Space Marine 2 Dev’s Next Game Is Based On One Of Hasbro’s “Tentpole” IPs

After the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 final yr, it appears like developer Saber Interactive will probably be engaged on one other recreation based mostly on a well-known IP. Hasbro introduced this week that Saber Interactive will probably be bringing one in every of its “tentpole IPs” to life as a “AAA” recreation.

“We have now many new digital collaborations within the works, however I am particularly excited to announce this one as we speak, being a private fan of lots of this crew’s video games,” Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks mentioned throughout an investor’s name (through Polygon). “Hasbro and Saber Interactive will probably be collaborating on an all-new online game partnership developed by the crew behind 2024’s mega-hit, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Combining high-octane single-player motion and superb multiplayer with Saber’s Swarm tech, this new AAA title, based mostly on one in every of our tentpole IPs, is bound to be successful.”

Cocks added that the co-publishing deal between Hasbro and Saber Interactive was greenlit after the crew behind Space Marine 2 particularly was assigned to work on this new undertaking. The Warhammer 40K sequel was developed by Saber St. Petersburg, which is one in every of a number of subsidiaries owned by the corporate. As for the IP that Saber will probably be adapting, that is still a thriller for now, as Hasbro owns a number of manufacturers like Transformers, GI Joe, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic the Gathering, My Little Pony, and Peppa Pig.

That is additionally one in every of a number of online game tasks in improvement, as Invoke Studios is engaged on a brand new Dungeons & Dragons recreation, Atomic Arcade is dealing with a GI Joe spin-off starring Snake Eyes, and Austin-based studio Skeleton Secret is engaged on a thriller undertaking. A Transformers recreation would seemingly be a very good match for Saber, as that is one IP that followers of the franchise have been requesting to see extra of.

Whereas Transformers hasn’t been dormant within the online game house, current releases like Galactic Trials and Earthspark Expedition have not fairly managed to scratch the itch for Autobot motion in the identical method that video games like Warfare for Cybertron or Transformers: Devastation did after they had been launched again within the 2010s.

Sadly, one promising Transformers recreation, Transformers: Reactivate, was canceled earlier this yr after having been in improvement at British studio Splash Harm.