Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Gets a New Trailer and Alpha Release Window | IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy has a caller trailer caller from IGN Fall Fan Fest 2025, and it confirms a Q4 2025 merchandise model for the alpha.

Owlcat Games’ promising follow-up to cRPG Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, lets players go an acolyte of the Inquisition, 1 of the Imperium’s heresy-hating enforcers. Here’s the authoritative blurb:

Step into the shadows arsenic an acolyte of the Inquisition successful Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy, a 2nd narrative-driven tactical RPG acceptable successful the beloved grimdark universe. Set against the backdrop of the Noctis Aeterna and the enigma of the Tyrant Star, players volition pb a warband of divers companions successful a hopeless conflict against heresy and corruption — from loyal Imperial subjects, specified arsenic a seasoned Guardsman from the decease satellite of Catachan, to nefarious xenos, including a bird-like Kroot mercenary.With intricate investigations, a turn-based combat system, and choices that transportation sedate consequences, Dark Heresy is acceptable to present an atmospheric dive into the brutality and mysticism of 1 of the Imperium’s astir feared organizations. The crippled greatly expands connected the ideas introduced successful Rogue Trader and features afloat voiced dialogues.

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy is owed retired connected PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store) and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. There’s nary merchandise day yet, but acknowledgment to the caller trailer, we cognize we’ll beryllium capable to play the crippled earlier the extremity of this year.

Meanwhile, besides astatine Fan Fest, Owlcat announced a Nintendo Switch 2 mentation of Rogue Trader. It’s breathtaking times successful the satellite of Warhammer 40,000 video games. Not lone bash we person Dark Heresy and the Switch 2 motorboat of Rogue Trader to look guardant to, but we besides person important updates inactive coming to the likes of Darktide and Space Marine 2. Looking further ahead, Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II, Dawn of War 4, and Space Marine 3 are each successful the works.

And beryllium definite to cheque retired everything announced astatine IGN Fan Fest 2025: Fall Edition for much connected what's coming down the line.

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