There are tons of releases left, right, and center from GW New Years Preview; here’s the breakdown of everything previewed so far for 2023!
Be sure to check out all the New Years previews for 2023 from Games Workshop below for Age of Sigmar, Horus Heresy, and of course, Warhammer 40k!
- GW Previews What’s Next for Horus Heresy in 2023
- AoS Battletome Roadmap for 2023!
- What’s Next for Warhammer 40k in 2023
- New Black Library For 2023
But we are also breaking it all down here!
GW Previews What to Expect for Horus Heresy in 2023
Warhammer Community unveiled the preview and the new shrouded pics; let’s take a closer look!
The Typhon Heavy Siege Tank is rumbling towards the front lines as we speak, and already the clamour of war echoes just over the New Year’s horizon. What else is in store for the Legions battling for the fate of the fledgling Imperium in 2023?
GW has been previewing every major game for 2023, and now it looks like 40k is really the only thing we have left after this preview! The Typhon Heavy Siege Tank is actually built on the Spartan chassis, but with a few extra sprues.
If you want to see more details about the Typhon, you can check that out here.
Let’s see what else 2023 has in store!
The dark shadow of Horus Ascended looms, heralding the arrival of the single most powerful character in the Age of Darkness so far. This incredible model befits the godly power Horus commands at the height of the Heresy, and it will be terrorising a battlefield near you before long.
We hope this comes out soon because this just looks like such a sick model! It is going to be from Forge World (so it probably has a hefty price tag), but if you play Chaos, we’re not sure how you can pass up on a cool model! Read More about the new Horus Here.
The end is nigh, and the full story behind the Horus Heresy’s climax will be laid bare when the first volume of The End and The Death drops in 2023. This multi-part epic heralds the end of the Siege of Terra series, complete with twists and turns you’ll never see coming as the Emperor and Horus near their final, fateful encounter.
The Siege of Terra series is amazing, and it will kind of be sad but very exciting to read the last books! Read more about everything on the way, including volume two here.
However, there are also some new minis we’ve never seen before on the way!
New Horus Heresy Miniatures For 2023
But that’s not all we saw – what could some more of these hints be? More armoured firepower? Perhaps some high-speed reinforcements? That gentleman seems to be holding a fancy stick, and only Space Marines of a decidedly mystical nature tend to carry those into battle…
While you can’t see the details, it’s obvious this is most likely the Legion Scimitar Pattern Bike, perhaps being redone in plastic finally like the majority of the other Horus Heresy vehicles from Forge World.
This looks a lot like it could be a Daemon of some kind or possibly another assassin joining the ranks.
Well, they already said only people with psychic powers carry a staff like this, but with the Council of Nikea banning psykers its hard to say what this could be.
GW Reveals New Black Library For 2023
This was revealed in this Warhammer Community post.
We start with books 10 and 11 of the Gaunt’s Ghosts series. Armour of Contempt has the Tanith First and Only return to the embattled world of Gereon, only to find its people tainted – perhaps irreversibly – by the dark powers they seek to repel, while Only in Death tasks Gaunt with defending a critical pass from enemies outside and ghosts within.
We all love Gaunt’s Ghosts, and listening to them on audiobook is a great way to go.
The Astra Militarum stories continue with Choose Your Enemies, the triumphant return of Ciaphas Cain and the Valhallan 597th. Their task to purge Chaos influence from a string of worlds is fraught with danger, but perhaps less than the heroes of Fifteen Hours – a story so named for the life expectancy of the unfortunate Guardsmen fighting their first-ever battle.
This all lines up with the new Guard release, so it will be great to get some listening/reading in while working on your new army!
More legendary characters continue their sagas with Manslayer and Elfslayer, the ninth and tenth novels in the beloved Gotrex and Felix series. The wars against Chaos engulf the Old World, and a trip aboard the mighty airship Spirit of Grungni begins a series of unfortunate events involving cultists, wizards, and the nefarious Dark Elves.
These are just super fun series! If you want some wild fantasy action, these are perfect.
Back in the 41st Millennium, Ragnar Blackmane’s story begins in Space Wolf, William King’s venerable epic charting the rise of the now-infamous Wolf Lord. Njall Stormcaller meanwhile appears in Chris Wraight’s Stormcaller, as the Rune Priest arrives to reinforce his comrades on the plague-wracked world of Ras Shakeh.
Space Wolf books are always fun as listening about the crazy Vikings of the future is awesome!
Finally, three more Space Marine audiobooks complete the list. The Uriel Ventris saga reaches its incredible climax in The Chapter’s Due, Grey Knights battle Angron for the fate of Armageddon in The Emperor’s Gift, and seven Black Templars tales come together in the action-packed anthology Crusaders of Dorn.
