Blood for the blood god! Skulls for the skull throne! Games for the Pile of Shame!
In the last few years Warhammer-based games have been booming thanks to several high profile titles which not only sold and reviewed well, but also, more importantly, delivered a ton of good fun. If this year’s Warhammer Skulls showcase, held on May 22, is to be believed, the near future is looking even brighter.
- All games presented during Warhammer Skulls 2025
- Dark Heresy
- Rogue Trader
- Talisman: Digital 5th Edition
- Total War: Warhammer 3
- Warhammer Combat Cards
- Tacticus
- Blood Bowl 3
- Boltgun: Words of Vengeance
- Boltgun 2
- Mechanicus 2
- Vermintide 2
- Speed Freeks
- Supremacy: Warhammer 40.000
- Battlesector
- Warpforge
- Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions
- Darktide
- Rust – Warhammer 40.000 collaboration
- Space Marine 2
- Dawn of War Definitive Edition
- Space Marine Master Crafted Edition
- For the Emperor, and such
Why do we think that? Well, let’s take a look!
All games presented during Warhammer Skulls 2025
Dark Heresy
Owlcat Games is no stranger to TTRPG adaptations. After two games based on Pathfinder and 2023’s WH40k Rogue Trader now time comes for another one: Dark Heresy, a system about agents of the Inquisition conducting investigations and eliminating threats to minds and souls of Imperial citizens.
The game will revolve around the mystery of the Tyrant Star, a phenomenon fans of the source material are going to be quite familiar with.
There is no release date set just yet, but it will launch for PC (Epic, GOG, Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Rogue Trader
Immediately after showing off Dark Heresy, Owlcat also presented a glimpse at the next expansion for Rogue Trader. The DLC is called Lex Imperialis, and adds a new companion, an additional archetype, new locations, extra gear, good stuff in general.
The trailer also revealed its release date: June 24, 2025, and plugged the second Season Pass.
Talisman: Digital 5th Edition
Not Warhammer, but still a Games Workshop property: the digital version of Talisman: Digital 5th Edition is getting a new expansion. Alliances: Fate Beckons delivers a new game mode focused on a more co-operative experience. There are also, of course, new dangers, options, and opportunities coming, because it wouldn’t be a Talisman expansion without more cards than you could keep track of.
The Alliances: Fate Beckons expansion arrives on June 10, 2025.
Total War: Warhammer 3
A new DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER III was announced, and promises to add a new lord, a new faction, a new generic hero, and a bunch more stuff, seemingly largely oriented towards Chaos.
There is no firm release date, but it’s planned to launch this summer.
Warhammer Combat Cards
Did you know there is a Warhammer-themed card game? There is! And it got an angry update, featuring the angriest lad, Angron as a Supreme Commander card.
The game is available on PC and mobile. If you decide you want to give it a shot, try code SKULLS25 for some extra goodies.
Tacticus
If you’ve been playing Tacticus, your forces can now be bolstered by the Adeptus Custodes in their full golden glory.
The game can be played on PC and mobile, and if you use the code SKULLS25 before June 2025 you might get some free stuff.
Blood Bowl 3
All those wishing Blood Bowl 3 had more skulls and blood, good news, the actual fantasy football is getting its season 9 and with it comes the Khorne faction with its own new mechanics and units.
You’ll get touchdowns for the touchdown god starting on June 10.
Boltgun: Words of Vengeance
The boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun was one of the coolest 40k games in recent memory, so it’s nice to see the sequel properly confirmed. But this isn’t about it.
It’s about a spin-off, Boltgun: Words of Vengeance, an on-rails shooter which relies on you being really good at typing all kinds of thematically appropriate stuff like “Gellar Field” or “Emperors Weapon” (sic).
Words of Vengeance is free, and out now.
Boltgun 2
Okay, time for the proper sequel. It seems like Boltgun 2 is going to be, understandably, more of Boltgun 1, which is definitely an appropriate direction to take. There will be new worlds to purge, a branching campaign, new enemies, more weapons, it’s a proper sequel alright.
