Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada II is the sequel to Battlefleet Gothic Armada and is the first 40k game to be set during the Gathering Storm (An event in which Geedubs finally decided to advance the storyline)
The game will again be developed by Tindalos Studios and published by Focus Home Interactive, and will be released in early 2018.
Setting
As mentioned above, the game is set during the Gathering Storm event. To summarize: The armless crybaby known as Abaddon the Despoiler launched his 13th Black Crusade which ended with him rage quitting and dropping a Blackstone Fortress upon the planet of Cadia, destroying the planet (though it broke before the guard did) and it's pylons resulting in a chain reaction of warp-storms that created the Great Rift and divided the galaxy in half.
Plot
The game will have three campaigns at launch for the Imperium, Tyranids and Necrons.
Prologue/Tutorial: It has been confirmed that the Fall of Cadia will be the games Prologue/Tutorial.
Imperial Campaign:
Necron Campaign:
Tyranid Campaign: