In the grim darkness of the far future, there aren't any more rats, because they've gone and blown up the world - which is a story for another time. Vermintide 2 developer Fatshark has announced a follow-up to its frenzied co-op Skaven smasher, and it's a Warhammer 40K game called Darktide that's coming sometime in 2021.
The trailer for Warhammer 40K: Darktide debuted at the Xbox Games Showcase, and shows the spooky heavy metal, gothic-industrial setting we've come to know and love from 40K. Like Vermintide, Darktide features "visceral 4-player co-op action' and is set in the hive city of Tertium, where a recon squad of what appear to be Imperial Guard soldiers has been sent to quell an uprising.
Since this is Warhammer 40K, there's a focus on firearms, and there's an almost Aliens feel to the first-person footage featured in the trailer. One soldier's rifle-mounted torch barely pierces the blackness of the seemingly deserted hive level, and it quickly becomes clear that the team isn't nearly as alone as they first may have thought.
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