Amazon and Video games Workshop have revealed contemporary particulars about their Secret Level Warhammer 40,000 episode, confirming it’s a sequel to the not too long ago launched Space Marine 2.
Secret Level is an animated anthology sequence made up of 15 unbiased episodes, every primarily based on a recreation. It’s created by a few of the individuals behind Netflix’s animated anthology sequence Love, Demise & Robots, and is about to launch on Prime Video on December 10.
In a put up on Warhammer Community, Video games Workshop identified that government producer and supervising director Dave Wilson was accountable for one of many first ever Warhammer animations, the enduring opening to the unique Warhammer 40,000: Daybreak of Conflict real-time technique recreation. That opening cinematic, now 20 years previous, is vastly well-liked amongst Warhammer 40,000 followers and is usually held up as the most effective Warhammer 40,000 animations ever created.
Maybe of most curiosity is the Warhammer 40,000 Secret Level episode’s hyperlink to Saber Interactive’s record-breaking Space Marine 2. First up, Video games Workshop confirmed actor Clive Standen’s return as Ultramarines lieutenant Titus, the protagonist of the sport.
“Gamers of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 may have already clocked the enduring determine of Lieutenant Titus within the preliminary teaser trailer launched again in August,” Video games Workshop stated. “Right this moment it has simply been confirmed that the indomitable Clive Standen is reprising his main position because the voice of Titus on this new animation.”
Video games Workshop then confirmed this Secret Level animation is “a sequel to Space Marine 2,” even going so far as teasing that it follows on instantly from the occasions of the sport’s marketing campaign.
“Sure, that’s Titus and what’s that fancy laurel on his helmet?” Video games Workshop stated. “Should you’ve accomplished the sport, then you definitely already know! This animation follows the conclusion of the online game like a… secret degree.”
Warning! Space Marine 2 spoilers observe.
So, what may this imply? Space Marine 2 ends with Titus vindicated having joined forces with Ultramarines Chapter Grasp Marneus Calgar to defeat the forces of Chaos. Calgar awards Titus with a new helmet adorned with the Imperial Laurel earlier than calling upon him to tackle a mysterious mission. Presumably that’s the place Secret Level picks up. (You’ll be able to take a look at the ending of Space Marine 2 within the video under.)
Secret Level hits Prime Video on December 10 and consists of episodes primarily based on every little thing from Sony’s Harmony to Epic’s Unreal. The Warhammer 40,000 episode is within the first salvo alongside seven others. The remainder of the sequence drops a week afterward December 17.
As for a continuation of the Space Marine 2 story in online game type, Saber has remained coy on the potential for marketing campaign DLC, though it’s admitted it already has concepts floating round for the seemingly inevitable Space Marine 3.
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