Warhammer Skulls 2022: Everything Announced at the Games Workshop Event

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By the name of the Emperor, it’s Warhammer Skulls again. For the second year in a row, Games Workshop has done an E3-style blowout showcase of its video game partnerships, both upcoming and ongoing. Below you can find every single thing announced at Warhammer Skulls 2022. The 13 main announcements include everything from brand new games, including a Warhammer 40,000 RPG, to updates on Total War: Warhammer 3 and Vermintide 2, as well as fresh details on Warhammer 40K: Darktide and Space Marine 2.

Someone has finally decided to make an RPG set in the Warhammer 40k universe! And that someone is Owlcat Games, the studio behind the rather good Pathfinder games. Rogue Trader is a classic-style RPG with all the usual genre staples; isometric camera, companions to recruit, turn-based combat, and a variety of enemies to kill and locations to visit. Little is known of the story or if a Black Library writer is involved, but your Rogue Trader protagonist is set to be joined by a Space Marine (a Space Wolf by the look of the key art), a Sister of Battle, and an Aeldari Ranger. No release date has been announced, but you can already buy a Founder’s Pack that guarantees access to the alpha and beta versions.

If the 40k universe is suited to any kind of video game genre, it’s the boomer shooter. The gothic, gory sensibilities of Warhammer just line up perfectly with the vibes of the original Doom and Quake games. And that’s exactly what we have with Warhammer 40k: Boltgun; a tribute to ‘90s FPS games with a grimdark future aesthetic. It’s coming to PC and consoles next year, and when it does you’ll be able to slaughter legions of sprite-based Chaos enemies using - naturally - a Space Marine’s boltgun. Despite the name, there are also