing expo trade show booth gw

40k, AoS, and Warhammer Fantasy Battles? Plus they’re looking to license Toys too!

Good news is, it looks like the sun may never truly set on Warhammer Fantasy if Games Workshop’s licensing department has it’s way!

-What products would YOU like to see GW license for this year?

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

Socials: Rob Baer on Facebook and @catdaddymbg on X

About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.