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The Warhammer 40,000: Darktide squad at a pub table in the release date announcement trailer.

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Launch TrailerWarhammer 40,000: Darktide takes Vermintide’s grimdark co-op formula into the far future.Watch on YouTube

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide - Launch Trailer

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Although the patch notes were issued at 6pm GMT yesterday, players were stillreportingray tracing being active and tanking frame rates in their game after that, despite it being set to off. Redditor Firestrike9 shared some recommendations to get those frames back up to reasonable levels, such as heading into Darktide’s config file and editing it to make sure ray tracing is definitely off. Turning all your graphics to low and setting DLSS on balanced are also claimed to help. I’ve reached out to Fatshark to check what’s going on here, and will update if they get back to me.

You’ll be able to read some of AliceO.’s impressions of Darktide on the site later today, but Ed had a rollicking time with the game when he wenthands-on with Darktideat Gamescom earlier this year. “Not only did our team win, but we also came away with a sense of comradery and I think that says it all,” he said. “Just don’t go thinking this is going to shake-up the Vermintide formula. I reckon it’s more of an extension, if anything.”

Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is out onSteamand theMicrosoft Storefor £33/$40/€40. It’s also on PC Game Pass, if you’re a subscriber.