Owlcat Games has revealed a release date for its tactical role-playing game sequel Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy. The game arrives on January 28, 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X. The Switch 2 release date will be provided “at a later date,” according to a press release. Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy follows the good work done by Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader a couple of years ago. “Rogue Trader nails the 40k setup and provides an appropriately massive narrative full of meaty tactical combat, although some bugs and poor performance hold it back,” Caeyln Ellis wrote in Eurogamer’s Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trade review. Watch it on YouTube Dark Heresy changes things up by casting you as an Inquisitor and tasking you with hunting down heretics and purging the world of dark influences, as one seems to often do in the 41st century. And developer Owlcat has apparently overhauled many of the systems underpinning the adventure. There’s a beta that’s been running for a while that offers a full first act to try out, and it’s available if you purchase a Founders Edition of the game. This beta, by the way, will disappear on January 7, when Owlcat prepares the game for launch. Meanwhile, Owlcat is creating a substantially different RPG based on the popular Expanse license, a game much more inspired by Mass Effect. That project recently enlisted the help of former Dragon Age writer David Gaider, and will no doubt hope to fill a much-lamented void recently created by the cancellation of Mass Effect 5.
