Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters News

Warhammer 40K Chaos Gate: Daemonhunters DLC adds venerable dreadnought

The brutal tactical fights in Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters are about to get a lot tougher - but fortunately, the new expansion for the turn-based strategy game also provides powerful new tools to help your Grey Knights get the job done. In Duty Eternal, which launches December 6, you'll be able to add the hulking venerable dreadnought to your squad, which can also include the new Techmarine support class.

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Duty Eternal

Ave Imperator, Force Commander!

Apace with the FREE UPDATE for Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters announced last week, the first major DLC, Duty Eternal, was announced for the first time today.
If you haven’t watched the trailer yet, check it out below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5lZt1Hx30c

Reinforce your Grey Knights squad with the mighty Dreadnought and Techmarine units to combat the latest strain of the Bloom… the Technophage!

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EXPERIENCE NEW MISSIONS
The Bloom has mutated.

Overcome the rampaging Technophage Outbreak by aiding the Adeptus Mechanicus and halting the scourge.
Engage in brand-new missions to unlock potent, neoteric tools and discover advanced ways to strategise you further your campaign against the forces of Nurgle.

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COMMAND THE DREADNOUGHT
Bring fear and fury from your thunderous Dreadnought, a venerable combat walker of legend.

Customise with an array of awesome weaponry to become war incarnate.
Fallen Grey Knights can take up the mantle of Dreadnought pilot and fight on in the name of the Emperor.

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UNLEASH THE TECHMARINE
Invoke the Machine God with the all-new Techmarine class and greatly expand your tactical options.

These fierce warrior-smiths are machine masters, bringing with them a diverse cadre of Combat Servitors to aid their battle brothers, such as armour-breaking Breachers, to long-range, area-of-effect damaging Bombards.

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DISPATCH THE GLADIUS FRIGATE
Pursue Nurgle’s forces across the Tyrtaeus Sector with the Gladius Frigate.

This escort starship opens up new excursions in distant locations, directed entirely from aboard the Baleful Edict and enabling the Grey Knights to wage war on multiple fronts.

Which mission to take next is down to you – higher risk means higher reward!

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EXPLORE NEW GAMEPLAY FEATURES… AND MORE!

Shake up each campaign with exciting new gameplay features.
Bolster your reinforcements by trading in new Archeotech; assist the revered Tech-Priest Dominus Lunete on a select mission; and experience Technophage-themed Warp Surge Events.

Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, against the corrupting forces of Nurgle in Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters - Duty Eternal.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' first DLC has Dreadnoughts aplenty

In the grim present of tactical turn-based gaming, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters has decided there isn’t just war, but also room for big stompy coffin-robots, the stars of its first DLC: Duty Eternal. The Grey Knights are getting some reinforcements in their ongoing battle against the plague-piñata forces of Nurgle, with both playable Dreadnoughts and a new class in the form of the Techmarine.

Duty Eternal brings a new campaign that adds a new mission variant—the Technopage Outbreak—in which you can tag in a fifth team member with decidedly more firepower. The Venerable Dreadnought is a customizable walking robo-pal with a macabre twist. A mostly dead Grey Knight is entombed inside, kept alive only by the machine—making it the rare example of a death metal album cover in both form and function. While you can’t take the Dreadnought along on every mission, they are customizable with different weapons to unlock, and the Grey Knight inside can even be one of your own squad that bites it in combat. In case Brother Steve just has to survive as a living weapon for your amusement, you monster...
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NEW REINFORCEMENTS

Ave Imperator, Force Commander!

Alert! The forces of Nurgle will soon receive new reinforcements and armaments in a FREE UPDATE for Warhammer 40, 000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters, coming this December.

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Anti-Armour | Plague Marine:
Posing an unwavering threat to even the most heavily armoured Grey Knights, this Plague Marine variant is equipped with armour-sundering arsenal, wielding a Meltagun and Krak Grenades.

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Fleshmower | Foetid Bloat-drone:
New Foetid Bloat-drone variants come armed with a Fleshmower, capable of projecting punishing attacks through the land, and unforgivingly any Grey Knights who dare stand before them.

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The Noxious Blightbringer.
Living conduits for the Garden of Nurgle, The Noxious Blightbringers render their rivals feeble as they strip away armor bonuses, effectively nullifying Aegis Shield, Fortress and other defensive Grey Knights abilities.

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Alongside these Death Guard reinforcements, will also be a number of performance improvements and optimisations.

With such news, prepare for the accession of greater vengeance, Force Commander!

Warhammer 40K indie studio is now part of Frontier Developments

The indie studio that developed Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters has been acquired by Frontier Developments, the creators of Elite Dangerous and the publisher of Daemonhunters itself. The Warhammer 40K game impressed us when it launched (as you can see in our Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters review) and it seems to have done well enough to prompt Frontier into purchasing its first external development studio.

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