New BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC gameplay trailer

Focus Home Interactive have released a new trailer for their upcoming Warhammer 40,000 space strategy game, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada. This trailer shows what the game actually looks like when you are playing it.

It's looking good, with some solid implementation of strategy and making sure that movement and facing is important. However, the lack of actual 3D movement is a big minus for the game that it's going to have to work hard to overcome.

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada will be released on PC in 2016.

BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC: ARMADA trailer

Focus Home Interactive has released a teaser trailer for Battlefleet Gothic: Armada, a strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe focusing on space combat.

No release date has been set so far, but the game is expected in 2016 (although hopefully it might just sneak in at the end of this year).

More on BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC

Rock Paper Shotgun have some more info on the upcoming Battlefleet Gothic: Armada game.

Briefly, the game will depict the struggle for the Gothic system. The game starts with the Imperium controlling the entire system and struggling against invading Eldar, Ork and Chaos forces. The game is dynamic, with fleets and ships being built and moved on a turn-based battle map before the game turns into a real-time tactical mode. The single-player campaign will only feature the Imperium as a controllable faction, but there will be skirmish and multiplayer mods featuring the other races. The game will also feature the ability to level entire planets from orbit (the dreaded "Exterminatus" order) and the AI of ship captains will develop, possibly leading them to rebel if you don't handle them right.

More info here.

BATTLEFLEET GOTHIC video game announced

Focus Interactive have announced they are working on a Battlefleet Gothic real-time strategy game, subtitled Armada. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Battlefleet Gothic pitches the starships, warships and massive star cruisers from the various factions against one another. The original miniatures game was very popular and there have been calls for a computer game version for years.

 
The board game line was suspended two years ago, leading to speculation that Games Workshop was putting the sub-franchise to one side. The video game news suggests it may have a future after all. The new game is being made by the same team behind the well-received Stellar Impact. No release date has been set, but Focus are pretty good at not announcing games until they are reasonably close to release, so a late 2015 release may be possible.

In the Warhammer 40,000 universe, the starships fielded by the major races are huge, with the largest Imperial battleships exceeding 8km in length. Armada will initially depict ships from the Imperium, Orks, Eldar and Chaos factions, although if successful I imagine others will follow.