The shock announcement that improvement of Space Marine 3 improvement had begun despatched shockwaves by the Warhammer 40,000 neighborhood, and sparked concern about the way forward for Space Marine 2.
Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive introduced Space Marine 3 in mid-March, simply six months after Space Marine 2 got here out, and amid present concern concerning the quantity of content material coming to the sport to maintain present gamers .
In a brand new blog post, each corporations addressed this concern, promising to proceed to help Space Marine 2 and even making a major announcement about what’s to return.
“Mid-March, we introduced that Space Marine 3 had begun improvement and we’re excited to see your enthusiasm, though we hear these of you who worry for Space Marine 2 and its future help,” the assertion learn.
“So allow us to set the document straight: Space Marine 3 doesn’t imply the tip of Space Marine 2’s improvement. Far from it. No groups are shifting over, nobody is abandoning the sport, and our plans to convey extra superior content material to Space Marine 2 stay.”
So, what are these plans? Space Marine 2’s yr one roadmap stays, and Patch 7 is about to be launched mid-April. But within the coming months Space Marine 2 will get a brand new class in addition to new PvE operations and melee weapons. “Trust us, there are surprises even dataminers haven’t discovered about :)” the assertion teased.
“This announcement merely marks the genesis of a brand new challenge, years away from launch. We’ve decided and have simply began the method.
“Many of you have been very excited for this challenge and this makes us extremely pleased and motivated. Thank you for the unwavering help.
“That being mentioned, we nonetheless have so much to supply to the gamers with Space Marine 2.”
The huge announcement right here is the brand new class, though the brand new melee weapon isn’t far behind. Fans are already speculating about what these might be. In phrases of the brand new class, most assume it is going to be the Apothecary, as near a medic class as Space Marines have. But there’s hope that it might be the Librarian, which might imply tremendous cool warp-powered area magic.
As for the melee weapon, followers have already mentioned they’d like to see the axe from Secret Level’s wonderful Warhammer 40,000 animated episode within the sport — a lot in order that modders went forward and did it themselves.
The go-ahead for Space Marine 3 comes as little shock given how effectively Space Marine 2 did. Speaking to IGN following Space Marine 2’s launch, Saber Interactive Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits mentioned there was the potential of story DLC, and revealed that concepts have been already floating round for Space Marine 3. Without 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).
“Our sport director Dmitry Grigorenko, he has proposed some story concepts that might both be DLC or a sequel,” Willits mentioned on the time. “Yes, sure, sure! There’s so many alternative factions… there are different chapters, too, which are attention-grabbing…”
Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can attain Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
