Author Dan Abnett has been announced as the writer of
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, a new cooperative first-person shooter from developer Fatshark. The announcement was made during the Warhammer Skulls streaming event hosted by franchise creator Games Workshop on Thursday.
Abnett is a deft hand at writing for the 40K universe with dozens of novels to his credit. His work on
kicked off the Horus Heresy, perhaps the single longest-running series of novels in the entire Black Library. He’s also responsible for the creation of Gaunt’s Ghosts, a quirky team of commandos, and Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn, a character who may soon get a live-action television show.