
Praise be to the Emperor, developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment have confirmed that plans for either DLC or a full sequel for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 are already being proposed.
Speaking to IGN, Saber CCO Tim Willits said the game's surprise success had "changed everything" for the developer. While the creative officer wouldn't get into the gritty numbers (we know Space Marine 2 had two million players at launch), he said it was the fastest-selling game he's ever worked on. Willits was the director of id Software until 2019, which means Space Marine 2 outpaced any of the DOOM, Wolfenstein, Rage or Quake games released under his tenure.
Further, Willits, again without getting into specifics, claims that Space Marine 2's budget was less than half that of DOOM Eternal, the last game he oversaw at id. While we couldn't verify that game's budget, it did make around $450m in profit in its first nine months on the market, so we imagine Space Marine 2 is bringing in a healthy chunk of change. Practically, this will allow Saber to "dream bigger", and Willits says that Space Marine 2's content roadmap will require "adjustments" due to the game's unexpected success, so please be excited about that.
Are you excited by the bright future of the grimdark universe in which there is only war? What additional content would you like to see for Space Marine 2? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source ign.com]
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Its just fun, plain and simple. Without pushing any agenda or trying to be more than it needs to be.
Ive been running the same 6 operations since launch and ive been having a blast.
Super happy that the game did well!
Can i play the PvE missions (not the campaign) on my own? I don't have anyone to play with me and if I'm getting this game, i want to do everything it has to offer because damn, this one is very expensive here in Brazil. 350 reais is a lot here and i don't plan on subscribe to PS Plus, but if the game is fun and can be played mostly solo, then I'll definitely think about getting it in the future
You love to see it.
This is good news!! Curren replaying the first one before I move on to this one.
Happy about this! Still waiting for my physical copy in the mail.
Hoping one of the DLCs is a meaty SP outing, WH4K is ripe with amazing opportunities for storytelling and set pieces.
Unpopular oppinion incoming. I just could not get in to it what so ever. Sold it to a buddy after a few days.
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@Kidfunkadelic83 I feel you. I'm still trying to get through it, but dayum it's clunky, slow and a lot of door opening and bad jet packs. And the AI is horrible and every level so far very samey. It's not bad, but far (very far)from some of the best shooters I've played including both Doom and Wolfenstein games for example.
@windxtravelerx yes, you can
@BeenGamingSince_83
Am in the same situation too. Finding slaying the same 3 enemies over and over a bit repetitive now. Kinda wish there was a bit more variety to it, like hopping into a tank or mounting a gun emplacement or just anything really to break up rinse and repeat swarms of baddies.
That said it IS a decent game and absolutely beautiful in parts, it's just the current loop is a bit...boring?!
@windxtravelerx You can either play alone with two bots or theres matchmaking.
It works fairly well when it works. Sometimes theres server issues, but most of the time it joins you instantly. I did all the operations on all difficulties like this, people are fairly competent.
The pvp is pretty fun too, and i usually dont like pvp. Last game i enjoyed pvping in was the original UT.
@Uberjinks Yes, absolutely agree. It looks really gorgeous, but the repetitiveness makes it as you say, boring at times.
Really excited about this, I'm only here for the single player content, but what they gave us was excellent.
@Killionaire @species thank you both for the reply. I'll definitely keep an eye on this game when it's on sale so i can grab it and play it. By then, I'm pretty sure more content will be available, which is even better
For the emperor 😆
Let this be a message to other developers, sometimes we just want a straight forward, well paced, shorter game that’s just a blast to play. Not every game needs to be massive, open world, super deep in story (that’s coming from someone who went to college for creative writing), or 30+ hour experience.
Cool. im surprise they didn't remastered the first warhammer space marines game.glad a sequel is coming.word up son
I'll be there day 1 🔥
@PuppetMaster 1 million copies isn't that much for bigger games...assassin's creed will probably outsell all those games except wukong, and that game was successful largely because of china.
@windxtravelerx There will definitely be more content if you wait! More operations missions and a horde mode are coming between now and next year.
How about performance fixes for the PS5 version?
@Shad361 Looking at Ubisoft situation right now, i don't think AssCreed Shadows gonna sell a lot or even making profit than any games that i mention.
And Wukong sold well because it's a great game not because of China. So far, it's the only single player non-F2P game from China devs that sold 18 million copies ww.
@PuppetMaster Wukong being from china is 100% a reason for it's success...the whole county supported it. Plenty of other "good games" didn't sell anywhere near as much like rebirth. Lies of P was a similar game, sold nowhere near that.
For an AAA game, selling 1-2 million copies is a failure but it's a success for these level games.
@Shad361 "Wukong being from china is 100% a reason for it's success...the whole county supported it."
So explain why other games from China doesn't sold 18 million copies.
You're talking as if Wukong isn't a great game and the whole China always buy their own games 🙄. By your logic, Wukong should at least sold 100 million copies when they have more than a billion population.
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