To finish the preview, we’ll get three more Space Marines stories!
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GW Releases AoS Battletome Roadmap for 2023!
Warhammer Community unveiled the new roadmaps and a video of what new miniatures we can expect in 2023!
What wondrous releases could we be referring to? We’ll never tell. But let’s remind ourselves of the roadmap. Battletome Slaves to Darkness will be fully unleashed on the Mortal Realms very soon, while the Beasts of Chaos and Gloomspite Gitz will be present to tear down civilisation in early 2023.
Five further Battletomes are planned for spring – one for Grand Alliance Order, two for Chaos, and two for Death – followed by another Order battletome in summer. We’ll leave it up to you to speculate…
Well, technically, Winter doesn’t end until March 20th 2023, so GW has about three months to release three books. We hope Slaves to Darkness is pretty soon, as they have already dropped the army box.
From the sounds of it, Beasts of Chaos and Gloomspite Gitz will be released together (probably in a big box). After that, things get a little harder, but according to rumors, we’ve heard about Seraphon (and now basically confirmed by GW in the video below), Ossiarch Bonereapers (could easily be one of the Death books in Spring), and obviously Cities of Sigmar.
However, Cities of Sigmar would make more sense for Summer as a big release, and they still seem a little way off. Now, let’s check out the shrouded minis hinting at new minis!
New Age of Sigmar Minis Spotted
Don’t worry; the picture quality improves after this one and is a little less shrouded. Honestly, any guess is going to be quite a leap with this one…
Next up, this basically just confirms Seraphon because what else could this be? Basically, nothing! So, notch one of those books up for the faction!
This one looked like yet another miniature for Seraphon, so they might be getting a pretty big rework in 2023!
This is obviously something for one of the Chaos books and might be a rework of something Khorne perhaps!
Last but not least, we have this model. This could be for a lot of armies, but the way it’s holding the blade and the back piece, we would lean towards the Hedonites of Slaanesh.
Be sure to check out the video below for some more action shots.
Warcry & Underworlds Roadmap For 2023
Over in the Gnarlwood, there are two more Warcry expansions to come in the current season – entitled Bloodhunt and Nightmare Quest. Warhammer Underworlds is expecting one more warband and the Beastbound Assault rivals deck.
So, they didn’t really give too much on these, more or less just a promise of more. So not too much to dive into, honestly other than the fact they promise more will be on the way.
GW Previews What’s Next for Warhammer 40k in 2023
Warhammer Community unveiled the new models, so let’s get into what they might be!
Well, they did show these two books, but we’ve known about this for a long time, so nothing too exciting, so let’s get into the minis!
With the war for the Imperium Nihilus escalating, even the Imperium’s finest will need reinforcements – and reinforcements they shall get. Garbled pict-captures from the Tarmoth System have caught glimpses of figures hefting what look like pretty huge weapons. If only we had a clearer picture, perhaps coming at a major event in the near future…
We’ve heard rumors about a Space Marine with a new type of missile launcher, and this looks like it could fit the bill!
This is the Rumor Engine we saw a long time ago, and it looks a lot like that weapon in the shrouded figure above, just with the top open perhaps!
Our look ahead at the Arks of Omen series revealed a fourth book lurking beyond the shadows, its details shrouded by decree of the Ordo Xenos. What dreadful alien threat could cause such drastic action to be taken, so far beyond the Imperium’s sight?
Talking about Xenos, this looks like it would be something for Eldar, Tau, or maybe if GW gets crazy, an Exodite Army even (check out the rumors here)! Exodites are sort of like Eldar, who left before the fall and are much more in tune with nature. Maybe the trees are a giveaway to that?
Speaking of space hulks… Kill Team! Now that the Shadowvaults have been cracked wide open, it’s time to speculate about Soulshackle – the mysterious next expansion set. We know quite a few factions who’d love to get their hands on some tasty mortal souls, but how many of them have experience fighting in the bowels of a space hulk?
Who likes souls and capturing people? Dark Eldar! We would love to see some new minis for them, but there is also a chance this is for the Corsairs, but everything screams Dark Eldar here. These were the three images showcased by Games Workshop, but there were two more models in the video they didn’t talk about.
This looks like Traitor Guard to us. With the recent release of all the cultist stuff, it would make sense to follow up with a bunch of Traitor Guard or at least a Kill Team box. Either way, he appears to have some sort of breacher shield, possibly.
This sneaky fellow could be a rework for Snikrot or any Kommando, but it definitely looks Orky, and we would love to see a new Snikrot model for sure!
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Check out the latest Warhammer 40k rumors for the rest of the 9th and even 10th Edition, new releases, and more!
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