It looks like we may know what armies will be included for the 2022 40k Christmas Battleforces, as the names have been leaked!
The Christmas Battleforces generally have great value for the factions included; however, each year, only about 6-8 get released for Warhammer 40k, so a lot of factions do get left out. While we don’t have an idea of the contents yet if you see your army included, it may be time to get excited about these rumors.
We’ll check out last year’s boxes (to get an idea of what to expect), then jump into the new factions!
Post Update: These Rumors were proven to be not only made up but, from the sound of it, specifically targeted at Spikey Bits. The OP of the rumor updated his post to say the following:
“A lie can run around the world before the truth has got its boots on.” This post is entirely fictional, the battleforces mentioned within are fake. The names were made up over the course of about twenty minutes, though I do appreciate all the comments talking about how close they are to the real names and therefore must be true.
This was done in order to show how silly the 40k community can be with leaks and how quickly everyone runs away with even the flimsiest of rumours. This post got 126k views in three days and was shared over 350 times. I’ve seen it everywhere in communities, posted as if it was fact. Special mention goes to the idiots at SpikeyBits (Looking at you Travis Pasch) who published an article without even attempting to verify the information. If you were one of the people posting these leaks and claiming your inside source has verified it (which was very common), please stop spreading misinformation in order to look cool.
To everyone that is disappointed, I am very sorry for getting your hopes up but hopefully this will teach you to temper your expectations in the future. You cannot trust leaks until they are verified by WarCom. Anyone can simply go on the internet and make up some names that sound right.
Websites like SpikeyBits and youtubers that capitalize on leaks like these have no interest in telling you the truth, they simply want your clicks and will happily lie to you to get them.
I’ve maintained the original leak in this edit so you can have context in the comments.
Remember
Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
A Note On Rumors Versus News
First off, rumors are one of the things that make this hobby fun! Sometimes a rumor comes out, and it’s super fun but may not be true. We try to put many disclaimers on those articles that it is just a rumor.
There is also a fine line sometimes between what is actual news and what is a rumor. Because we try to get out the hottest news that may be a rumor, sometimes that rumor we sourced in the article will end up being wrong. Rumors have been wrong a bunch, but hey, that’s just part of the fun sometimes!
As humans, we have a natural tendency to want to believe something is true. We do it all the time, and when you read something, then a few months go by, it’s hard to remember if we said it was a rumor or not.
That is totally understandable, but we try to make it obvious whether something is actually happening or we’re diving deep into the possibilities based on what we’ve seen. And like we said above, the rumor may not pan out sometimes, but speculating about the future is something all websites do because, again, it’s fun to think about the next new hot release or minatures!
Here is the original post we published
RUMORS: 2022 40k Christmas Battleforces Leaked
These are the boxes from last year; on average, they had $100 dollars in value for $210. We hope the price stays at $210 for the boxes, as the value should also stay about the same.
We’ll just have to wait and see on that, but we were a little surprised the Leagues of Votann army box stayed the same price as army boxes from last year. So who knows, maybe we get lucky, and the battleforces prices don’t rise.
Anyway, let’s check out the rumors for the new 2022 Battleforces factions for Warhammer 40k:
This comes from Reddit, and the actual factions aren’t named, just the box titles. So, we think our guesses are pretty close, but they could be a little different once we get images of the new sets.
- Explorator Maniple X-375 – Most likely AdMech
- Shatterspear Suppression Force- Space Marines (maybe Tau)
- Host of Annihilation- Chaos Space Marines, Daemons, or even Necrons
- Kasr Wall Garrison- This sounds like Imperial Guard to us
- Swordwind Warhost- Eldar
- Devourer Swarm- Tyranids
There’s also a chance that there would be a Leagues of Votann box, but with the current release schedule of the new minis, this seems a little off, but still possible.
As of right now, we don’t have much more to go on, but it’s exciting to see what could be coming very soon!
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