Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – Void Shadows DLC launch pushed back

Owlcat delays Rogue Trader DLC’s release date

Marco Wutz | Jul 12, 2024

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Void Shadows, the first DLC for Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, has a new release date: It will be launched on September 24, 2024, instead of the initially targeted August 8.

“We’ve been putting everything we have into the development of it, but we now see that while the new additions to the game are awesome, the technical quality is not quite there yet,” a statement by developer Owlcat said. “That’s why we’ve decided to spend some additional time on polishing and eradicating anything that might spoil your experience as you investigate the darkest corners of your voidship or romance a new companion.”

Concluding the statement, the studio apologized for the delay and asked fans for their understanding.

Void Shadows will introduce a new 15-hour story arc to the CRPG in addition to a romanceable companion. The DLC takes place entirely on the player’s massive flagship, which appears to be suffering from an infestation by the Genestealer Cult – a most dissatisfying and dangerous state of affairs for any Rogue Trader.

Alongside the DLC, Owlcat is working on the next major update to its game as well, which the studio hopes will be ready around the same time as the expansion. Among other things, this is supposed to introduce a feature that auto-levels characters according to recommended builds, which has been highly-requested by players who felt bogged down by having to frequently level each of their party members up and dig through the deep sea of possible skill choices.

A second DLC for Rogue Trader is currently scheduled for December 2024, but with the delay of Void Shadows, it seems very likely that this upcoming expansion will arrive punctually.

Void Shadows will be available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

Published Jul 12, 2024

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg