Delve into the rich lore and history of Total War: Warhammer 40,000. Discover the iconic factions, their unique features, and the brutal galactic scale of this upcoming strategy game.
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is an upcoming turn-based strategy game developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA. Announced on December 12, 2025, it is built on the new Warcore engine.
The game brings the deep strategy, cinematic battles, and meaningful choices of the Total War series into the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Players can lead campaigns with four distinct factions: the genetically enhanced Space Marines, the brutal Ork hordes, the ancient and elusive Aeldari, and the Astra Militarum, humanity's massed fighting force.
Players can customize their armies, naming warbands, choosing colors, and emblazoning regiments with iconography. Factions can be tailored for campaign and battle with unique abilities, traits, and wargear. The game features a galactic sandbox where players expand their empire, capture planets, manage a war economy, and conquer worlds. Battles involve commanding vast armies in tactical engagements across diverse terrains, utilizing a deadly arsenal of faction-specific units and powerful abilities.
Trivia notes that this is the first science-fantasy game to use the Warcore engine, will be released on consoles and PC, and is the first game not to officially support Turkish. It will also be the first game to receive a PEGI-18 rating due to strong violence.
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