Amazon buys rights to Warhammer 40,000 games

Amazon is poised to launch a series of films and television shows based on the popular game Warhammer 40,000 from Games Workshop.

In a stock exchange announcement this morning, Games Workshop confirmed it had established "creative guidelines" and secured a deal with Amazon to bring the Warhammer 40,000 universe to life in film and TV adaptations, along with associated merchandising rights for any Amazon-produced content, as reported by