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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV (Dawn of War 4, DoW4) is an upcoming KING Art Games RTS published by Deep Silver, launching December 3, 2026 on Steam; four factions, 70+ missions on Kronus, 200 years after Dark Crusade.

Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior

Warhammer 40,000: Fire Warrior (Fire Warrior) is a 2003 Kuju Entertainment FPS for PS2 and PC, the first 40K shooter, played as T'au warrior Kais; re-released on Steam in 2026.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II is Bulwark Studios' turn-based tactical sequel (Kasedo Games), released May 21, 2026 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with dual Adeptus Mechanicus and Necron campaigns on Hekateus IV and the Leagues of Votann's video game debut.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader (video game)

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a turn-based role-playing game by Owlcat Games, released in 2023 for PC and consoles, adapting Fantasy Flight Games' tabletop Rogue Trader RPG.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Relic Entertainment, THQ, 2011) is a third-person action shooter starring Captain Titus defending Forge World Graia from Orks and Chaos. No cover system, execution-based healing; sequel Space Marine 2 by Saber Interactive released 2024.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is a 2024 third-person action game by Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment, starring Ultramarine Lieutenant Titus against Tyranids, with co-op campaign, Operations PvE, and Eternal War PvP modes.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar

Warhammer Age of Sigmar (AoS) is Games Workshop's fantasy tabletop miniature wargame, launched 2015 to replace Warhammer Fantasy Battles, set in the Mortal Realms with Stormcast Eternals; fourth edition with Spearhead mode launched July 2024.

Warhammer Fantasy (setting)

Warhammer Fantasy, also called the Old World or World-That-Was, is Games Workshop's dark fantasy setting for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (1983), the Empire of Sigmar, the End Times apocalypse, and its revival as Warhammer: The Old World.

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR) was Mythic Entertainment's 2008 subscription MMORPG based on Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy, known for Realm vs. Realm combat and public quests; official servers closed December 18, 2013, continued by the fan project Return of Reckoning.

Warhammer: Dark Omen

Warhammer: Dark Omen (Dark Omen) is a 1998 real-time tactics game by Mindscape and EA, sequel to Shadow of the Horned Rat, following mercenary Morgan Bernhardt's Grudgebringers in a linear Warhammer Fantasy campaign; re-released on Steam in 2026.

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat

Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat (Mindscape, 1995) is the first Warhammer Fantasy RTS, following mercenary captain Morgan Bernhardt of the Grudgebringers against skaven; PC and PlayStation, sequel Dark Omen, re-released on GOG and Steam.

Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide

Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide is a 2015 four-player co-op first-person action game by Fatshark, set in Warhammer Fantasy's End Times against Skaven; it spawned Vermintide 2 and the Tide series.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 (Fatshark, 8 March 2018) is a four-player co-op first-person melee action game set in Warhammer Fantasy, pitting five heroes with three careers each against Skaven and Chaos hordes.

Warhol (Mercurian crater)

Warhol crater, a 91.35-km IAU-named impact crater on Mercury near 2.54°S 6.08°W, named for Pop artist Andy Warhol in April 2012; known for its central peak and extensive hollows imaged by MESSENGER.

Warhol superstars

Warhol superstars: Andy Warhol's named circle of non-professional performers at his Factory, including Edie Sedgwick, Viva, Nico, and Joe Dallesandro, filmed in Screen Tests and films from 1963.

Warhorse One

Warhorse One (2023) is an American war action-drama, Johnny Strong's directorial debut co-directed with William Kaufman, about a Navy SEAL guiding a child to safety after the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal; released by Well Go USA.

Wari (Alignment)

Wari (Alignment) is a two-player Ashanti alignment board game from Ghana, documented in 1927, played on a 6x6 grid with 12 pieces per player; three in an orthogonal row captures, distinct from the mancala game Wari.

Wari (ludii 1626)

Wari (Ludii game DLP.Games.1428) is the Ashanti two-row mancala sowing game of Ghana, also called Oware, Awari, or Awale; 2x6 board, four counters per hole, anticlockwise sowing, most captures wins, and the solved game is a draw with perfect play.

Wari Empire

The Wari Empire (Imperio Wari) was an expansionist Andean state based at Huari in the Ayacucho Valley of highland Peru, flourishing from about 600 to 1000 CE.

Wari tapestry weaving

Wari tapestry weaving is the elite textile tradition of the Wari Empire (c. 600–1000 CE), centered near Ayacucho, Peru, and expressed in prestigious tapestry-woven men's tunics.

Waring–Goldbach problem

The Waring–Goldbach problem is a question in additive number theory asking how few kth powers of primes suffice to represent large integers, merging Waring's problem with Goldbach's.

Waring's problem

Waring's problem, posed by Edward Waring in 1770, asks how many k-th powers suffice to represent every natural number as a sum; Hilbert proved a bound exists in 1909.

Warintra Pitsawong

Warintra Pitsawong, nicknamed Ning, is a Thai biochemist and biophysical chemist who studies enzyme allostery and catalysis, and co-created the AF-Cluster method published in Nature in 2024.

Wario

Wario (ワリオ) is Nintendo's greedy rival of Mario, created by Hiroji Kiyotake; debuted 1992 in Super Mario Land 2, starred in Wario Land platformers and the WarioWare microgame series.

Wario Land

Wario Land, also Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, is Nintendo's 2D platformer series starring Wario, begun 1994 on Game Boy by Nintendo R&D1; known for invincibility transformations, treasure hunting, and Wario Land 4 (2001), ending with The Shake Dimension (2008).

WarioWare

WarioWare is a party video game series published by Nintendo, built around microgames of a few seconds each, first released as WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! in 2003.

Waris Baig

Waris Baig is a Pakistani playback singer who rose to fame in the 1990s, singing for over 100 films and winning three consecutive National Film Awards.

Waris Dirie

Waris Dirie (Waris Diiriye), Somali-born model, author and anti-FGM activist; UN special ambassador 1997–2003; author of Desert Flower; founder of the Desert Flower Foundation in Vienna.

Waris Shah

Waris Shah (وارث شاہ) was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet of the Chishti order, author of Heer Ranjha, widely regarded as the greatest work in the Punjabi language.

Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris

Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris is a 2006 Indian Punjabi historical drama directed by Manoj Punj, starring Gurdas Maan as the poet Waris Shah and Juhi Chawla as Bhag Bhari; it won Best Feature Film in Punjabi at the 54th National Film Awards.