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Occasionally in our eternal search for new sci-fi trailers we come across soon to release titles which had previously largely escaped our notice.

Such is the case today with Warhammer 40K: Warpforge - an upcoming free to play turn based card battler.

Warhammer is a franchise we've long been aware of but never sampled and we're also not into card games so this isn't a title of personal interest to us.

But this title has had a relatively quick promotional cycle only being revealed last June during the Warhammer Skulls festival livestream.

Flowing from COVID and extraordinarily rocky game launches like Cyberpunk: 2077 which other developers have sought to avoid, the last several years have seen a flood of game delays.

Not that we'd expect every game scheduled to release this year to make it but the delay backlog is such that the scene is one of congestion.

Then there's games like this which come out of nowhere and bam, are ready to play.

Almost - Warpforge is scheduled to release this year but a demo will be available on Steam between January 19-22.

This is a free-to-play game and that's a hard pass for many players because "free" often but not always means a horrible cash shop.

Though even if you never play it, it contributes to a growing sense of Warhammer franchise dominance.

Having long been prolific in gaming they're now also making both animated and live action television series.

Warhammer may be on the cusp of overtaking older and more established television and film franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek.

With modern iterations of those more established franchises being a bit garbage and also accompanied by toxic regular and social media onslaughts, they're not exactly well positioned to face strong competition.

What little we've seen of Warhammer 40K doesn't scratch our particular sci-fi itch which leans more towards the bright, hopeful and kind, but all signs point to it taking off in a big way.

Warhammer 40K: Warpforge is due to release this year on PC and Mac and a Steam demo will be available between January 19-22.

[ Main Image: Warhammer 40K Warpforge demo trailer. Credit: Everguild Ltd via YouTube. ]

References

GameTrailers (January 17, 2023). Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge - Official Steam Demo Trailer. YouTube.

Steam. Warhammer Warhammer 40,000: Warpforge. Everguild Ltd.