Matrix Games

Battlesector and Gladius are taking part in the Warhammer Skulls Festival, with a new narrative campaign and a major free update for Battlesector and a DLC release for Gladius.

Let's take a look!

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector 

We are really excited to announce that the first narrative campaign DLC, Deeds of the Fallen, is now available on Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector. Featuring 12 new missions and 3 new units for the Sisters of Battle, it's time to bring the fight to Warzone Chaltnath. 

On top of this new DLC, we are realising also a new free major update for everyone who owns the base game. The new major update adds a new game mode, Crusade, and also two free units. 

Deeds of the Fallen DLC

There hasn’t been new story content from us since our initial release, but this changes today, with the arrival of our new Story Campaign, Deeds of the Fallen.  

Deeds of the Fallen contains twelve missions, where fans can play as the Sisters of Battle through a story-driven campaign against the Orks. The Adepta Sororitas will receive three new units, Imagifier, Castigator Battle Tank, Zephyrim - to fight in the name of the Emperor.

New major update

New game mode - Crusade

The Crusade mode is a new game feature that will challenge players to start with a basic army and fight their way through hordes of enemies, to earn the opportunity to expand both their forces and firepower. The mode also adds a new way to level up the troops, with a new experience system based on the ferocity of the battle, with a variety of ways to upgrade entire classes of troops.

New free units

For this year’s Skulls we wanted to give you some new free units. Last year we sent new forces for Necrons and Tyranids. This time Sisters of Battle and Orks will reap the benefits.

The Adepta Sororitas can now count on the Dominions. The Dominions are specialist assault infantry who excel when making rapid deployments against enemy forces.

While the Orks are gaining the much requested melee version of the Boyz as the lads with Choppas and Sluggas are here and ready for a scrap. 

Future

2025 is going to be yet another stellar year for Battlesector. We’ll be regularly updating the game with feature updates and faction balance changes as we go through the year.

There will also be something new, exciting and a bit chaotic coming towards the end of the year…

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius

Free-to-keep week

Gladius is going to be free-to-keep on Steam for the duration of the festival. 

It is the perfect occasion to try Gladius if you haven't: it is the ultimate 4X strategy game set in the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000. 

Onslaught Pack

 Deploy 8 brand-new units with the Onslaught Pack on the battlefields of Gladius Prime. 

The new units will bring a new offensive layer and will unlock new strategic options for commanders.

Canoptek Reanimator - Necrons 

Support walker unit that regenerates friendly Necrons units.

Mandrake - Drukhari

Light skirmish infantry that causes fear and teleports to disrupt enemy formations.

Vyper - Craftworld Aeldari

Fast reconnaissance skimmer unit with a multipurpose missile launcher.

Attilan Rough Rider - Astra Militarum

Fast melee cavalry unit.

Sicarian Ruststalker - Adeptus Mechanicus 

Elite melee infantry which excels in prolonged battles.

Rubric Marine - Chaos Space Marines 

Elite psyker infantry.

Squighog Boy - Orks 

Heavy cavalry unit that excels at taking down large prey.

Norn Emissary - Tyranids

Elite Synapse monstrous creature bred to annihilate strategic enemy targets.

Warhammer Skulls Festival

Warhammer Skulls is the celebration of all digital games about Warhammer.

There are loads of amazing discounts and new announcements from other studios, too. So we hope that you will check them out here.