Development studio Fatshark has confirmed that it will also be releasing Warhammer: Vermintide 2 for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The PC version was already announced earlier this year.

The new game is said to revisit the fierce first-person co-op slaughter-fest featuring visceral and ground breaking melee action, set in the apocalyptic End Times of the war-ravaged Warhammer Fantasy Battles world.

The five heroes from the first game have all returned to take on an even greater threat: the combined forces of a malevolent and destructive Chaos army and the swarming Skaven horde.

Players can choose between 15 different careers, climb the talent trees, customize their arsenal to fit their unique play style, fight their way through a myriad of stunning levels, and challenge themselves in our new Heroic Deeds System.

The game will feature co-op multiplayer functionality that will allow up to four players to play together.

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2018 first for PC and later for Xbox One and Playstation 4.

The studio has also announced a console update for the original Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide that brings 4K resolution rendering to the Xbox One X along with a smoother frame rate, darker shadows and enhanced textures.