Final week’s Warhammer Skulls introduced bulletins for a new Mechanicus 2 ally faction, a strategy remaster within the type of the first Dawn Of War and all expansions, and a free Boltgun typing game through which you faucet out phrases like ’emperor’ and ‘skinny your paints’ to chainsword cultists. Nestled away within the recesses of that cranium, like a coiled snake on a tattoo with the identify of somebody’s pug on it, was a teaser for the subsequent Total War: Warhammer 3 DLC. Here is that teaser.
The hooded zap lad is Sayl the Faithless, a Norscan sorcerer well-known for interrupting rituals and turning the attendant spellcasters into chaos spawn. It was pretty slight and esoteric so far as trailers go, however Artistic Meeting adopted it up with a type of casual sofa talks filled with extremely curated data and soundbites about how unbeatable their advantages bundle and office satisfaction is.
There was some good things in there, by way of element. We already knew about Slaanesh’s look within the DLC, and now it is double-confirmed Norsca will likely be becoming a member of. Sayl’s marketing campaign is targeted on manipulation, there will be extra monster hunts for Throgg and Seafang raiding from Wulfric, and each are getting new voicelines.
Not talked about was the DLC’s third faction however, as chronicled in a swathe of Reddit posts and content creator videos, the neighborhood appears kind of sure on what that faction is: the excessive elves, particularly elf naval commander Aislinn. He likes tides, ‘tides’ is within the identify, the lacking Excessive Elf models from the sport embody naval-themed centerpieces just like the Merwyrm and the Skycutter, there’s thematic connections there with Slaanesh, individuals like elves, and so forth. Norsca prefer to raid on boats, Slaanesh likes to lick boats (canon), elves prefer to experience boats. All of it strains up. I additionally get the impression Artistic Meeting like together with at the least one good man or impartial faction in these packs too, only for stability. Issues get a bit monochrome and grim if it is all chaos, on a regular basis.
There was one other notable in that video, too: all of the builders interviewed have been from CA Sofia, the sister studio beforehand liable for video games like Pharaoh and Troy, who appear largely to have been moved on to Twarhammer DLC obligation because the big shake ups at CA last year following the cancellation of Hyenas. This might imply that there is a number of expansions within the works, requiring the eye of director Wealthy Aldridge and the UK group. Or, it might imply that Alridge and his group are already busy on different, more power-armoured Games Workshop adaptations.
