Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

Lore & Background

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 was announced by Focus Home Interactive on January 24, 2018. In August 2018, the game was delayed from its original release date of September 2018 to January 2019. An expansion pack, Chaos Campaign, was released on June 24, 2019. The game adapts the tabletop wargame Battlefleet Gothic, featuring all 12 playable factions from that game: Imperial Navy, Space Marines, Adeptus Mechanicus, Craftworld Aeldari, Aeldari Corsairs, Drukhari, Chaos, Orks, Necrons, Tyranids, T'au Merchant Fleet, and T'au Protector Fleet. It includes four narrative campaigns—Imperium, Chaos, Necrons, and Tyranids—with the Imperial campaign allowing the player to control all three Imperial factions. New to the sequel is co-op multiplayer for the campaigns.

Reader's Guide

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 received generally favorable reviews, with a Metacritic score of 77/100. Tom Senior of PC Gamer awarded it 84 out of 100, describing it as 'an absorbing space strategy game' and 'one of the most authentic attempts to capture the grandiosity of Warhammer 40,000'. Daniele Dolce of The Games Machine noted that while there is a lot of content, technical issues, poor balancing between the twelve factions, and missing features from its predecessor made it an underwhelming experience. Alexander Williams of Strategy Gamer called it 'a solid but not exceptional middle-of-the-road game with some UI hang-ups but a wide variety of factions and a solid amount of the old 40K charm'. The game was included in Eurogamer's list of 'The best Warhammer 40k games to play in 2022', and PC Gamer ranked it eighth on its list of best Warhammer 40,000 games, calling it 'a hell of a spectacle'.

Did You Know?

• The Imperial campaign allows the player to control all three Imperial factions: Imperial Navy, Space Marines, and Adeptus Mechanicus.
• The game was delayed from September 2018 to January 2019.