DarkTide Warhammer 40000 – All known information
Developing a new Warhammer game: 40000 engaged in studio, which released two games in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle universe. This is Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide and Warhammer: Vermintade 2. The game’s release date is scheduled for 2021 year.
Storyline written by Dan Abnett, known to fans from the Horus Heresy book series, Eisenhorn, Ravenor. According to the scenario, the game takes place in the hive city of Tertium. Players will have to fight hordes of heretics and mutants. noteworthy, that the developers took the mechanics from Vermintide as the basis for hand-to-hand combat, while significantly reworking the mechanics of shooting. And it is right, because in the 40k universe, shooting matters a lot.
As for the details of the gameplay, little is known. Primarily, it will be a cooperative shooter with the possibility of passing alone. Locations are drawn in the style of a dystopian future. We are waiting for dark corridors and small open spaces.
Choice 4 character with their own unique skills. Stands out from the rest of the Ogryn, a huge unit with a huge cleaver and a powerful shotgun. However, in the books, this unit is described as a soldier of the Imperial Guard with great strength and a narrow-minded mind. There is also a soldier with an aquila of the Imperial Guard on his helmet. More likely, attack aircraft. Asian woman with a hammer, probably, inquisitor. She might be a psyker, ie. use psychic superpowers. Who is the fourth character, not very clear, probably, someone from the special forces. Maybe, assassin. Assassins specialize in eliminating high value targets. – bosses.
Adepts of Nurgle act as enemies, as well as demons of chaos. At the moment there is a full trailer, it can be found at link.