Games Workshop has announced that the long-awaited Astartes 2 animated series will launch in December 2026 exclusively on their Warhammer TV streaming platform. The announcement resolves years of uncertainty, as fans had worried the project might have been quietly cancelled following an initial 2026 release window teaser. The sequel continues from the original Astartes, created by superfan Syama Pedersen, who was subsequently hired by Games Workshop to produce the official follow-up.

The original Astartes is widely acclaimed as the finest Warhammer 40K animation to date, with only Amazon's Space Marine 2 animation rivalling it in critical reception. Games Workshop previously released a teaser trailer showing action sequences across various environments and faction matchups, but the company later clarified that this material represents the characters' former lives rather than actual scenes from the show itself. Substantial details about the series, including episode structure, length, and storyline specifics, remain undisclosed.