Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Sells 7 Million in Less Than a Year — and You Can See Why Space Marine 3 Was Confirmed So Soon

(*3*)Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has bought a large 7 million copies in lower than a 12 months, writer Focus Leisure has introduced.

(*3*)The Saber Interactive-developed Space Marine 2 launched in early September 2024, which implies it hit the 7 million copies bought mark in simply over 9 months.

(*3*)Space Marine 2 was an instantaneous hit, promoting 4.5 million in simply over a month. Certainly, Space Marine 2 has executed so effectively it “adjustments the whole lot” for Saber, Chief Artistic Officer Tim Willits instructed IGN quickly after the sport got here out.

(*2*)(*3*)As a end result, it was a massive monetary success for Warhammer 40,000 proprietor Video games Workshop. CEO Kevin Rountree has mentioned it contributed vital royalty income to the tabletop firm’s enterprise final 12 months.

(*3*)Focus and Saber stunned some Space Marine 2 followers when it introduced Space Marine 3 was in growth again in March, half a 12 months after the sport got here out. However given the large gross sales you may see why the challenge was greenlit so quickly.

(*3*)”Space Marine 2 has confirmed to be a transformative sport for Saber,” Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive, mentioned on the time.

(*3*)”It’s the end result of the whole lot we have now discovered about sport growth in our 25 years in the enterprise. We are actually beginning to develop Space Marine 3, a sport that carries with it super expectations from our quickly increasing fanbase. Whereas we are going to proceed to assist and develop the Space Marine 2 universe over the approaching years, we are going to take all our learnings and apply them to a good greater and extra spectacular sport for the third installment. We view this as a chance to create a real love letter to the Warhammer 40.000 universe.”

(*3*)Nonetheless, Focus and Saber needed to put out a assertion reassuring gamers of its dedication to Space Marine 2, which remains to be working by way of its 12 months one roadmap of content material.

(*3*)With out spoiling the Space Marine 2 marketing campaign, it strongly suggests a continuation (IGN has reported on the enemy faction we’ll most likely see in Space Marine 3).

(*3*)Within the shorter time period, Space Marine 2 is because of get the Siege Replace (Patch 8) very quickly. It makes a massive weapon change not for steadiness causes, however as a result of it’s simply actually, actually cool.

(*3*)Wesley is Director, Information at IGN. Discover him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.