Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has the oppressive atmosphere of 40K dead rights, its dark city overwhelmed by the malice of looming doom. We’ve been languishing in the tunnels of the Tertium Hive for hours, but for some reason we crave that particular dark vibe in every way, so we’re kicking it 40K more than usual. has read through 40,000 books (in text and audio format), watched shows, and dabbled in other sci-fi works that gave me the same feeling that everything in the universe is so wrong.
in short Astartes (opens in new tab), movies like Alien and Event Horizon, and that one episode of Cowboy Bebop (Episode 11, Toys in the Attic) that has one on a ship. also means something with Join us in our descent into unhealthy baroque cityscapes and battlefields, and use these suggestions for reading and watching after playing Darktide.
Read: Ghost of Gaunt – Necropolis
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Sean Martin, Guide Writer: Hive Tertium If 40K of your time in Tertium intrigues you to a global megacity, why not read some of the best Hive-related fiction from the man who created Tertium itself? Necropolis is my favorite Dan Abnett One of the novels, it feels like the point where the Gaunt’s Ghosts series gained momentum.
Colonel Commissar Gaunt is tasked with defending the city of Bavenhive from a cultist invasion (it sounds familiar), but what the Necropolis does best is with everything from factory workers to planetary defense forces to the ruling class. , to explore characters from all walks of life in the city. You can see how their lives change as the conflict escalates. It helps establish this idea that urticaria is a creature that can do nothing without people.
Read: Titanicus
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Sean: If you like hive novels with big robots shooting each other, Titanicus is another solid choice. shows how it shakes up the lives of
It’s also a fun exploration of the ideological divide between Imperium and Adeptus Mechanicus and the political intrigue that goes on behind the scenes. All in all, a very good book that explains how cool fighting Titans can be.
Read: Ravener
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Jody Macgregor, Weekend/AU Editor: Inquisitors are so flexible in how they pursue their goals that it’s hard to generalize. Abnett has written several series of interconnected novels about the Inquisitors and Acolytes. Eisenhorn series (opens in new tab)but to see how the Inquisitor’s squire works, I recommend the Ravener book.
Inquisitor Ravenor conducts his investigations through agents such as the knife-throwing psyker Patience and the bounty hunter Harlon. Ravenor himself is a psyker, and he coordinates the team from his 40K worth wheelchair like he’s Professor X. 40K after all. Honestly, Wolverine fits right in. In Agents of Ravenor you can see the prototype of Grendyl’s warband. Inquisitors need pilots, doctors, and people who look good in body gloves.
If you’re an audiobook listener, the audio versions of both the Ravenor and Eisenhorn series are read by Toby Longworth. he does an excellent job. All of the Warhammer audiobooks I’ve listened to are quality recordings, but Longworth in particular gives every voice character and sometimes a fun accent.
Read: 15 hours
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Jody: If I can sneak into the last 40K book while you’re here, Fifteen Hours is the story of an ordinary Imperial Guard trying not to die in a war-torn world where the average lifespan of a guard is 15 hours. chasing soldiers. Half of the real danger comes from bureaucratic stuffers and officials who don’t know what they’re doing. It’s basically Catch-22 in the 41st millennium.
Watch: Dread
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Wes Fenron, Senior Editor: Outside of other Warhammer businesses, this is probably the most obvious recommendation I can make, but I don’t care. Set in his single apartment building in Megacity One, this grungy, dingy masterpiece is the perfect tracker for a weekend spent exploring the guts of Tertium. There always seems to be news stories about a possible sequel, and Karl Urban was born for the role.
Even if you’ve seen Dredd five times already, watch it again anyway. If you’ve never seen it in 4K HDR, it’s worth buying the Blu-ray or renting it in high quality from Apple or Amazon.slow motion drag scene dazzlingand I’ve never seen a chin perform so well in such high definition.
Watch: Inquisitor and Cadia Stand
Where to watch: warhammer tv (opens in new tab)
Jody: One of the best animations made by Warhammer TV interrogator (opens in new tab), a story about what happens to an Inquisitor’s warband when that Inquisitor falls. Unleashed in a filthy hive world and turned to drinking, their quest for forgiveness and revenge is told entirely in black and white, filled with a touch of film noir and plenty of people dying in the rain. .
On Warhammer TV, the anthology series Hammer and Bolter has an episode that veteran sharpshooter players will love. Hammer and Bolter 8: Cadia stand (opens in new tab) Messengers and soldiers rush through the trenches to deliver communiqués, and alien Tyranids throw themselves against the defenses.
See: Hardware
Where to watch: DVDs (opens in new tab), Blu-ray (opens in new tab)
Wes: This cult sci-fi horror B-movie is a mighty good cyberpunk. Born for the blur of VHS tapes, the hardware is a post-apocalyptic scavenger who brings home a destroyed robot head as a Christmas present (played by cute boy Dylan McDermott before airing TV on The Practice). The robot turns out to be a high-end military killing machine, naturally killing anyone it sees. If Itchy & Scratchy was “ah fuck” violence instead of “haha” violence, it’s a cat-and-mouse game.
The hardware is a chunky B-movie. It’s shallow, not particularly original, and clearly made on a tight budget. Nevertheless, it can really get under your skin. There’s a rawness you don’t get in more sophisticated films. Aesthetically, I can’t think of a better companion for Dark Tides, where all the characters are bruised, vile, and surrounded by dark, imposing machines.
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