The 2021 Skulls Festival was full of game announcements. This annual festival surrounding Warhammer games had DLC, new titles, and events in a whole swath of different games. Here are all of the big new games that were revealed during the show as well as a few pieces of DLC.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood, & Teef
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Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood, & Teef is one of the new games announced at the show. It’s a 2D action platformer from Rogueside, the studio who developed Guns, Gore, and Cannoli. Although no release date has been set, it will be on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is another new game from developer Complex Games. It’s a turn-based RPG that is slated for 2022.
Warhammer: Vermintide II: Sister of the Thorn
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Sister of the Thorn is the newest DLC for Vermintide II coming on June 30. It has “new playable career complete with new abilities, new weapon types, a new talent tree, a whole new skin, a new hat, new challenges, and new voice lines,” according to Fatshark.
Total War: Warhammer II: The Silence and The Fury
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The Silence and The Fury is the final Lord pack for Total War: Warhammer II coming on July 14. The expansion will have some additional characters, units, gameplay mechanics, and “narrative objectives.”
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
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While Darktide has already been revealed, developer Fatshark revealed the writer: Dan Abnett. Abnett is known for his work on a litany of superhero-based comics as well as Warhammer. The game is coming to PC and Xbox in 2021.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War Specialist DLC
This DLC dropped today for Relics of War and includes new units for all factions.
Total War: Warhammer III
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Announced back in February, Creative Assembly revealed a new trailer for Total War: Warhammer III, showing the fiery world of Khorne. The game is still slated for late 2021.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Tempestfall
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Tempestfall had also been revealed earlier, but this was the first gameplay footage of the VR game the public has seen.
Blood Bowl 3
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Blood Bowl‘s trailer isn’t the important part as it just started its own closed beta today, which players can sign up for through its official website.
Warhammer Underworlds: Online
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Also an announced game, the big part of this trailer revealed that the game was free to keep on Steam for one week until June 10.