Sign-ups open for Warhammer 40,000: Darktide beta test, coming in October

The four-player co-op shooter Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (opens in new tab) is coming to PC in November, but before it gets here there will be a beta test, and you can sign up for a shot at access right now.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is essentially a WH40K version of Vermintide, the four-player Warhammer Fantasy co-op action games originally released by Fatshark in 2015 (opens in new tab) and 2018 (opens in new tab). They were excellent, and our June hands-on preview (opens in new tab) of Darktide strongly suggests even better things ahead: It’s more gun-focused, as you’d expect from the 40K setting, but still awash in lore, weirdness, and “frankly enormous hordes of enemies.”