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Warhammer partners with Poncle and Auroch Digital to deliver Warhammer Survivors, a Vampire Survivors‑style roguelite featuring Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar characters, coming to Nintendo Switch 1 and Switch 2 later this year.
Warhammer launches the Black Library app, unifying ebooks and audiobooks in one place and enabling purchases to transfer from BlackLibrary.com by August 31; it includes an eReader and audiobook player, supports linking your MyWarhammer account (iOS/Android/Web), and offers 2,000+ titles (English, with French/German where available) with in‑app purchases. Early testers who use the app before 10:00 UK time on April 20 can claim eight free stories: Avenging Son, Mark of Faith, Sanguinius: The Great Angel, Dominion, Ciaphas Cain: The Anthology, Darkoath, The Return of Nagash, and Realmslayer: The Gotrek Gurnisson audio drama. Download from Google Play and the Apple Store; video guides and customer support help with linking accounts.
Warhammer Community reveals the 2026 Warhammer Open swag boxes: each ticket includes the standard swag box, which doubles as a portable painting station and includes a cutting mat, store voucher, soft‑touch notebook and pen, lanyard, poker chips, dice, and stickers; there’s also a premium swag box with more items (Horus Heresy patches and coins, acrylic scoresheets for Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar, combat gauge, extra tokens, two Horus Heresy miniatures, etc.). The box’s painting station function and the expanded contents aim to enhance the event experience, and the UK Games Expo Birmingham Warhammer Open offers three days of access for most games (two for Warhammer Underworlds).
Black Library Celebration 2026 unveils new Horus Rising hardback (and Premium Edition) plus a broad slate of fiction across Orks, Dwarfs, Necrons, and more with multiple language editions and digital formats; the Blood Bowl line introduces the High Elf Caledor Dragons team along with Spike! Journal issue, terrain and accessories, plus related rulebooks and app content. The event also highlights reprints, illustrated editions, and the free paperback Black Library Celebration anthology in stores while stocks last, with ongoing Warhammer+ features and painting content.
Warhammer Community launches the Million Miniatures Challenge and the Call to Arms promotion, inviting fans to pledge to paint 25+, 50+, or 100+ miniatures by May 9 at local Warhammer stores. The team shares their own pledges (ranging from 25 to 100+ models) and notes rewards for milestones (a pin badge at 25, a purity-seal water pot stand at 50, and a brush tin at 100). The article also promotes recruiting newcomers via Call to Arms, tracking progress at stores, and mentions the upcoming Commemorative Series miniatures and store finder to participate.
Warhammer’s parent company, Games Workshop, has transformed from a mail-order hobby outfit started by three friends into a £6bn FTSE 100 business, posting 10.9% revenue growth as demand for its plastic miniatures soars. The brand leverages a loyal community, a vertically integrated supply chain, and a focus on experiential retail and IP, boosted by celebrity fans and broader pop‑culture trends. Plans for global expansion, including a Warhammer World in the US and potential film/TV projects, aim to convert niche tabletop gaming into a mainstream entertainment powerhouse.
Warhammer Community unveils an all-plastic Legio Custodes lineup led by the Legio Custodes Battle Group, featuring new Custodian Guard and Sentinels, Caladius Grav-tanks, a Contemptor dreadnought (two variants), and the Coronus Grav Carrier, along with Liber Custodes as the core rules guide and cross-compatibility hints for Warhammer 40,000.
Warhammer Community’s New Year Preview reveals new Horus Heresy tanks for the Legiones Astartes, including the Glaive super-heavy with a Volkite carronade (plastic release) and a Whirlwind missile tank. These plastic kits accompany the 48-page Journal Tactica: Mailed Fist—Legiones Astartes Super-Heavy Tanks, which explores heavy vehicle use and adds new Leviathan Missions. The vehicles arrive later this year, with weekly updates from Warhammer Community on pre-orders.
Warhammer Community’s New Year Preview Live from Warhammer World showcases a slate of 2026 reveals, with the option to watch the video or join Twitch/YouTube streams and sign up for updates.
Warhammer Community kicks off a weekly series revisiting the Black Books of the Horus Heresy, starting with the Night Lords. The article previews an excerpt from Book Two – Massacre that explores the Legion’s brutal cruelty and signals more installments (next up: the Thramas Crusade) to come.
The piece praises Bandcamp and Games Workshop for adopting cautious AI policies: GW bans AI-generated content and AI in design/competitions, while Bandcamp prohibits AI-generated music and AI impersonations, arguing that human creativity and IP protection should guide the industry.
Games Workshop announced a cautious internal policy banning AI-generated content from its Warhammer design processes, citing data governance and IP protection; the decision, described by CEO Kevin Rountree as prudent, accompanies ongoing investments in human creatives and a rise in revenue, signaling a deliberate stance against AI-assisted design despite industry-wide AI adoption.
The Rumour Engine post hints at a new weapon design featuring spikes and an unusual pipe-like element. Warhammer fans are invited to guess what it could be on the brand’s Facebook and Instagram accounts as the next teaser arrives.
Warhammer Community previews a busy slate of pre-orders and hobby releases: Angron Transfigured, a daemon-primarch centerpiece for Warhammer: The Horus Heresy, goes up for pre-order next week alongside Lotara Sarrin; the Skitarii Battle Group adds 18 new minis (16 Battle-Pilgryms and a Vultarax Stratos-automata) plus a Battle-Pilgrym Marshal and a transfer sheet, plus the 48-page Journal Tactica with rules and relic-hunt missions. The update also covers Middle-earth sets and Made to Order kits, plus Warhammer+ programming, signaling major reveals across Horus Heresy, 40k, and beyond.
The article highlights community-painted models of Captain Titus and the Wardens of Ultramar from Warhammer, showcasing diverse artistic interpretations and upcoming pre-orders for related books and miniatures.