Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 loved a really profitable launch earlier this month, and now one of many prime bosses on the recreation’s writer has teased what’s on faucet for the longer term. This consists of potential story DLC or perhaps a full-on sequel, however plans are nonetheless being formulated.
Tim Willits, the CEO of Saber Interactive, decline to share arduous gross sales information, however mentioned the sport’s success will be “harmful” for the studio.
“When you’ve got a giant hit and you’ve got that web sort of recognition, there’s extra ardour and there is extra accountability for the standard that you simply do. And also you take a look at your self by way of a special lens. And generally that success lens generally is a little harmful as a result of then you definitely get so paranoid about ensuring every part is nice that you simply overstress about issues,” he instructed IGN. “However it’s that success lens that actually drives superb video games into the longer term. So I do consider that by way of the success lens that now we have, we are going to simply make much better merchandise sooner or later.”
Space Marine 2 had greater than 2 million gamers at launch and have become the most-played Warhammer recreation of all time on Steam. Willits has additionally mentioned it is the fastest-selling recreation he is ever labored on, stretching again to the quite a few Doom, Wolfenstein, and Quake video games he was a part of at id Software program over his 20 years on the firm.
Willits additionally revealed that the funds for Space Marine 2 was lower than half of what Doom Everlasting price to make, although he didn’t disclose particular figures.
Space Marine 2’s huge success means its builders can now “dream greater,” Willits mentioned, and this consists of the potential of story DLC for the sport and Space Marine 3.
“Our recreation director Dmitry Grigorenko, he has proposed some story concepts that would both be DLC or a sequel,” Willits mentioned. “We’re actually simply catching our breath. That is two weeks out. We simply have to get the mud to settle. However I can confidently say that we’ll not disappoint our Warhammer followers sooner or later. It is too huge of successful! I do know that is an apparent factor to say, however hopefully we’ll be engaged on Space Marine content material for a very long time.”
In GameSpot’s Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 evaluate, we referred to as Saber’s sequel “a greater than worthy successor to the 2011 unique,” with “brutally gory motion” that “brings the tabletop recreation to life in all its grimdark splendor.”