Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 will quickly see the launch of Patch 8, which writer Focus Leisure and developer Saber Interactive have already mentioned heralds the arrival of the hotly anticipated Horde mode.
However what else would possibly it embrace? Current datamines of Space Marine 2 itself might maintain clues.
Warning! Potential spoilers for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 observe:
Let’s begin with maybe the largest query Space Marine 2 followers have proper now: what’s the new class? Datamines suggest it is the Techmarine. Why? As a result of in the recordsdata was point out of a perk referred to as ‘shoulder gun bolter,’ which is a clear indication that Techmarines are lastly in play.
For the uninitiated, a Techmarine is a Space Marine engineer-type class who’s a huge fan of the Cult Mechanicus in addition to their Chapter. They’re huge on know-how and focus on fixing and sustaining autos and different huge stuff, similar to Dreadnaughts.
You may see how a Techmarine would possibly slot into a Space Marine 2 squad, which presently lacks a class of this sort. And this ties into one other datamined element: the obvious means to “summon” a Dreadnaught in Horde mode. Dreadnaughts are a half of the Space Marine 2 marketing campaign (one viral second entails a Dreadnaught being significantly heroic and badass), and you additionally struggle alongside one in a PvE Operations mission. Might you earn the proper to summon a Dreadnaught and, as a Techmarine, preserve it alive, in Horde mode?
Now onto the promised new melee weapon. Datamines recommend Space Marine 2 will lastly get a Energy Axe, which once more, is smart in the context of Video games Workshop’s huge Space Wolves push for the tabletop recreation. And let’s bear in mind, in December, IGN reported on Space Marine 2 modders who put the axe from Secret Stage’s Warhammer 40,000 episode into the recreation.
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There’s extra! As mentioned in a current video by Warhammer 40,000 YouTuber Chapter Master Valrak, dataminers just lately unearthed proof of a Grav-cannon in Space Marine 2. That is, usually, a huge gun utilized by Space Marines that manipulate gravity to trigger a goal to crush itself to loss of life. Might the Techmarine class, ought to it’s a real upcoming arrival, completely wield the Grav-cannon? In that case, I think about there will likely be many gamers who gravitate in the direction of it with the launch of Patch 8.
It’s value noting that Patch 8 stays underneath wraps for now, however we’re anticipating Space Marine 2-related bulletins throughout the upcoming Warhammer Skulls livestream this Thursday, Could 22. Maybe we’ll discover out extra there.
There’s a lot occurring in the world of Space Marine 2, regardless of the shock announcement that growth of Space Marine 3 growth had begun. Space Marine 2’s 12 months one roadmap stays in place.
Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You may attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.