Games Workshop®, a world leading designer, manufacturer and retailer of tabletop battle games and miniatures based on its Warhammer® and Warhammer® 40,000® brands saw significant growth in its licensing activity during 2016.

Licensed products worth an estimated $109m at retail were sold during the period Nov 2015 to Nov 2016, principally from the company’s successful stable of licensed videogames and apps. These categories were augmented by new lines of licensed giftware, apparel, high end art prints, accessories and comic books, whose early performance is promising. Moving into 2017, limited edition statues, drinkware, computer accessories, time pieces and footwear are all headed to market in addition to the highly anticipated release of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War® III, the latest entry in the 7 million plus selling videogame franchise.

‘It’s been a great year for our licensed products, with numerous best-selling video games leading the charge’ said Jon Gillard, Head of Licensing for Games Workshop. ‘Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 are world class IPs that have been around for over 30 years, during which time Games Workshop has released tens of thousands of products, and we feel sure we will continue to see huge success for the Warhammer brand as we move into new categories of licensing’.

Games Workshop will be exhibiting at the New York Toy Fair this month and the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas in May. Interested parties wishing to know more should get in touch using the contact details below.

Contacts

Christian Dunn, New Business Manager: christian.dunn@gwplc.com

Jon Gillard, Head of Licensing : jon.gillard@gwplc.com

About Games Workshop:

Games Workshop® Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L), based in Nottingham, UK, produces the best fantasy miniatures in the world. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer®: Age of Sigmar® and Warhammer® 40,000® games, miniature soldiers, novels and model kits through more than 460 of its own stores (branded Games Workshop® or Warhammer®), the www.games-workshop.com web store and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop and its other, related, brands and product ranges (including our publishing division ‘Black Library’ and our special resin miniatures studio ‘Forge World’) can be found at www.games-workshop.com and https://investor.games-workshop.com/