Happy New Year everyone. I am assuming by now all the hang overs are gone, and that most everyone is back up and functioning. This coming year has the looks of a nice one, and its quite possible that we will see 4 40k codices this year (although I keep hearing in the backfield that daemons will be a White Dwarf update).
Even so, 3 or 4 codices this year will be a good one, especially since we will be seeing Dark Angels here in just a few short days. That's starting the year off right. So its all good news from here on. Tau in May, and Eldar sometime later in the year.
I am posting up the release order that Hastings has put up (which is current cannon on what is coming atm), and the release dates we have seen listed for next year from Larry Vela.
I am going to add in one more that is still being whispered by a couple sources, but nothing is solid on.... and that is a 40k summer campaign (with new models for several armies and a supplement book)
Please remember that these are all rumors, and are very subject to change and move around a lot. So lets hope that Chaos Daemons are a codex, and that we really do see 4, but expect only 3 codex releases this year for 40k.
via Larry Vela over on Bols
JAN: Dark Angels
FEB: Daemons
MAR: Wave month (hobbit, warriors of chaos, 40k)
APR: High Elves
MAY: Tau
JUN: Summer wave (40k, supplement book for 40k)
JUL: Lizardmen
AUG: Mystery Box
SEP: Wave month
OCT: ???
NOV: Eldar
DEC: ???
via Hastings (release order)
Dark Angels
Chaos Daemons/Daemons of Chaos
Tau
High Elves
Eldar
Lizard Men