Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun

Taking place on the Forge World Graia several years after the events of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, the player takes the role of Malum Caedo, a Sternguard Veteran Space Marine of the Ultramarines Chapter sent by the Inquisition to Graia on a mission of great importance. Since the Ork and Chaos invasions from years before, the Inquisition has kept Graia closely watched for further threats. The Inquisitor in charge of the mission reveals that the Techpriests of Graia have experimented with the remains of the late Inquisitor Drogan's Power Source, and the experiments have resulted in the opening of a warp rift that have allowed the Forces of Chaos to once again invade the Forge World.

Malum Caedo and his squad are tasked with retrieving the Power Source with the aid of a Servo Skull belonging to Drogan. When the Ultramarines make planetfall, their drop pod is severely damaged during the descent and crash land on the planet's surface, leaving only Malum Caedo as the sole survivor.

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is a single-player first-person shooter in which the player controls a Space Marine battling against Chaos Space Marines and Chaos daemons.[2][3] Its gameplay and artistic style are heavily influence by first-person shooters from the 1990's such as Doom, but the developers have highlighted their inclusion of modern gaming features like the use of modern enemy behaviour AI.[1][4]

The game was announced at Warhammer Skulls 2022 on 1 June 2022.[1]

On 11 April 2023 it was announced via the Warhammer Community page that the game is set to release on 23 May 2023, and that Rahul Kohli will voice the protagonist Malum Caedo.[3][1] In a blog post also published on 11 April 2023 via PlayStation.Blog, Grant Stewart (lead designer at Auroch Digital) explained some features of the upcoming game and its development.[5] This included modern enemy AI, sprite creation, and animations.