Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader follow-up Dark Heresy will launch at the end of January

Owlcat has released a new trailer for its coming Warhammer 40K RPG, Dark Heresy. The inquisition and investigation-focused RPG is now slated for a January 28 launch.

We've loved what we've seen of the game so far: Its focus on investigating heresy and closing cases represents something genuinely novel for Owlcat, which until now has focused on fantasies of rulership (with lite 4x/management gameplay) and quite good (and often very challenging) tactical battles.

One problem: I have a largely uncomplicated relationship with Owlcat games, because I've only ever played them a year-plus out from launch. PCG's other RPG heads, like weekend editor Jody Macgregor and online editor Fraser Brown, remain scarred by their experiences with pre-launch, review period Owlcat games. Jody, for example, lost hours of progress while working on his Rogue Trader review, and once told me that Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' extensive combat system "just didn't work" in the pre-release review period.

Hope springs eternal, though, and …