All aboard the hype train, as last night the Warhammer Community page announced the release date for Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition, Saturday 17th June!

Pre-orders available from Saturday June 3rd!

That's right folks, set an alarm for 10am Saturday 3rd June as that is when our pre-orders will go live for all the Warhammer 8th Edition releases. We are under strict terms and conditions which prevent us from being able to reveal pricing or take pre-orders before this date but we can let you know what is on the way.

Warhammer 8th Edition 17th June Releases:

• Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium Boxed Set
• Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (8th Edition)
• Warhammer 40,000: Index: Imperium Volume 1
• Warhammer 40,000: Index: Imperium Volume 2
• Warhammer 40,000: Index: Chaos
• Warhammer 40,000: Index: Xenos Volume 1
• Warhammer 40,000: Index: Xenos Volume 2
• Warhammer 40,000: Tactical Objective Cards
• Warhammer 40,000: Sector Imperialis Objectives
• Warhammer 40,000: Combat Gauge
• Warhammer 40,000: Command Dice:
• Dark Imperium Novel

You'll see that you cannot yet place pre-orders for these but what you can do is add them to your wish-list and bookmark the pages ready for the 3rd of June.

Time to take a closer look at some of the biggest releases…

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium Boxed Set

The new Warhammer 40,000: Dark Imperium Boxed Set is one of the best value boxed sets which games Workshop have ever released, including 53 brand new multi-part miniatures, the full hardback Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition rulebook, dice, datasheets & more.

The two brand new armies consist of the Primaris Space Marines and Death Guard and the new miniatures look amazing- just check out the video below.

For the Primaris Space Marines you get a Captain in Gravis armour, a Primaris Ancient, 2 Primaris Lieutenants, 2 Intercessor squads, a plasma totting Hellblaster squad & a new jump pack Inceptor squad.

The Death Guard get a Lord of Contagion, Noxious Blightbringer, Malignant Plaguecaster, 7 Plague Marines, 10 Poxwalkers and the brand new Foetid Bloat-drone vehicle.

Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (8th Edition)

This impressive 280 page hardback tome is the most comprehensive guide to Warhammer 40,00 released to date, including swathes of background and exploration of the Warhammer 40,000 setting and some major advances in the storyline.

It's also packed full of rules, including the core rules for 8th edition, full guidelines for the 3 ways to play (open, narrative and matched) and advanced rules for unique gameplay styles such as Cities of Death, Planetstrike, Stronghold Assault and Death from the Skies.

Army Indexes

Each of the 5 Warhammer 40,000: Index books are full of brand new, written from scratch, datasheets that enable you to use all the miniature in your collection in games of 8th Edition Warhammer 40,000, making them an essential for any new or existing players and collectors of Warhammer 40,000.

Stay tuned for more updates as we get closer to pre-order day!