The primary teaser for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (opens in new tab), launched greater than two years in the past, centered on a four-person recon squad investigating sub-level six of Atoma Prime’s Tertium Hive. The video ended with the staff trying to be in a spot of bother—and now we lastly know what occurred to them.
A brand new World Intro Trailer launched at present for Darktide begins off in high quality Warhammer trend, with ominous music, foreboding narration, and the compulsory reminder that “there may be solely battle.” An enormous, gothic starship enters a portal that crackles with purple vitality, rising on the opposite facet over a metropolis so nice, its towers are seen from house. As spiritual imagery melds with cosmic horror, we’re taken deep into the dank sublevels of the Hive metropolis, the place 4 members of the Astra Militarum are beating a hasty retreat from… one thing.
That is clearly the identical recon squad that was seen within the first video: They’ve the identical uniforms and headgear, and their pauldrons bear the identical unit emblem. Sadly, the phrases of their commanding officer within the first trailer—”I am going to know extra once they make it again—in the event that they make it again”—had been prophetic. The squad appeared strong {and professional} when first confronted by the corrupt hordes of Chaos, however the state of affairs has clearly gone south in a giant approach, and sadly it appears like not one of the gang are going to make it house from this one.
The trailer does not say something new about Darktide, which appears very very like its predecessor Vermintide however set within the Warhammer 40K universe relatively than Warhammer Fantasy, however that is OK by me. It does a very good job of setting the desk, by means of symbolism and scale, and sheer, grinding grimdark: You are going to get bloody, and keep bloody, till some kind of outsized horror carves your backbone out with its enamel. This most likely comes as no shock, besides I feel it is enjoyable to get a bleak, overdramatic reminder every so often. And concluding (or at the very least persevering with—perhaps there will probably be extra) the story of the misplaced recon squad is a really good contact, too.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is obtainable for pre-purchase on Steam (opens in new tab) and set to launch on November 30. If you have not already seen it, the primary teaser that includes our poor misplaced recon squadron is down beneath.