Following the success of the tactical RPG Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, developer Owlcat Games is back with a follow-up, and this one will let you make your presence known as an Inquisitor.
"Set against the backdrop of the Noctic Aeterna and the mystery of the Tyrant Star, players will lead a warband of diverse companions in a desperate battle against heresy and corruption--from loyal Imperial subjects, such as a veteran Guardsman from the death world of Catachan, to nefarious xenos, including a bird-like Kroot mercenary," Owlcat Games said in the official announcement.
If you've played Rogue Trader, this basic setup should sound relatively familiar. Like its predecessor (which is still getting a new expansion and additional content via Season Pass 2), Dark Heresy features turn-based combat and "choices that carry grave consequences." In Warhammer 40,000, your choices are usually "bad" or "really bad," but no one in this universe is really a good person, so you don't have to feel too guilty.
Owlcat says Dark Heresy "greatly expands on the ideas introduced in Rogue Trader," which was itself an extremely large and expansive CRPG. Alongside the Baldur's Gate-like combat and exploration, Rogue Trader also features spaceship combat using an entirely different turn-based system. It's unclear if this will appear in Dark Heresy.
No release window for Dark Heresy was given in the official announcement during Warhammer Skulls 2025, but the game will be coming to PC as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It was just one of many announcements at the event, which also featured Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2.
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"Set against the backdrop of the Noctic Aeterna and the mystery of the Tyrant Star, players will lead a warband of diverse companions in a desperate battle against heresy and corruption--from loyal Imperial subjects, such as a veteran Guardsman from the death world of Catachan, to nefarious xenos, including a bird-like Kroot mercenary," Owlcat Games said in the official announcement.
If you've played Rogue Trader, this basic setup should sound relatively familiar. Like its predecessor (which is still getting a new expansion and additional content via Season Pass 2), Dark Heresy features turn-based combat and "choices that carry grave consequences." In Warhammer 40,000, your choices are usually "bad" or "really bad," but no one in this universe is really a good person, so you don't have to feel too guilty.
Owlcat says Dark Heresy "greatly expands on the ideas introduced in Rogue Trader," which was itself an extremely large and expansive CRPG. Alongside the Baldur's Gate-like combat and exploration, Rogue Trader also features spaceship combat using an entirely different turn-based system. It's unclear if this will appear in Dark Heresy.
No release window for Dark Heresy was given in the official announcement during Warhammer Skulls 2025, but the game will be coming to PC as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. It was just one of many announcements at the event, which also featured Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2.
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