Sega and Relic and the whereabouts of the Warhammer 40,000 IP

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Sega sent a press release overnight about its Relic acquisition, and seemed to suggest it had acquired the Warhammer 40,000 IP as well.
THQ definitely held the IP and Relic had used it over the years to make Dawn of War 1, Dawn of War 2, the in-development Dawn of War 3, and Space Marine. But nowhere in the THQ auction document did it mentioned Warhammer 40,000; only Company of Heroes and UFO game licences were named.
Sega's press release announced it had acquired all shares of THQ Canada (AKA Relic) "and some IPs owned by THQ". The only IPs talked about in the press release were Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000.
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