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PlayStation®5 & Grim Protocols Launch - Fact Sheet

Hey Everyone, It’s almost time for the Play Early days on PS5® to begin. We put together this fact sheet in order to answer any common questions from players regarding the launch on PlayStation®5 and to make sure everyone is informed proper...

3 weeks ago

Grim Protocols - New Weapons - Dev Blog

Hey Everyone, Welcome to our next dev blog for our upcoming update, Grim Protocols. Today, we’re talking about weapons. This dev blog will give you more of a behind the scenes look at creating these weapons for Grim Protocols. We’ll include...

3 weeks ago

Introduction to Havoc Q&A - Dev Blog

Hey Everyone, A couple of weeks ago, we released an Introduction to Havoc dev blog. Similar to when we released the Introduction to Itemization dev blog over the summer, we’ve received a lot of comments and questions. For Itemization, we a...

4 weeks ago

Announcing Grim Protocols - Releasing 3 December

Hey Everyone, We’ve been cooking for you. We’re ready to announce our next major update, Grim Protocols. It will be released on 3 December on all platforms. This update will include: New Game Mode - Havoc: Think you’ve mastered the thre...

1 month ago

PlayStation 5 - Release Date Revealed

Hey Everyone, We’re excited to announce pre-orders are open for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, which is coming digitally to PlayStation 5 on December 3rd, 2024. Those who pre-order the Imperial Edition will be eligible to play six days early. ...

1 month ago

Commodore's Vestures - Incorrect Images on Latest Rotation

Hey Everyone, We saw some comments and we wanted to address a couple errors in the images for the latest Commodore’s Vestures rotation. The Helbore Lasgun was incorrectly shown with a sight and flashlight. This was due to an error when putt...

1 month ago

Introduction to Havoc Game Mode - Dev Blog

Hello Everyone, We’ve long seen the comments from players saying they want more of a challenge from Darktide. Players would like to continually challenge themselves and improve their skills. You want to face the horrors of the tide. We’re ...

1 month ago

Hotfix #52 (1.5.10) - Patch Notes

Heya Everyone, New In-Game Event: The Grandfather’s Gifts The Lord of Decay has blessed his most beloved followers with hideous tentacles. So imbued are they with his foul pestilence that they explode when shot. Dispatch them at close quar...

1 month ago

Commissar Report I & II - Dukane's Journal

[1] MILITARUM WARZONE MISSIVE ALPHA-ONE TO: Astra Militarum (Moebian) Command Staff FROM: Dukane, D. Commissar ++via astro-node x-sym-226-aleph++ My honoured lords militant. I am now in rapid transit to the capital world Atoma Prime, lacki...

1 month ago

Darktide 101: The Sound of Darktide - Dev Blog

Introduction In Darktide we wanted all sounds to feel coherent and real, even though the Warhammer 40,000 universe is full of concepts based on fiction. It’s very easy as a sound designer to fall into cliches when making futuristic or fict...

1 month ago

Hotfix #51 (1.5.4) - Patch Notes

Heyo Everyone, Hotfix #51 (aka 1.5.4) is out now and you can find the patch notes for it below! It is out now on Steam and it will shortly follow on our other platforms. Render Settings Reset With 1.5.0 and the introduction of FSR 3.1 Fram...

1 month ago

Render Settings Reset Ahead of Hotfix 1.5.4

Heya Everyone, We are putting out a hotfix this week which might require players to tweak their render settings again when first launching the game on PC. When Unlocked & Unloaded came out last month, we added FSR 3.1 Frame Generation. As ...

1 month ago

Only in Death Does Duty End

The release of Unlocked and Loaded brought a new face to the Mourningstar. Commissar Darinda Dukane has assumed command of the Moebian 53rd regiment - the famed Steelheads. These stalwart troops have been deployed to Tertium at the behest ...

2 months ago

Hotfix #50 (1.5.3) - Patch Notes

Hey Everyone, Welcome to the patch notes for Hotfix #50 (1.5.3). It is now going live on Steam and it will shortly follow on our other platforms. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where the Psyker ‘Kinetic Flayer’ talent incorrectly triggered on n...

2 months ago

Hotfix #49 (1.5.2) - Patch Notes

Hey Everyone, Hotfix #49 (1.5.2) is now live on Steam and it will shortly be live on our other platforms. Changes Added Penances for completing the Rolling Steel mission and for completing Operations missions. Added a shortcut to the Part...

2 months ago