# Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is Free to Play This Weekend!

- Product: Warhammer 40,000: Darktide (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/warhammer-40-000-darktide)
- Vendor: Fatshark
- Date: 2025-12-04
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1361210/view/618810005643069677
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- **added** — New map added to the game
- **added** — New live event introduced
- **added** — Hive Scum Class added as a new playable class

With humanity pushed to the edge and the hive on the brink of collapse, the Imperium is forced to enlist whoever it can - misfits, rejects and outright criminals. That means you! In Warhammer: 40,000 Darktide you and your strike team battle through a relentless, fast paced co-op experience set in the iconic grimdark future of Warhammer 40,000.

Darktide recently celebrated its third anniversary since launch, and there’s never been a better time to join the fight for humanity. Earlier this week Fatshark released a fully loaded content drop, introducing a **new map**, **new live event**, and the debut of outrageous **Hive Scum Class** ...and so much more! This major content drop is designed to welcome returning veterans and give new players the perfect entry point to the meat grinder.