Following the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s game-changing patch 3.0 final week, dataminers have dug into the information and unearthed what seems like upcoming armor customization items — together with one followers had hoped can be added to the sport.
Pictures of the Mark 6 Corvus and Mark 7 Aquila Astartes helmets have been posted to reddit, displaying that developer Saber Interactive possible plans to broaden the sport’s Space Marine customization past variations of the newest Mark 10 Tacticus energy armor.
Space Marine 2, which is ready in Warhammer 40,000’s present and ongoing Indomitus Period, options Primaris (larger, stronger, higher) marines and thus focuses on the newest armor units in the tabletop. Nonetheless, this datamine suggests outdated favorites are probably on the means, and it’s the “beaky” helmet popularized by the Raven Guard chapter of Space Marines that’s bought Warhammer 40,000 followers most excited.
There’s extra. Redditor agentduckman12 discovered a lot of photos in the sport information that reveal what seems like the new customization items coming to Space Marine 2 as a part of its massive October patch and the launch of Season 2 of the sport.
We see photos of a lot of weapons skins, that beaky helmet once more, and winged Darkish Angels helmets alongside the chapter’s new armor set. There’s additionally a picture of a Salamanders Sniper Rifle pores and skin, supposedly a part of a Salamanders Champion Pack coming in some unspecified time in the future for the Sniper class.
This tallies with what Saber has introduced is coming to Space Marine 2 in Season 2 (a Darkish Angels Champion Pack, Beauty Pack, and Weapon Pores and skin pack).
Saber has but to point out off upcoming customization items, so for now this all stays firmly in datamined territory, however with October round the nook, it received’t be lengthy earlier than the developer reveals what’s to return.
Talking of patch 3.0, IGN has reported on a seemingly innocuous change it made to Space Marine 2’s ending that bought Warhammer 40,000 followers excited. IGN additionally just lately interviewed Saber chief artistic officer Tim Willits about the enhance he expects the PS5 Professional will give the sport, and how the breakout success of Space Marine 2 has “modified the whole lot” for the studio.
In the meantime, Warhammer 40,000 superfan Henry Cavill has been enjoying Space Marine 2 and delivered his verdict, and we even have particulars on what followers can anticipate from Space Marine 2’s seasonal post-launch content material mannequin. Season 2 runs from October till the finish of 2024, and features a new Operations map, a brand new enemy, a tougher issue stage, a brand new weapon, and numerous different enhancements.
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