More indications are here that point towards the release of a new 40k Chaos Space Marines codex sooner rather than later.
We’ve been seeing a lot of rumors lately pointing towards a release soon. Some of them say World Eaters are first, but even GW said 2022 would be a big year for Chaos. So, let’s hope all of them hold true and we’ll see a really big update early in 2022.
We’ll start with some of the rumors we’ve seen, then jump into the new ones.
40k RUMORS: Huge New Chaos Space Marines Release For 9th Edition
First and foremost, these rumors are all based on new or updated models. If these are true, this is a massive update, almost the size of a new faction release like Soulblight grave lords or Lumineth Realmlords we saw for Age of Sigmar.
There also seems to be a greater emphasis on updating the cultist/human line and most likely important in the faction. One of the unique things about Chaos is the presence of non-marine heretics. So it would be a unique space to expand on for the faction.
Some of these we have already seen as the post points out in Blackstone Fortress, but some seem to be completely new as well.
The deletion of the forum post might be someone asking it to get taken down or maybe even just the author decided to, we can’t know for sure.
Games Workshop Confrimes New Chaos Coming in 2022:
Also of note, the recent WHC Codex Roadmap post mentioned this about Chaos:
Eagle-eyed heretics** may note the lack of codexes for the Traitor Legions. Do not despair, as 2022 will be a bumper year for warp-based shenanigans.
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This is a huge boon for chaos, as generic CSM has seemed to be on the backburner for the 9th edition. Assuming at least some of the rumors are true there’s huge potential for new additions and updates as the change to Primaris for loyalists seemed to have left Chaos in the dust.
World Eaters Next Up For Chaos in 2022?
Two different industry insiders have indicated to us that World Eaters are “slated” to be released before a full CSM codex.
They are one of the four main single-god devoted legions; Thousand Sons for Tzeentch, Death Guard for Nurgle, Emperor’s Children for Slaanesh, and World Eaters for Khorne. We assume why Games Workshop would release World Eaters before the whole CSM book is probably because people who play any of the devoted legions will also buy the CSM codex as well as any potential new models too.
Meaning they can keep the releases flowing to the same customer base. Plus it’s easier to release more models this way, with a big-sized mini (such as a Daemon Primarch or new vehicle kit) to build hype and new limited edition Army boxes.
Most recently Chapter Master Valrak, posted a video talking about some rumblings he has heard about a new World Eaters update coming sometime during 9th edition. Apparently, a source told him that World Eaters are coming in 9th, and supposedly before Emperor’s Children.
As by far one of the most popular legions, it makes perfect sense that World Eaters get their own codex. Unlike undivided legions like Word Bearers or Black legion, the God-devoted ones have much more unique models and lore, making them better candidates for dedicated books, and new models.
This also makes sense with the new rumors we’ve heard, meaning Emperor’s Children would come after World Eaters and Chaos Space Marines proper later on in the 9th Edition release cycle. Or, they could easily have gotten the idea messed up, maybe it’s CSM, then World Eaters, then Emperor’s children.
Either way, let’s jump into the newest rumors!
RUMORS: App Update Points to New Chaos Codex Soon
GW has recently put Heldrake updates in the 4ok app, which may mean a number of things including a new codex book soon!
These rumors come from Faeit, and they basically point to two different versions of the Heldrake in the app. So the real question is, why publish and program it if a book isn’t coming soon?
It could very well be that they just gave the programmer the new stats and they just put it in without knowing when it should go live, or even toggled the wrong one “live” and didn’t remove the “old” nomenclature from the title.
So again, why put it into the app if a book isn’t coming soon. While this isn’t the biggest thing ever, this along with the previous rumors really seem to point to a new book sooner than later!
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