Owlcat Games has revealed a release date for its tactical role-playing sequel Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The game arrives 28th January, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. A Switch 2 release date will be provided “at a later date”, a press release says.
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy follows the good work laid down by Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader a couple of years ago. “Rogue Trader nails the 40k setting and provides an appropriately massive narrative filled with meaty tactical combat, though some bugs and poor performance hold it back,” wrote Caeyln Ellis in Eurogamer’s Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trade review
Dark Heresy changes things by casting you as an Inquisitor and tasking you with hunting down heretics and purging the world of dark influences, as one is wont to do in the 41st century, it seems. And developer Owlcat has apparently overhauled many of the systems underpinning the adventure.
There’s a beta that’s been running for a while that offers a complete first Act to try, and it’s accessible if you buy a Founders edition of the game. This beta, incidentally, disappears 7th January, when Owlcat prepares the game for launch.
Meanwhile, Owlcat is making a substantially different RPG based around the popular Expanse license – a game that’s much more closely inspired by Mass Effect. That project recently recruited the help of former Dragon Age writer David Gaider, and it will no doubt hope to fill a much-lamented hole created recently by the cancellation of Mass Effect 5.