Warhammer RPG Rogue Trader Gets Massive PS5 Patch Just in Time for Christmas

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader has received a surprisingly large patch ahead of the Christmas break; we'd expect something like this to accompany an expansion, and at least one DLC offering is still on the way. We suppose we shouldn't complain: Co-op mode is now available on PS5, new cutscenes have been added to the campaign, specific combat encounters have been overhauled, and a smattering of new weapons (including some much-needed Force Swords) have been fairly distributed throughout the opening acts to aid early game item progression.

Developer Owlcat Games has done our grunt work for us, sifting through the 1000+ changes introduced by the major patch, with a list of highlights you can peruse below (always appreciated). If you like, you can see the complete, exhaustive list here, but beware of story spoilers.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Update 1.3 Patch Notes

• Co-op mode is now available on consoles! Explore the Koronus Expanse together.
• Multiple new cutscenes and a major rework of some old cutscenes;
• Significant increase in the availability of conviction points;
• There are a lot of new voiceovers, including companion banter, voiced cutscenes, etc. Fixed problems with many voiced lines and pronunciations;
• Many narrative updates on colony events and a rich selection of new rewards for them;
• Multiple encounters have been redesigned and made significantly more challenging based on community feedback;
• Rebalance of equipment and loot tables in Act I-II for better progression;
• 12 new Force swords were added to the game;
• Over 20 other new items were added to loot, rewards and vendors;
• Updated character models for Heinrix, Abelard, Kibellah and Argenta to better match their portraits;
• A lot of updates to French and German localization, as well as consistency pass on abilities and tutorials for all localizations;
• You can now rotate the Grand Strategist zones ("▢" on PS5);
• Demons summoned by Uralon can now properly attack and use their abilities;
• Many items previously unavailable to Yrliet and Marazhai can now be worn by them