Cinematic trailer for Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide

Fatshark sent Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide to Steam with a proper cinematic — the game’s animated introduction, produced by the Swedish animation and VFX house Black.

The film introduces the besieged city of Ubersreik, an Empire settlement reeling from a plague unleashed by an army of Skaven — the Warhammer universe’s rat-men menace, making its first big video-game headlining act.

The game itself is a four-plus-player cooperative combat title set across Ubersreik’s districts: players pick from five heroes, each with distinct skills and equipment, and the design quietly forces cooperation — go solo against the Skaven horde and the horde wins.

Vermintide released October 23 on PC, with console versions still unannounced at the time (they followed later). It went on to become a cult staple of the co-op genre and spawned a full sequel — but this trailer is where the rat invasion started, and Vermintide remains the entry point for series completists.