The Big Summer Warhammer Preview Show 2025: Everything Announced Warhammer 40,000 | Age of Sigmar | Total War: Warhammer | Tabletop & Digital Announcements The most electrifying Warhammer event of the year has just dropped — The Big Summer Warhammer Preview Show 2025, hosted live from Games Workshop’s new headquarters in Nottingham, UK. With over 30 new products, major lore reveals, and surprise digital launches, this year’s show packed more firepower than ever. Here’s everything that was announced: 🔥 WARHAMMER 40,000: 10TH EDITION – THE 40K REBIRTH After years of lore expansion and gameplay refinement, 10th Edition of Warhammer 40,000 officially launches this fall. Highlights include: New Core Mechanic: "Fate of the Imperium" – A persistent campaign system across all armies, where major decisions (like the fate of Terra or the fall of a Great Crusade relic) alter the galaxy-wide narrative. Mechanics Overhaul: “Cataclysm Dice” – Roll on a new table every turn to determine random, apocalyptic events (e.g., sudden Warp rift, alien invasion, mutant uprising). “Heresy of the Hive” – New mechanic for Chaos Space Marines, allowing players to "corrupt" allied units by sacrificing morale. New Units & Factions: The Iron Saints (Imperial Fists 2.0) – Full rework of the Ultramarines’ sibling chapter, featuring a new Custodes-Grade Tactical Doctrine. Sisters of Silence (new Sisters of Battle Chapter) – Psychic suppression-focused Sisters who can “erase” enemy psykers from the battlefield. Dark Eldar Reborn: The Slaughtergods of Commorragh – New faction with a Soulforge Mechanic, where models gain power by sacrificing enemy souls. “The Prophets of the Black Sun” – A new Chaos God figure (tentatively named Nyxthar, the Titan of Dying Stars), worshipped by a secretive cabal of Space Wolves and Chaos Space Marines. 🌌 AGE OF SIGMAR: REBORN FROM THE ASHES The Age of Sigmar universe gets a full reboot with “Reborn from the Ashes”, launching in late 2025. New Grand Alliance: The Daughters of the Storm (Stormcast Eternals faction) Led by Sister-Commander Velarya, this faction combines storm magic, leylines, and ancient elven wrath. Features a new “Tempest Resistance” mechanic—shielding units from psychic attacks and weather-based damage. Faction Revisions: Kharadron Overlords: New “Skyward Dominion” system allows for atmospheric flight and ship-based combat. Lumineth Realms-Lords: Now include Fae-Weavers, a new sub-faction that uses enchanted tapestries to warp reality. New Hero: The Shattered Titan of Aqshy A colossal, anti-magic golem forged from dead stars. Can only be controlled by warlocks who have sacrificed their memories. Digital Launch: Age of Sigmar: Eternal Realms (New MMO) A full 3D multiplayer RPG set across the Mortal Realms, allowing players to command armies across time and space. Features cross-play with tabletop and digital Warhammer. 🛡️ TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III – THE FATE OF THE REALMS The long-awaited “Fate of the Realms” expansion for Total War: Warhammer III drops in October 2025. New Campaigns: “The End of Sigmar” – A campaign where all factions must unite against the awakening of Zurzach, the World-Eater, a primordial entity from before the Great War. “Tomb of the Undying Emperor” – Focuses on the rise of a new Chaos Warlord in the Old World, using forbidden necromancy to resurrect past emperors. New Factions: The Scourge of the Flesh (Dark Elves + Nurgle synergy) – Unholy fusion army that regenerates from wounds. The Blightborn (new Tzeentch faction) – Uses masterful deception and temporal rifts to control time. New Game Mechanics: Reality Rifts – Time-warping zones that alter battlefield physics (e.g., gravity reversal, weather storms). Soul Memory System – Units gain abilities based on their past victories and losses. 🧩 NEW TABLETOP PRODUCTS (2025 Launches) Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium – The 7th Dawn A new 1500-point limited edition battlebox featuring the Soul Reavers (Space Marines with soul-cannons) and a Doomsday Titan. Age of Sigmar: Factions in Focus (2025 Mini Series) Full new box sets for: Vampires: The Blood Court of Harghul (with animated coffin mechanics). Ogres: The Gorge of the World-Sunderer (massive new ogre warbeasts with a taunt mechanic). Warhammer: The Old World – New Age of Mythic Heroes A standalone game inspired by Norse, Celtic, and Egyptian mythologies, using a simplified 40K/AS ruleset. Features Totem Trials, Mythic Awakening, and Ancestral Spirits. 🎮 DIGITAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Warhammer: Chaos Plague (VR Experience) A fully immersive VR campaign set in a dying Hive World. Players take on the role of a Chaos Lord trying to corrupt a planet from within. Launches on Meta Quest 4 and PlayStation VR2 in Q1 2026. Warhammer 40K: Mechanicus – New Mobile Game An auto-battler and base-building game where you command a faction of rogue Acolytes in a dying Mechanicus sect. Features AI-Driven Machine Minds and Forge Duels. Total War: Warhammer – Standalone DLC: The Warden of the North A narrative-driven expansion focused on the rise of Tyrion the Unbroken, a forgotten warrior who seeks to stop the corruption of the Wild Wood. 📜 LORE REVEALS (SPOILER ALERT) The Emperor is not dead. The Grand Master of the Inquisition reveals a secret archive showing the Emperor survived the Horus Heresy and now lies trapped in the “Soul Vault” beneath the Eye of Terror. His final message: "The fall of Terra is not the end. It is the beginning." The Old Ones are returning… but not as allies. The new Age of Sigmar lore reveals that the Old Ones were not gods, but time-traveling conquerors who built the Realms to contain a far older evil — The Hollow God, a cosmic entity that eats stars. 🎉 WHAT’S COMING IN THE FALL? Warhammer 40,000: 10th Edition Launch Event – 9th October 2025, live in London and streamed globally. The Warhammer Festival 2025 – Held in Bristol, UK, with over 50,000 attendees expected. Features: First-ever “Forge of the Gods” team tournament (500-player Warhammer 40K battle). New “Mythos Market” for limited edition miniatures and art books. Hands-on demos for all new 2025 releases. ✅ Final Thoughts 2025 is shaping up to be the most monumental year in Warhammer history. With deeper mechanics, epic lore twists, and a wave of new content across tabletop, digital, and immersive experiences, fans are not just waiting for the next game — they’re stepping into a new age of war, myth, and destiny. “The galaxy is not ready… but it will be.” — Grand Inquisitor Valen, at the end of the show Stay tuned. The war has only just begun. 🔥 #Warhammer2025 🔥 (Official site: www.warhammer.com/2025preview)

