June Community Update

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Hello Space Marines!

A few days ago, we released Patch 8.0 - Siege Update, including the Siege Mode, White Scars and Blood Angels Cosmetics, along with several improvements and minor changes. If you haven’t already, you should definitely read the full patch here.

Now let’s rewind a bit, and mostly: let’s discuss what’s coming as the first year of content is slowly coming to an end. Shall we?

WHAT COMES AFTER YEAR ONE? 🧐

As promised, we’re excited to share more details with you, and even more will be revealed in the upcoming Community Updates this July and August. For now, here are a few things we can confirm:

We’re happy to announce that a second year of both free and DLC content included in a new yearly season pass is on the way! This extended support to Space Marine 2 has been possible thanks to your unwavering support, so once again, thank you very much for being part of it!. Expect new PvE missions, enemies, weapons, and… more 👀 It’s too early to provide more info, but stay tuned! 😉

Also, to celebrate the first anniversary of the game, a large-scale update is planned for September, the 10.0 major update. Update 9.0 will not bring new content, but only balancing changes.

Unfortunately, that also means that the new PvP mode we were planning to release alongside the 9.0 update will be postponed to this big 10.0 update as well. While we can’t show you how it looks, the least we can do is to reveal what this new mode will be about:

• This new mode will take place on a new map.

• It will oppose 2 sides, but it won’t be Loyalist VS Chaos like in regular PvP. Instead, Chaos will face… Chaos.

• Last but not least, you’ll be able to take control of the Helbrute. Yup.

As this new game mode is centered around Chaos, new Chaos armours will also be added to the game.

A new melee weapon will also be added as part of this big 10.0 Update: the Power Axe! It will have its own moveset, execution animations etc… We’ll show you more on this weapon later on, but here’s a first look!

Work in progress, final version is subject to change

Finally, we announced a while ago that we are working on a new class for PvE and PvP. We’re now advanced enough in its development to announce that the new class will be a Techmarine! We’ll reveal more about this new class in the next community updates, so stay tuned! 

PATCH 8.0 IN DETAILS ⚙️

Patch 8.0 - Siege Update was available via the Public Test Server on Steam. Thanks to your feedback, we’ve made a bunch of tweaks and improvements for the live game release of the Patch. So, thank you for your participation! Let’s briefly review the content, or read the full patch notes for more details!

SIEGE MODE

Siege Mode is the new big feature coming with the Siege Update! Check the May Community Update for more details about the gameplay mechanics of this mode.

For those who played on the PTS and provided us with feedback, we heard you loud and clear! You expressed your disappointment regarding the timer. So we changed it a bit. Now, it goes as follows:

⏱️ The timer has changed!⏱️

The biggest criticism regarding Siege mode from the community was the wave timer limit. It exists only for technical reasons, because killing lots of enemies causes memory fragmentation (which, to simplify, would cause a crash after a certain threshold).

We've made some optimizations so the Siege mode can last longer. Timer got reworked, instead of having a limited timer per wave that can get to a very short time on higher waves, there is a timer for the entire session and each time you beat a wave the timer increases. We've also adjusted the difficulty curve of infinite waves so enemies will get stronger faster after the 15th wave. These changes will make players die in fair combat rather than due to the timer.

Also, with some optimizations coming down later we think we can get rid of the timer entirely.

We truly hope you’re enjoying Siege Mode as much as we are and we’re still open to feedback!

WHITE SCARS CHAPTER PACK

The Assault Class Champion comes with several cosmetics and 3 exclusive weapons skins for the Occulus Bolt Carbine, the Stalker Bolt Rifle, and the Combat Knife.

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WHITE SCARS SUCCESSOR CHAPTERS

The White Scars Successor Chapters are the Dark Hunters, Destroyers, Mantis Warriors, Marauders, Rampagers, Solar Hawks, Storm Lords, Storm Reapers.

BLOOD ANGEL COSMETIC PACK

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BLOOD ANGELS SUCCESSOR CHAPTERS

The Blood Angels Successor Chapters are the Angels Penitent, Angels Sanguine, Atlantian Spears, Blood Dragons, Blood Scythes, Flesh Eaters, Flesh Tearers, and Lamenters.

TWITCH DROPS COME WITH PATCH 8.0 📽️

To celebrate the release of Patch 8.0, Twitch Drops return! This time, get the Mark VIII Errant Helmet, Mark XI Hell’s Teeth Pattern Chainsword and the Porphyr Shield Bolt Pistol!

The rules go as follows: from June 25 11PM CEST to July 14 11PM CEST: 

• 30min watch time of any streamer playing SM2 → Mark VIII Errant Helmet

• 60min watch time → Mark XI Hell’s Teeth Pattern (Chainsword)

• 120min watch time → Porphyr Shield (Bolt Pistol)

RTAO & DLSS 4 SUPPORT

• RTAO experimental feature added: enabled in-game video settings.

• DLSS 4 provides better upscale, and multi-frame generation for 50xx series cards.

FEW CHANGES FOR PVE AND QOL IMPROVEMENTS

PVE:

• Class and weapon perks balancing.

• Possibility to have multiple terminus enemies spawning in Absolute Difficulty

• Option to turn off bots in Operations and Siege mode Private Lobbies

• Thunder Hammer on Bulwark (PvE only)

FAN CONTEST 🧑‍🎨

Last month we launched a Fan Art Contest with the May Community Update. You were asked to produce any piece of art related to the Campaign Mode of Space Marine 2! 🎨

WryWood did it brilliantly and won 2 keys for Space Marine 2! They came up with these two adorable figures of Brother Valtus and a Tyranid in the midst of a fight!

Such a big piece must have taken a lot of time and effort so make sure you drop a nice little comment under WryWood’s post, to say congrats! 🎊

THAT’S IT FOR THIS MONTH

As usual, let’s keep in touch on Discord and Focus Together. You can also follow us on our socials: Instagram X Facebook Threads Bluesky

See you on the battlefield, Space Marines. 

The Focus and Saber Teams. 🦾

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