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Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy Officially Launches January 28, 2027
Owlcat’s sequel adds detective-focused investigations and a new morale system as the beta ends Jan. 7 before launch.
- Cyprus-Based developer Owlcat Games announced that Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy will arrive on Jan. 28, 2027 on PlayStation, Xbox Series, and Windows.
- Following 2025's Rogue Trader, the studio's new CRPG shifts focus to detective work, tasking players with hunting clues and analyzing information within the 41st Millennium.
- The ongoing beta concludes on Jan. 7, 2027, and players have until "early January" to purchase Founder's Packs for special in-game items and perks.
- Mechanically, Dark Heresy introduces a detailed morale system affecting combat, with recruitable companions including "abhumans like Cogg, dangerous psykers like Saro or Pariahs like Discordance, or even xenos like the mysterious Aeldari Corsair Laarthyr."
- Nintendo Switch release timing remains pending, while Owlcat develops a separate Expanse-based RPG that recently recruited former Dragon Age writer David Gaider.
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Owlcat's awaited Warhammer 40K RPG Dark Heresy gets a release date, hoping to follow the good work of Rogue Trader
Owlcat Games has revealed a release date for its tactical role-playing sequel Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The game arrives 28th January, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. A Switch 2 release date will be provided "at a later date", a press release says.
Owlcat Games has missed its new Warhammer title the desired concrete release date.
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