No firm date is available, but it’s already wishlistable and planned for a 2026 launch.
Mechanicus 2
The sequel to 2018’s excellent turn-based tactics game Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is coming along nicely, and the trailer revealed during Skulls presented a new faction joining the plot: the Leagues of Votann, or, if you’re unfamiliar: basically space dwarves. The trailer wasn’t just that, either: we got a good, if quick, look at progression, tactical combat and new units.
Mechanicus 2 is coming at some unspecified time in the future, but can be wishlisted already.
Vermintide 2
The Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Verminous Dreams story arc is getting its final chapter. The Well of Dreams brings a new map, new story beats, and, of course, plenty of tense combat for our favorite crew of screwups up to no good.
The Well of Dreams update is out now,
Speed Freeks
We all know that red ones go faster, and with the 1.0 release of the orkiest racing game out there, they can go faster than ever. Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks is half racing game, half vehicular combat, and by virtue of orks being bad at math, half absolute zoggin’ mayhem of flying car parts, wild acrobatics, and threat-filled maps.
Speed Freeks is out now.
Supremacy: Warhammer 40.000
The real-time multiplayer strategy Supremacy is getting its Warhammer 40.000 variant, letting players not hugely keen on historical settings try their tactical chops in the grim darkness of the far future.
It’s supposed to be available “soon” on PC and mobiles.
Battlesector
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is getting a new update as well, featuring new units, and a new mode, Crusader. There’s also a new DLC coming – it’s called Deeds of the Fallen and will be a new story campaign.
When? Now.
Oh, there’s also another content drop coming later this year, themed after the Black Legion.
Warpforge
Another card game gets an update. In Warpforge it’s the Emperor’s Children that are coming in to reap the chaotic fruits of excess.
The new faction is available now.
Warhammer The Horus Heresy: Legions
How many Warhammer card games are there?! No matter. The Horus Heresy: Legions also got a new content drop, focused on the legions which got wrecked at Isstvan V.
The Shattered Legions bundle is out now.
Darktide
Judgement is coming. It’s not Judge Dredd, but close enough, and the trailer even references the 2012 movie. Darktide, the 40k counterpart to Vermintide is getting a new class, the Adeptus Arbites, the brutal arm of the Imperial law, accompanied by a trusty cyber-mastiff.
The new class will become available on June 23.
Rust – Warhammer 40.000 collaboration
You know Rust? The survival game? Of course you do. Soon it will get an injection of Warhammer-, specifically: Krieg-themed cosmetics, including character skins, home base appearance, and weapon designs.
When? Eventually. Who knows.
Space Marine 2
Not a sequel trailer yet, but it’s still pretty nifty. Skulls brought us a trailer for a new Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 multiplayer mode, called Siege, effectively a proper PvE horde mode.
The Siege begins on June 26, and arrives with new cosmetic DLCs themed after White Scars and Blood Angels.
Dawn of War Definitive Edition
A blast from the past. The classic WH40k RTS series, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Master Collection is getting a hefty remaster making sure it’s fully and easily playable on modern systems. Higher resolutions, better lighting, the whole nine yards. It also comes with all the stand-alones, not just the original game. Metal boxes in 4K? Yes, please.
There is no release date yet, but it’s coming, oh Emperor, it’s coming.
Space Marine Master Crafted Edition
The Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine – Master Crafted Edition game already got its Definitive edition some time before SM2 even got announced, but it was more of a “get all the content in one place” kind of edition. Now the first playable adventure of Titus is getting a comprehensive technical remaster as well.
It’s launching on June 10 for PC and Xbox Series X/S. No word about PlayStation so far.
For the Emperor, and such
So that about covers it, as far as video game-related announcements go. The showcase was interspersed with various minor reveals and updates, like a special VR option at Zero Latency venues, or gaming desks, but we skipped these to focus on gaming news.
If any of these titles caught your interest, check the catalogues of our marketplace to check the deals on the already available games and to make sure you don’t miss those yet to come.
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