A Gift for the

First Founders!





A gift for the first founders!

A contest for everyone!

A Twitch at 13h30 EDT Today!





Crusaders!



Some of you have already read my introduction on the forums, but for those who haven’t, my name is Ivan Mulkeen and I’m the in-house Narrative Designer for Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade.

Be Proud to bring weapons with unique patterns on the battle field of Arkhona!

Now, while you’re working at getting your creative juices flowing, we’ve got another surprise for you—we’re adding a couple of gifts to all the founders’ packs: a unique pistol and close combat weapon for each of the four starting factions! Coming in your Rogue Trader next week!





Anyone who is already a founder will receive this gift, as will anyone who signs up and become a Founder before the end of Gamescon; but once they’re gone… they’re gone!



This is just our way of saying thank you to those of you who have already thrown your support behind our game, but it wouldn’t be fair if we didn’t give people at least a little time to get in on the goods and be thanked too ;)





A contest!







Now then, what was that about a contest? Oh right! This should appeal to some of you more than others, but it’s my hope that it definitely appeals to a lot of you!



We’re inviting you, the fans, to write a short story based on the descent to Arkhona! You could win 1 of 3 prize packs! Contest is open from July 25th to August 22th, 2014.



All stories will be judged by Behaviour Interactive, and five finalists will be selected. Graham McNeill, award-winning Warhammer 40,000 novelist will select the top three winners.



Prize Packs: First Place: Gift from Graham McNeill $450 Xenos Founder’s pack Eternal Crusade leather journal

Second Place: Gift from Graham McNeill $120 Captain Founder’s pack

Third Place: Gift from Graham McNeill $80 Sergeant Founder’s pack

For all the contest details and how to enter, click here. Best of luck Crusaders!





About Upcoming Short Stories



Now, another popular question I get (and granted, 65% of the time it’s from the same guy… you know who you are) is “When are we going to learn more about the story?” Well, that’s a fantastic question… and you’d think I’d be the guy to just turn around and tell you.



Keep your eyes open for Graham McNeill’s short stories (coming in the near future to an Eternal Crusade website near you) as Graham continues to offer up his short works of fiction set in the Arkhona narrative space. I’ll also (from time to time) drop some things here and there, but you’re going to have to wait for at least a couple of months for anything really juicy from me.



Speaking of segways! Don’t forget, today, you can join us again on Twitch. Personally, I’m looking forward to it because I hear that the main focus will be 6v6 combat!





About Me

Now if you ask any ten people what a narrative designer is and/or does, you’re likely to get at least eight different responses—probably all correct. If you’re really interested, I’d direct you here and here as Anna Megill and Stephen Dinehart (respectively) have already done a fantastic job of explaining the position in great detail on those respective sites. You can also find a more detailed description of my specific job here, on our forums.



I’ve had a couple of jobs in the industry, from QA, to Game Writer, to writing freelance fiction related to specific companies IP. To date the games or IP’s I’ve done work for, in one form or another, include: Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age: Origins, Star Wars: The Old Republic, EverQuest Next, and now Warhammer 40000: Eternal Crusade. I spent last year writing my first novel, which sits quietly unpublished, as I search valiantly for a literary agent (which is as fun as it sounds…). In the meanwhile, I’m working on book 2 in the series when I’m not busy working on the narrative for our game!



I’m a big fan of the IP, and have been for many years. And for those who will inevitably ask, I play White Scars, Grey Knights, and Harlequins ;) You can follow me on twitter at @IvanMakesGames if you’d like, though I should warn you I tweet quite a bit ;)



That’s all for this newsletter, but I’ll leave you with some parting words from Graham McNeill about the short story contest:



“This is a great chance to help shape the future of Eternal Crusade! We’re looking forward to reading every single piece of work that comes in to us, and there are some prizes that money, literally, can’t buy on offer for the best ones. So what are you waiting for, get writing and show us what you can do!” ~ Graham McNeill



For the Khan! For the Emperor!



Ivan Mulkeen

Narrative Designer – Behaviour

Warhammer 40, 000: Eternal Crusade

www.eternalcrusade.com

