{"id":678901,"date":"2026-07-07T17:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678901\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:41:08","slug":"warhammer-40k-rogue-trader-gets-massive-update-on-switch-2-following-disappointing-launch-all-dlc-and-expansions-now-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/678901\/","title":{"rendered":"Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader gets &#8220;massive update&#8221; on Switch 2 following disappointing launch, all DLC and expansions now free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2023&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/warhammer-40000-rogue-trader\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader<\/a> is one of the best party-based CRPGs you can play today, but its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> port was called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rpgsite.net\/review\/19329-warhammer-40000-rogue-trader-nintendo-switch-2-port-review\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the console&#8217;s worst so far<\/a> earlier this year. Now, Owlcat Games is trying to make things right.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/07\/exclusive-warhammer-40000-rogue-trader-receives-massive-patch-on-switch-2-all-dlc-now-free\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nintendo Life has exclusively revealed<\/a> Owlcat is fixing the game the website called a &#8220;borderline disaster&#8221; back in January, with a &#8220;massive update&#8221; that&#8217;s set to go live at 4pm BST \/ 8am PDT \/ 11am EDT. It&#8217;s currently unclear how much it actually does, but it&#8217;s been promised the patch will eliminate &#8220;nasty bugs&#8221; and introduce various improvements to both the visual presentation and performance.<\/p>\n<p>Warhammer 40000 Rogue Trader &#8211; Official Nintendo Switch 2 Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rHX3qi3MFqg\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More surprising is the announcement that, &#8220;as an apology for the awful launch&#8221;, Owlcat is making &#8220;all additional content for Rogue Trader will be free for Switch 2 owners&#8221;. It includes Digital Deluxe content and DLC expansions &#8211; like Void Shadows and Lex Imperialis &#8211; as well. Furthermore, according to Nintendo Life&#8217;s report, the third and fourth major DLCs will be part of the new deal too.<\/p>\n<p>The long-awaited patch and shocking news arrive shortly after the reveal of <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/warhammer-40000-rogue-trader-secures-nintendo-switch-2-physical-release\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a &#8220;proper cartridge&#8221; physical release<\/a> of Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader&#8217;s Switch 2 port on 15th October, 2026. This version will come from Silver Lining Interactive, in collaboration with Owlcat Games and Games Workshop.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Owlcat is also working on a new WH40K CRPG titled <a href=\"https:\/\/es.ign.com\/warhammer-40000-dark-heresy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Heresy<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/mass-effect\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mass Effect<\/a>-like action RPG <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/owlcat-gen-ai-expanse-osiris-reborn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Expanse: Osiris Reborn<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2023&#8217;s Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader is one of the best party-based CRPGs you can play today, but its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-678901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}