That’s not really known. It is just rumours that have been going around for longer than I’ve even been interested in warhammer.
From the little we do know, Ip holder are basically negotiating out their ip every so often depending on what the dev studio would want to add.
But we do know that GW keep oversight on all warhammer projects, meaning that even if FS want to add playable Orks (which while we do know they’re interested in them, probably won’t be for this game), it would have to go through GW 1st.
Which is quite doubtful. Much more likely to see FS do a future game where you play as an Ork
what specifically? Because segmented licensing is a very openly discussed thing for them.
if you ask me thats pure conjecture, there arent any signs that either GW or FS is interested in a ork protagonist game, more than any other faction.
from a marketing point GW would want games that are easily accessible and recognisable for non fans. wich orks arent, sure if a studio pushes hard for it i doubt they would ever opose the idea but themself actively pushing it? very unlikely
But we do know that some devs are interested in Orks.
“Every single interview [Andersson] will talk about Orks, but it’s not their time yet,” says Martin Wahlund, co-founder of Fatshark. “At some point they will matter, I promise you, but I don’t know when… We see this as a long, continuous journey, so to speak, that we want to build over time.”
