Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader News

Here's a Chaos Helbrute in Warhammer 40k Rogue Trader

Owlcat's CRPG Warhammer 40k: Rogue Trader thrusts players into the deepest, darkest parts of the universe, pitting them against unknown terrors in an attempt to chart the mysterious Koronus Expanse on behalf of the Imperium. The team's latest developer diary dives into the design behind the RPG game's enemies, taking the terrifying Chaos Helbrute as its main case study (with a cheeky look at a Necron Skorpekh Lord, too). The new developer diary can exclusively be viewed below or on PCGamesN's YouTube channel.

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Update 0.0.1al (Alpha)

Patch 0.0.1al (Alpha) for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is available now! Be aware of spoilers:

UI:

Some of the icons have been changed;
The chance of a successful skill check was displaying incorrectly in the tooltip - fixed.

Quests:

Janus governor will no longer appear in combat if the player was able to convince her to switch back to the Loyalist side.

Visual:

The cutscene on the bridge of the voidship has been fixed. It's no longer freezing, if the player immediately goes to the bridge from the Janus or Kiava Gamma system map.

Misc:

The dialogue with Bastian Chorda could be repeated - fixed.

If you are not participating in the Alpha right now, you can still join, if you purchased a Developer's Digital Pack or Collector's Edition at https://roguetrader.owlcat.games/. You Steam code to activate Alpha will be available in your account, in Digital Dowload tab.

Update 0.0.1ag (Alpha)

Lord Captains! Patch 0.0.1ag is live.

Beware of possible plot spoilers below!

Patch notes:

Dialogue with Vox master didn’t appear if you went for Kiava Gamma as the last of three planets, blocking you from continuing the story - fixed;
Added missing translations for some quests in the quest log and dialogues with Cassia, Opticon and Atilius Quint;
Iconoclast Destroyers now continue to act properly after teleporting in space combat;

Developer Alpha Stream

Tomorrow on https://twitch.tv/owlcatgames we'll launch a developer stream with Alexander Gusev, creative director of the project!

The stream will begin December 9, at 17:00 CET / 8 am PST. Leave your questions for us under this post!

CLOSED ALPHA TESTING BEGINS NOW!

Lord Captain, your wait is over. As of now, if you are a Founder who bought the Developer's Pack or Collector's Edition, sign in to your personal account on the website and grab a Steam Key, and set foot in the Koronus Expanse. And don’t forget to check out our article about the closed alpha. It will give you everything you need to be ready for whatever the universe throws at you.

And if you are not a Founder yet, no worries! It's not too late to join the fun. You can still buy an eligible pack now or upgrade any lower-tier pack to get closed alpha access.

The alpha will eventually transform into the beta version of the game and will remain live until Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader’s release, meaning that anyone who pre-purchases the Developer’s Digital Pack or Collector's Edition will still be able to try the game early starting from today. In-game progress will not be transferred from one version to another.

If you encounter any bugs, or just want to suggest a change for our team to consider – use the Alt+B combination in the game. Use it to contact us and share your thoughts about the game, its mechanics, or just about anything! This is our first public testing of Rogue Trader, so any feedback will be valuable, and we can't wait to hear your thoughts!

You can also join our Discord server. If you have access to the closed alpha, you will be able to participate in discussions in dedicated channels. Developers will be dropping in quite regularly to get feedback or just to hang out.
Just don’t forget to add your Discord username to your account on our website.

Until next time, Lord Captain!