🎮 Games Workshop’s The Big Summer Warhammer Preview Show 2025 – Full Recap & Highlights

Get ready, Warhammer fans — Games Workshop just dropped a massive, action-packed lineup of new releases and updates across its entire universe at The Big Summer Warhammer Preview Show 2025. From explosive new armies to long-awaited lore expansions and fresh mechanics, this year’s show was packed with revelations that are going to reshape the tabletop landscape. Here’s everything you need to know — no spoilers, no fluff, just the facts.

🌍 Warhammer 40,000: The Empire of the Imperium Rises

• New Faction: The Iron Covenant (Adeptus Mechanicus Subfaction)
  A new, ultra-technical sub-faction under the Cult Mechanicus, focused on quantum-harvesting war engines and self-replicating dreadnoughts. Introduces the Valkyrie-Class Revenant Titans, capable of rebirthing from shattered remains mid-battle.

• Tyrannic Tide: New Tyranid Hive Fleet – Hive Fleet Acheron
  The most aggressive Tyranid fleet yet — known for biological mimicry, swarm intelligence, and adaptive pheromone warfare. Features new Tyrant Warsuits and a horrifying new Necro-Fungal Hive Mind ability.

• Imperial Fists’ New Chapter Master: Captain Kaelos Vex
  Introduces a new playstyle for the Adeptus Astartes, emphasizing tactical deception and psychological warfare. His new relic, The Weeping Helm, allows him to reroll failed leadership tests when near fallen allies.

• Updated Rules: Warhammer 40,000 10th Edition – New “Battle of the Fates” Mechanic
  A new faction-altering mechanic that lets players invoke destiny-driven events based on narrative choices during the game. Roll a Fate Dice to determine if a key victory condition flips at the last second.

🌟 Warhammer Age of Sigmar: The Eternal War Continues

• New Grand Alliance: The Aeon of Starlight (Celestial Storm) – A New Era of the Stormcast Eternals
  A reimagined version of the Stormcast Eternals, now waging war against the Phantoms of the Void, ethereal beings made of starlight and sorrow. New war machine: The Luminous Behemoth, a 6’000-point war engine that can phase through terrain.

• New Factions:

  • The Mourning Choir (Nurgle’s New Cult) – A twisted cult of plague-ridden scholars who tame and ride giant loom-spiders. Their new Cult of the Unending Thread ability allows them to recreate dead models from their own memories.
  • The Gilded Maw (Tzeentch) – A splinter faction of Tzeentch that believes chaos is beauty, and chaos is art. Their units gain buffs based on how "aesthetic" the battlefield looks.

