Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 writer Focus Leisure has teased new content material coming to the sport in its third 12 months, together with the promise of a new class in 2027.
The massively profitable third-person co-op motion recreation has seen one new DLC class up to now — the Techmarine — and followers had questioned if extra had been on the best way. In a (*3*), Focus stated the brand new class is deliberate for the primary half of 2027, so we will anticipate it earlier than the top of June.
However what’s it? Focus wouldn’t say, however did stress it’s been “extremely requested by the group.” There are a variety of potentials, together with the Apothecary, the Judiciar, or, at a push, the Chaplain. My cash’s on the Apothecary as a heavy obligation help class with a highly effective therapeutic capacity, maybe even with distinctive gameplay round harvesting Gene-seed.
“As we did with the Techmarine, this new Class will obtain its personal particular Champion Pores and skin after its launch,” Focus added.
That’s thrilling sufficient for followers, however all through Year 3, Space Marine 2 can even obtain 5 main updates (Patches 15-19). “As soon as once more, there’ll be loads of free content material for everybody, together with new weapons, missions, and extra,” Focus stated. “On high of that, there’ll be a Season Move full of Chapter cosmetics and Champion skins.”
“We’ll additionally proceed putting a sturdy concentrate on enhancing the consumer expertise and fixing bugs all through Year 3, making the sport smoother, extra steady, and extra pleasant for everybody,” Focus continued.
The Year 3 roadmap will likely be revealed alongside the Second Anniversary Replace, which is slated for this September.
The tease comes scorching on the heels of the discharge of Patch 13, dubbed the Purgation Replace. It added a new PvE mission, a main replace to Siege Mode, a new weapon (the Bolt Carbine Sidearm), and the Iron Arms Chapter Pack. There’s additionally a new Follow Enviornment within the Battle-Barge.
Space Marine 2 continues to obtain new content material following its blockbuster gross sales success, with over 12 million gamers since its 2024 launch. The breakout success of Space Marine 2, set within the grimdark far future universe of Video games Workshop’s tabletop conflict recreation, can’t be understated. Tim Willits, growth chief of developer Saber Interactive, instructed IGN quickly after the sport got here out that Space Marine 2 had modified all the pieces for the studio as gross sales exploded — and so they’ve elevated at a regular tempo since. Space Marine 2’s current addition to subscription companies PlayStation Plus and Xbox Recreation Move has solely boosted participant numbers additional. It wasn’t lengthy after Space Marine 2 got here out that Space Marine 3 was introduced, though we’ve but to see or hear something significant about it.
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