A few years ago, THQ announced that they would be making an MMO game based on Games Workshop’s Warhammer 40K franchise, well, the wait is over as the game was announced at this year’s E3. The new title under development at Austin-based Vigil Games will be called “Dark Millennium Online“.

THQ revealed that the game will allow players to “select their race and enter a beautifully crafted world of intrigue, adventure and all-out war.” According to THQ, the game is also set to feature a “strong graphics engine” with claims that it is “one of the best looking MMORPGs ever seen.”

THQ games VP Danny Bilson also made a bold statement during an analyst meeting at E3 yesterday that Vigil’s WH40K MMO, Dark Millennium Online, is meant to “shake up Blizzard“. After showing the industry analysts a video demonstration of the game, Bilson said he wanted to show that Vigil is doing a lot of stuff that WoW currently isn’t, in THQ’s eyes.