• New Battleborn: Sister of the White Flame
  A new, playable Battleborn hero for the Grimm Roar (Grimm Revenants), wielding a flaming greatsword forged from a dead star. Her ability: Soulfire Rebirth — she returns from death with +1 Willpower and +1 Wound.

🔫 Kill Team: Revenant Code – Operation: Black Mirage

• New Kill Team Mission: "Shadow in the Silo"
  A heist-based mission set in a derelict orbital munitions depot, where teams must steal a prototype Chaos Weapon known as The Gallows Crown.

• New Kill Team Additions:

  • Krisa, the Gutter Oracle (Troupe of the Iron Hand) – Uses psychic whispers to predict enemy moves up to 2 turns ahead.
  • The Flickerborn (new Chaos Undivided unit) – Appears and disappears in smoke, gaining invisibility every time they take a charge move.

• New Mechanic: "The Silent Protocol"
  If no player speaks during their turn (in voice or via chat), they gain +1 to all rolls and a chance to detect hidden traps.

⚔️ Warhammer: The Horus Heresy – The Traitor's Gambit

• New Faction: The Sons of the Emperor (Traitor Legions Revived)
  A new book detailing the fall of the 13th Company of the Luna Wolves, led by a mysterious traitor who used forbidden soul-binding rituals to possess multiple bodies.

• New Battle Pack: "A Thousand Sons – The Forgotten Sacrifice"
  Introduces Soul Eater Coven, a new unit that consumes enemy wounds to heal itself, and Witchfire Revenants, who regenerate in the fog of war.

• New Mechanic: "The Heresy Dice"
  A new tabletop mechanic that simulates the psychological decay of loyalty. At the start of each turn, players roll for Loyalty Decay — failure means a random unit on your side may defect or double-cross.

🏛️ Legions Imperialis: The Fall of the Titan Forge

• New Major Release: "Legions Imperialis: Crusade of the Seven Stars"
  A new full-scale campaign book set during the Great Crusade, focusing on the rise of the Sons of Horus as they expand into the Zyzzon Cluster.

• New Miniatures Lineup:

  • Titan-Class War Machines: "The Forgeborn Colossus" – A 1000-point Titan that spawns independent, AI-driven Iron Warriors infantry at the start of each turn.
  • New Legions: The Sons of the Iron Forge – A new Imperial Fists spinoff with unique plasma forge armor and self-repairing limbs.

• New Rule: "Forge of the Fallen"
  When a Legion unit dies, it may reform as a lesser, soulless version under a new commander — a grim twist on resurrection.

🗡️ Warhammer Underworlds: Echoes of the Rift

• New Arena: "The Shattered Ring of Yrth"
  A new 12-player arena, built atop a dead god’s skull. Features dynamic terrain, with parts of the ring collapsing every 3 rounds, forcing new tactics.

• New Factions:

  • The Bone Dancers (Dwarfs) – A new faction of dwarven death-walkers who can summon spectral hammers to strike from the void.
  • The Silent Vargr (Chaos Dwarfs) – Focused on stealth assassinations and ambushes, using clouds of freezing mist to blind enemies.

• New Mechanic: "Rift Echo"
  At the end of each turn, a random warlock from the rift activates, casting a random power from the enemy’s deck.

📦 What’s Coming in the Fall?

• Warhammer 40,000: 10th Edition – Revised Core Rulebook (2025)
  Full release with new bonus actions, tag-team mechanics, and faction-specific abilities.

• Warhammer Age of Sigmar: "The End of All Things" – 2025 Annual Campaign
  A massive, story-driven campaign spanning 12 tournaments, with unique rewards and unlockable legendary relics.

• Exclusive Pre-Orders:

  • Limited Edition: "The God-Emperor’s Final Stand" (40K) – Includes a dramatic 30” diorama of the Emperor on the Golden Throne.
  • Collector’s Box: "Eternal War – 50 Years of Warhammer" – A 50th-anniversary boxed set with never-before-seen miniatures, original sketches, and a fully illustrated history book.

🔥 Final Thoughts:
The 2025 Summer Preview Show wasn’t just a teaser — it was a war manifesto. Games Workshop has clearly doubled down on narrative depth, mechanical innovation, and player choice, promising a richer, more immersive experience across all their games.

Whether you're a 40K zealot, a Sigmar fan, or a Kill Team rebel, there's something here for every Warhammer warrior.

📌 Stay tuned – more details, model reveals, and gameplay videos will drop daily on the official Games Workshop YouTube and social channels.

🚀 “The War is not over. It’s only just begun.”

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