Yes, it's yet another Warhammer 40,000 video game in a sea of Warhammer 40,000 video games - that sea just swelled to ocean scale, by the way - but Darktide stands out because it's a bit different. Like Vermintide, Darktide is a co-op focused first-person shooter / melee hybrid in which you fight against the odds.
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Warhammer 40,000 Darktide is the next game from Fatshark, the developer of the much-loved Vermintide series of fantasy Warhammer games. It's exactly this expertise that sparked Abnett's involvement with Darktide. Unlike the genetically boosted Space Marines, bog standard humans are squishy, vulnerable and, crucially, relatable. In penning the Gaunt's Ghosts series, which is about Warhammer 40,000's regular human infantry, and the Eisenhorn trilogy, which is about inquisitors who hunt down heretics and demons, Abnett gave Warhammer 40,000 a more human face. But it's not all about the Space Marines stomping about imperiously, shouting "for the Emperor!" while blasting all in their path to bits with guns large enough to suit a tank.
The author behind some of the most beloved Warhammer 40,000 books ever written has been thinking about the lore of Games Workshop's grim dark universe for 20 years. Dan Abnett has a lot to say about Warhammer 40,000 - and so he should.