Space Marine 2 is Going to Get a DLC or a Threequel

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II has had a great start: good ratings, impressive circulation, and peak online, which surpassed all other Warhammer games. The success is so resounding that it's already threatening to have a positive impact on Saber Interactive's other projects. “This changes everything” – creative director Tim Willits told IGN.

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Below I have collected the most interesting from the interview:

  • According to Willits, Space Marine II is the fastest-selling game he's ever worked on. And he's got some pretty famous id Software series like Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, and Rage under his belt. Willits left id Software in 2019 after dedicating 24 years to it.
  • Space Marine II's budget was more than twice as modest as Doom Eternal.
  • The executive shared that he gave a short speech at the Saber party in which he noted the importance of Space Marine II's success, “I told the whole team at the time that this changes everything we do.” He emphasized that such popularity of a game can be overwhelming, but it's important to remember the responsibility of quality.

"You start looking at yourself from a different angle. And sometimes this angle of success can be a little dangerous, because you get paranoid about whether you are doing everything right. And you end up stressing yourself out too much. But it's that success angle that pushes amazing games forward. In our case, I think we'll just put out better products in the future." – Tim Willits.

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  • Thanks to the success of the project, Saber staff can now pursue bigger dreams. A potential story DLC for a sequel or even a possible third installment looms on the horizon. In fact, the director admitted that he would love to do Space Marine III.

"Our game director Dmitry Grigorenko has put forward a few ideas for the story, which could form the basis of DLC or a sequel. We need to take a breather for now - the game was released only two weeks ago. But I can say with confidence that we will not disappoint Warhammer fans in the future. Hopefully, we'll be working on Space Marine content for a long time to come." – Tim Willits.

  • Willits hopes that the sequel Space Marine will grow to the indicators of World War Z - zombie action from Saber, in which you can also crush enemies together with friends. Recall, for all time the audience of the action movie has grown to 25 million people.

For now, the team has thrown all their efforts into developing content for Space Marine II, which was announced in the roadmap of the first year of support. Earlier Saber specialists responded to frequent requests from users about the action movie. For example, promised to improve the behavior of AI-companions.

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