It was one of the biggest announcements of the Game Awards 2021, Warhammer 40,000 Spacemarine 2 is coming next year. A release on next-gen consoles and on PC more than ten years after that of the first part.
The emperor protects. Well, not directly, it is rather the Imperial Guard which takes care of it with the occasional help of the Astartes. The 2021 Game Awards ended with a little surprise, the return of the Warhammer 40K: Spacemarine license. Titus and the Ultramarines fall straight from the sky, more than ten years after the terrible events that disfigured the planet Graia forever. It is a real return from the dead for the series, which we thought was lost after the mixed success of its first installment. A return that can be explained in part by one thing: 40K fans are always waiting for an artistic creation worthy of the richness of the universe of Warhammer 40 000, whether it is a game video, film or series. They constitute a public in demand and relatively tolerant when one sees the quality of the recent productions drawn from the universe of Games Workshop. The good news is that Spacemarine 2 is developed by Saber Interactive (World War Z, Halo and Crysis remasters) and published by Focus Entertainment (Aliens Fireteam Elite, Plague Tale Requiem, Insurgency Sandstorm) regulars at TPS who have the gift of releasing sophisticated and often spectacular games. However, spectacle, Warhammer 40,000 has to offer.
Warhammer 40k: Spacemarine 2 trailer
The gameplay of Warhammer 40k: Spacemarine 2
If you’ve never played the first Warhammer 40K: Spacemarine, know that it’s a third-person shooter action game. You play as Titus, a captain of the prestigious order of the Ultramarines. Moreover, let us note that Titus took a little age and experience in this second opus. He even went through the Primaris pinch, a deserved progression for this ball of muscle, testosterone and self-sacrifice, an average Astartes in short. We do not yet know much about Spacemarine 2 on the scenario side, but we do know a little more about the gameplay. This will be a third-person shooter, where Titus and his merry pals will try to take down the Galaxy’s most infamous Xenos: the Tyrannids. All this before the astonished eyes of the few members of the Imperial Guard who have not yet been turned into a snack for giant insects. In short, a Spacemarines vs Space-scarabs fight that will undoubtedly have something to satisfy any fan of the 40K universe.
What release date for Spacemarine 2?
As of yet, no official release date has yet been confirmed by Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment. The two companies have not even communicated a release year, but we expect a release at the end of 2022 or even 2023. The game is still in development and will be exclusively reserved for new generations of hardware. It will therefore only be released on PS5, Xbox Series X | S and PC. Spacemarine 2 is a game to watch. Indeed, the 40K universe has an unrivaled propensity to provide epic contexts and stories. And this new release could well be both the great masterpiece awaited for ages by fans and a gateway for neophytes into the dark and sinister universe of the 41st millennium. And even if the Ultramarines we are a little fed up, we wish it with all our hearts.