Fatshark announced Warhammer 40,000: Darktide launches for PS5 on December 3, 2024. Players that preorder the Imperial Edition can play six days before its release.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide PS5 release is PS5 Pro enhanced
The Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Standard Edition for PS5 will cost $39.99 on the PlayStation Store; the Imperial Edition costs $59.99. PS Plus subscribers can preorder right now and save a bit of cash. The Standard Edition is $35.99 with its 10% discount, and the Imperial Edition is $50.99 with its 15% discount. Players not sure if they want to commit to purchasing the multiplayer shooter can check out the trailer below.
The PS5 version of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide has some special features exclusive to the console platform. This includes DualSense haptic feedback, and PS5 Pro enhancements. Here are the PS5 features according to Fatshark:
- DualSense Haptic Feedback
- Frame rate of 60 FPS on a 4K resolution for PlayStation 5 Pro
- Performance mode (60FPS on a 1440p resolution) and Quality Mode (30FPS on a 4K resolution)
Specifics on the PS5 Pro enhanced specs are not known. It seems many PS5 Pro enhanced games are utilizing PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) technology to essentially get the best of both graphics options. This is perhaps the case here.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide originally launched for PC back in late 2022. It was eventually brought to Xbox Series X|S last October. The multiplayer first person shooter is a spiritual successor to Warhammer: Vermintide, a wave-based multiplayer player shooter where players can choose between several classes. As the name suggests, it is based in the world of the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game.
This news comes on the launch day of the PS5 Pro. Sony’s current gen console refresh features new hardware that improves the overall gameplay experience. Featuring a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing capabilities, and its AI upsampling technology PSSR, the console attempts to bring both high resolution pictures with faster frame rates.
