{"id":10214,"date":"2025-11-09T21:48:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=10214"},"modified":"2025-11-09T21:48:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T13:48:35","slug":"warhammer-40000-animations-trailer-shows-a-running-khorne-berseker-laezel-actor-devora-wilde-as-a-battle-sister-and-a-blink-and-youll-miss-it-look-at-astartes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=10214","title":{"rendered":"Warhammer 40,000 Animations Trailer Shows a Running Khorne Berseker, Lae&#8217;zel Actor Devora Wilde as a Battle Sister, and a Blink and You\u2019ll Miss It Look at Astartes 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Games Workshop has released a teaser trailer for upcoming Warhammer animations, revealing what subscribers to its streaming platform Warhammer Plus can expect in 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">There are a number of new animations teased in the video, below, but the one featured most prominently stars the Adepta Sororitas. We see a Battle Sister with a heavy bolter letting rip, with Devora Wilde confirmed to play one of the Battle Sisters. Wilde played Lae&#8217;zel in Baldur\u2019s Gate 3, and for me is the perfect fit for the Sisters of Battle.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Elsewhere, there\u2019s an animation that sees the Aeldari (in a post on Warhammer Community, Games Workshop confirmed these are from Saim-Hann, the fastest and among the most warlike of the Craftworlds) going up against the Imperial Navy in aerial battles.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\" data-cy=\"article-video\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And then perhaps the most exciting tease in the entire video: a Khorne Berzerker from the World Eaters Traitor Legion who is, Games Workshop said, \u201con the hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Some fans think this is actually a look at Astartes 2, the most hotly anticipated animation among the fandom. That\u2019s because the Khorne Berzerker\u2019s running style is similar to that we\u2019ve already seen Space Marines perform in the original, much-loved Astartes. The original Astartes was created by superfan Syama Pedersen, who was subsequently brought into the fold to make the official sequel. Is this Khorne Berzerker from an entirely different animation, or Astartes 2?<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">Is this a shot from Astartes 2? Image credit: Games Workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">That\u2019s one big question coming out of this animation, but we do get a clear look at Astartes 2 work-in-progress. At one point we see animation work on a monitor screen, and it shows a squad of Terminators appear to protect an unnamed human soldier. This is the Inquisition-led Deathwatch Terminator squad from the debut Astartes 2 teaser in incomplete form, but we know from their pauldron chapter symbols that they\u2019re the same as before (Retributors, Mortifactors, Scythes of The Emperor, Sons of Medusa, and Angels Vermilion).<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Astartes is widely accepted as the greatest Warhammer 40,000 animation ever made, official or unofficial, with only Amazon\u2019s excellent <u>Space Marine 2 animation for the Secret Level anthology series<\/u> competing with it in quality terms. Indeed, Astartes was so good that <u>it inspired Saber Interactive\u2019s hugely successful Space Marine 2<\/u> in terms of the look and feel of the Space Marines themselves.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Fans hadn\u2019t heard a peep out of Games Workshop on Astartes 2 for years, leading some to wonder whether the company had quietly cancelled it. But in January this year Games Workshop released a teaser trailer alongside a 2026 release window, and now we have a reinforcement that it\u2019s still in the works.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"null\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">The Sisters of Battle are coming. Image credit: Games Workshop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">And finally, there\u2019s a brief look at the finale of the current season of Blacktalon. Here\u2019s the setup from Games Workshop: \u201cBe\u2019lakor is back, and odds are good that he\u2019s up to something diabolical. With Hammerhal still far from safe, and their team fractured, can Neave and the gang foil the Dark Master\u2019s plans?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In other Warhammer 40,000 news, Titus from Space Marine 2 just got a promotion and the starring role in the next Warhammer 40,000 narrative expansion.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\"><em>Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/warhammer-40000-animations-trailer-shows-a-running-khorne-berseker-laezel-actor-devora-wilde-as-a-battle-sister-and-a-blink-and-youll-miss-it-look-at-astartes-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Games Workshop has released a teaser trailer for upcoming Warhammer animations, revealing what subscribers to its streaming platform Warhammer Plus can expect in 2026. 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