Owlcat Game titles has announced Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, a classic-style RPG set in Games Workshop’s grimdark 41st millennium location.
Discovered at the Warhammer Skulls showcase, Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader is an isometric, celebration-primarily based RPG with change-dependent beat. Created for Pc and console, no release day has however been announced, the debut trailer options a fair amount of gameplay. Currently we can see a little something that appears to be like, at minimum visually, akin to Owlcat Games’ nicely-obtained Pathfinder video games.
Owlcat’s RPG will see you consider on the function of a Rogue Trader, a privateer with their possess service provider empire and voidship to sail among the stars and warp. In a journey via the unexplored Koronus Expanse, you are going to obtain a occasion of companions to explore and do battle with. Confirmed bash customers so considerably consist of a House Marine, an Aeldari Ranger, and a Sister of Fight characters all drawn from the tabletop model of Warhammer 40k.
“The grim darkness of the 41st millennium is a harsh area of unbound evil, untold sacrifices and massive-scale threats and problems that perfectly transitions into an remarkable roleplaying narrative that makes it possible for an remarkable freedom of in-game preference for the player,” said Oleg Shpilchevsky, head of Owlcat Video games. “We endeavor to deliver to the recreation every thing that admirers of the cRPG genre adore and count on: fateful decisions, non-linear stories, sturdy and assorted companion forged jointly with addictive and advanced gaming devices to learn.”
When the trailer is largely manufactured up of an animated introduction to the entire world of Rogue Traders in the 41st millennium, the gameplay snippets give us a great idea of the a lot of areas and enemies our Rogue Trader retinue will face. Aeldari, Drukhari, Chaos, and Necron components can be found all through, suggesting that the scope of the storyline will choose us throughout a big area of 40k lore.
Though no release day has been introduced, pre-orders are already available by way of Founder’s Packs. This will deliver obtain to the alpha and beta variations of the sport when they are built offered. This early obtain-style method of enhancement and launch is identical to how Owlcat unveiled its prior match, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous. The Founder’s Packs can be procured from the Owlcat Game titles website.
For far more Warhammer, check out the recently announced shooter Warhammer 40k: Boltgun, as perfectly as all the things unveiled at Warhammer Skulls.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s Uk Information and Attributes Editor.