Mick Gordon Contributes Original Track to Warhammer 40K: Boltgun 2

Auroch Digital and Big Fan Games have confirmed that award-winning composer Mick Gordon, best known for his landmark work on the Doom series, has contributed an original track to the upcoming boomer shooter Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2, which is set to launch on October 14, 2026.

A New Release Date and a Heavy New Sound

According to IGN, the first taste of Gordon’s contribution can be heard in the newly released release date trailer for Boltgun 2. The trailer also delivers the first footage of the game’s central villain, Vashtorr the Arkifane, described as the daemonic demigod of inventors, engineers, scientists, and artisans. The game draws its aesthetic from 1990s shooters, channeling a pixelated, grimy visual style that IGN’s preview described as feeling like “undiluted 40K.”

Platforms and Launch Details

GameSpot reports that Boltgun 2 will arrive on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on October 14, with a Nintendo Switch 2 version confirmed to follow shortly after the initial launch.

Gordon’s History and What Comes Next

Mick Gordon built a devoted following through his scores for Doom (2016) and Doom Eternal, both of which fused industrial metal with electronic textures in ways that became deeply associated with those games. His relationship with Bethesda and id Software later soured publicly, with a well-documented dispute involving Doom Eternal executive producer Marty Stratton. Despite that history, IGN notes that Gordon is set to perform the Doom 2016 soundtrack live at RADAR 2027, a UK-based tech-metal and prog music festival. That event will mark the first full live performance of the soundtrack, though Gordon did perform a Doom medley at The Game Awards back in 2016.

His involvement with Boltgun 2 signals an ongoing appetite for the kind of high-energy, riff-driven composition that made his Doom work so influential, and it fits squarely within the aggressive tone the Boltgun series has built for itself.

Sources: IGN, GameSpot