SEGA and Creative Assembly are taking the Total War franchise to the Grimdark sci-fi setting of Warhammer: 40,000! This is going to be wild.
In case you didn’t watch the Game Awards or missed the announcement there’s some big 40k news. You saw the headline so let’s just roll that trailer:
From the Video Description:
There is no peace amongst the stars.
Experience the brutal fusion of galactic strategy and visceral real-time battles in Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Take command of iconic factions, customise your armies, and engage in devastating conflict as you carve a bloody path across the stars.
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Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Announced
“Fans of Total War: Warhammer will already know what to look forward to: strategic depth, brutal battles, and cinematic warfare. Now in the 41st Millennium, you’ll be waging war on a galactic scale. You’ll be able to conquer planets, upgrade your fleet, and manage your resources, before unleashing your forces in apocalyptic battle.”
At launch we’re going to have four factions to play:
- Space Marines
- Astra Militarum
- Orks
- Aeldari
Obviously each of these armies will have their own unique playstyles with different strengths and weaknesses. There’s a ton of units pulled right from the tabletop that will be injected into this game, too. You probably caught those in the trailer.
As far as the armies go you’ll also be able to customize their colors. This should be a real treat for fans to get to tweak their paint schemes across these factions. It almost wouldn’t feel right without it!
What I’m personally most curious about is how exactly this one is going to work. The trailer had the Marines and the Militarum forces battling the Orks. So I’m guessing allies will be a thing. It also would make sense for the battles in this game to continue to be the real-time strategy style fights — that was evident from the gameplay footage we saw. But then towards the end we saw a zoom out to orbit with a Space Marine Strike Cruiser with an “End Turn” button. This reminds me of the turn based campaign structure from the other Total War games.
I’m curious to see how far the campaign battles system will go and how managing fleets and resources will play out. Considering we’re also getting Dawn of War IV and it’s return to more of a classic RTS style, it seems like we’re going to be eating good on that front! Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is slate for a PC release as well as PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles. This is going to be very interesting…
Total War takes on Warhammer 40,000?! This could be REAL good.
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Writer, Editor, Texas Native, and now Tex-Pat, Adam covers all things Tabletop Gaming. Which includes Warhammer 40,000, Age of Sigmar, D&D, Board Games and everything else that involves dice, boards, cards and a table.
A hobbyist, player, and collector of miniatures and games, Adam’s current obsession are his Death and Chaos Armies for Age of Sigmar, his Blood Angels and Tyranids for 40k, an expanding collection of Marvel: Crisis Protocol minis, and his ever growing Arkham Horror: The Card Game Collection.
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