Warhammer 40K: Dark Heresy sets its release date for January 2027

Owlcat Games has finally pinned down when Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy lands: 28th January, 2027. The tactical RPG hits PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X on that date, with a Switch 2 version still waiting on a release date that a press release says will come at a later date.

Dark Heresy swaps the trader's chair for the Inquisitor's badge. Players hunt heretics and purge dark influences across the 41st millennium, and Owlcat says it has overhauled many of the systems underpinning the adventure. It follows 2023's Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, which Eurogamer's Caelyn Ellis called a game that nails the 40k setting with meaty tactical combat, though bugs and poor performance held it back.

There is already a way to sample it. A beta has been running for a while with a complete first Act playable, though you need to buy a Founders edition to get in. That beta shuts down on 7th January as Owlcat shifts into launch prep.

Owlcat has a second project in the pipeline, an RPG built on the Expanse license and much more closely inspired by Mass Effect. Former Dragon Age writer David Gaider recently joined that team, and the studio will be hoping it fills the gap left by the cancellation of Mass Effect 5.