Video games Workshop has launched a brand new trailer for Astartes II, probably the most anticipated Warhammer 40,000 animation ever.
For the uninitiated, the unique Astartes was created by superfan Syama Pedersen, who was subsequently introduced into the fold to make the official sequel. Astartes is broadly accepted as the best Warhammer 40,000 animation ever made, official or unofficial, with solely Amazon’s wonderful Space Marine 2 animation for the Secret Level anthology series competing with it in high quality phrases. Certainly, Astartes was so good that it inspired Saber Interactive’s hugely successful Space Marine 2 when it comes to the feel and appear of the Area Marines themselves.
Throughout Video games Workshop’s ‘Huge Autumn Preview’ occasion, followers have been handled to a brand new have a look at Astartes II, which confirms the looks of Deathwatch and Terminators. As the corporate notes in a submit on Warhammer Community, followers of Area Hulk will little question discover loads acquainted right here.
ASTARTES 2 teaser
Coming DecemberWe get to observe a Deathwatch unit investigating a Area Hulk! pic.twitter.com/DgveN5yz6K
— Jesus 40k Worldview (@40kWorldview) September 18, 2026
Certainly, the Area Hulk vibes come by means of loud and clear. We see Area Marines stomp a couple of darkish, shadowy inside which you simply know will home horrible, nightmarish issues within the shadows. However the first-person shot of a hall lit solely by spotlights is the clearest signal that the much-loved tabletop sport, Area Hulk, was an affect.
Additionally within the submit, Video games Workshop confirmed that Astartes II can be “considerably longer” than its predecessor, which is music to fan ears. Understandably as a single-person fan undertaking, Astartes is on the brief aspect.
“We knew already that this was more likely to characteristic Deathwatch and Terminators, from the unsubtle hints dropped on the finish of the LAST trailer, and now we see them, they appear like they imply enterprise,” Video games Workshop mentioned. “The imposing line of storm bolter barrels and the crackle of an influence fist, mixed with the ominous environment, are definitely giving off some sturdy Area Hulk vibes.
“Someway much more intimidating than the clean visage of the Terminator helms is that unhelmeted Area Marine veteran, who might definitely be described as ‘grizzled.’ And we expect we clocked not less than three totally different characters and Chapters of Area Marines in that trailer.”
In November final yr, Games Workshop revealed animation work on a monitor screen by way of the promo video, under, that confirmed a squad of Terminators showing to guard an unnamed human soldier. This was the Inquisition-led Deathwatch Terminator squad from the debut Astartes 2 teaser in incomplete type, however we all know from their pauldron chapter symbols that they’re the identical as earlier than (Retributors, Mortifactors, Scythes of The Emperor, Sons of Medusa, and Angels Vermilion).
Last year’s teaser steered an animation on a scale and high quality never-before-seen from Warhammer 40,000, with melee fight, taking pictures, automobile fight, and even spaceship battles all showcased. It confirmed a lot of Area Marine chapters in battle throughout various environments, and a number of enemy races, together with Tyranids, Orks, and Tau.
But it surely turned out that nothing within the teaser is definitely within the Astartes 2 animation itself. Based on a submit on the Warhammer Community web site: “This teaser trailer is just not really clips from the brand new animation, as a substitute displaying a compilation of pictures that symbolize the previous lives of the characters that may seem within the present. There’s a reasonably unsubtle trace on the finish as to the character of the ultimate story… We’ll depart you to take a position and begin placing the items collectively yourselves.”
Astartes II is due out this December on Warhammer+, Video games Workshop’s streaming service.
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