Things never slow down in the 41st Millenium. Developer Owlcat Games is hard at work on the upcoming premium DLC Void Shadows, offering about 15 hours of adventures on board the von Valancius voidship. The DLC is fully integrated into the game’s main story and introduces a new companion: Death Cult Assassin Kibellah.
“True to their name, the Death Cults worship the Emperor through the art of death and killing. One such group has worked in the shadows for the benefit of von Valancius for generations, and now they have achieved the attention of the mighty Lord Captain. It is there that the paths and destinies of the Rogue Trader and Kibellah, an outstanding Assassin in the cult, will intertwine. Find out how strong her loyalty is and whether there is something even deeper and more personal hidden behind it while facing the xeno threat emerging from the bowels of the voidship.”
You will need her help to deal with the malignant Genestealer Cult that is infecting your crew with their genetic code to convert them, slowly twisting their faith in the Emperor to carry out their wretched designs. Last but not least, Void Shadows offers new locations to explore. There are many distant nooks and crannies where no Lord Captain has gone before.
However, this is not the only piece of exciting news when it comes to Rogue Trader! The developers have also released another gargantuan update that goes over the game’s balance.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader – Update 1.2.0.25 Includes:
- Major balance updates – deep rebalance of out-of-sequence turns, buffs to Sanctioned Psykers and Pyromancy, tuning of scaling in the late game, and much more;
- QoL changes to the UI – improved inventory sorting, quests being marked on star systems, massive improvements to level up screen, better tooltips, improvements to the combat log, and more;
- Various improvements for locations across the game – pathing, visual effects, cover placement, backgrounds, improved NPC appearance and variety;
- New dialogues for secret companions, fixes and updates for existing dialogues, fixes for epilogue slides;
- Improved rumour system with rumour zones now highlighted on the map;
- Updates for some cutscenes – better animations, timing, cameras;
- Improvements to co-op: desync fixes, custom portrait transfer, save file size reduction, up to two additional custom mercenary characters available in Prologue – play together from the start!
- Many new animations;
- New visual effects (for abilities, auras, creature animations, and more);
- New sound effects and corrections to VO;
- New item icons;
- A few new talents;
- Localization improvements and countless typo fixes for all languages;
- Massive amount of bug fixes for all aspects of the game;
Check out the game’s Steam page to find out more.
