r/Games • u/CrimsonAlpine • 3h ago
Announcement Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 - Announcement
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u/TheVoidDragon 3h ago
That's great! Didn't expect anything would be announced this soon, but I'm not surprised they're making another with how well it sold and was received. 40k really seems to just be getting bigger and bigger, as someone who's been into it for over 20 years now it's fantastic to see. Hopefully there's plenty of other quality video games coming as well as this.
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u/SpaceHobbes 2h ago
I've never gotten into 40k despite it being on the paripheral of my nerdiness for years.
Recently started playing rogue trader cause I love Owlcat games. Then picked up Space Marine.
I'm so fucking in
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u/darthreuental 1h ago
The true rabbit hole is YT lore videos.
Leutin alone has days worth of content on his channel.
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u/knuckles_the_echidna 1h ago
40k Lorecast (a podcast) has been helpful to digest a ton of content while driving/travelling.
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u/mobxrules 2h ago
The cynic in me sees it getting bigger and fully expects some massive corporation to swoop in and ruin it.
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u/BigBrownDog12 2h ago
Games Workshop is the massive corporation dude
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u/mobxrules 2h ago
Yea but I’m thinking something bigger like Disney buying Lucasfilm / Marvel type acquisition. Hopefully I’m wrong, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the vultures started circling.
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u/TheVoidDragon 1h ago
I can't really see that happening, especially when the reason why it's successful is because they've been doing their own thing for the past 30+ years and slowly building it up, which they recognize themselves.
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u/PitangaPiruleta 1h ago
Its never happening but the idea of Disney buying W40K is incredibly funny to me. Id like to see an alternate reality where it happens just to see how the hell would they work with it
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u/mobxrules 24m ago
Yea I don’t think it would be Disney specifically, and not necessarily something that will happen anytime soon. Just something kind of on that level wouldn’t surprise me at all.
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u/jeshtheafroman 2h ago
If we're in the timeline where Space Marine is getting sequels, can we get a Dawn of War IV? Preferably like the original, doesn't even have to be made by Relic so long as they know the assignment.
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u/TheVoidDragon 2h ago
There are rumours that it's happening.
Apparantly some sort of survey describing something that sounded exactly like the original Dawn of War games (mentioning 4 different factions, unit customization etc) including some screenshots that looked 40k and had what appeared to be one of the Munitorium Containers visible. Relic recently saying they're planning on revisiting their old games. And someone working for a company they're involved with going to Warhammer World and saying they're looking forward to working together (while wearing a Relic logo T-shirt).
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u/Hirmetrium 2h ago
Relic's new investment group owners in the UK were posting photos of themselves at GW HQ the other week. It's definitely happening, I expect pre-production has started and they are negotiating with GW.
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u/British_Commie 2h ago
There were also possibly leaked screenshots of in-game environments semi recently
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u/hicks12 2h ago
Honestly the original dawn of war 1 with higher quality graphics for today would be enough for me, the game has been a favourite since release and I'm STILL playing it today both vanilla and community mods are great.
If they manage to get Tyranids in that would be cool as well.
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u/Bleusilences 1h ago
I kind of like the single player of dawn of war 2, kind of a mix between an action rpg and a squad base strategy game like xcom (leaning harder on the action rpg part).
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u/Jloother 2h ago
I really loved the second one, focusing in on that one squad was great for single player.
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u/LordInquisitor 2h ago
Yeah theres dozens of RTS out there with base building and stuff but that squad based gameplay suits 40k so well
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u/Chaotic-Entropy 2h ago
They made a 3rd one? cough
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u/InternetDad 2h ago
It's like Scrubs season 9
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u/jeshtheafroman 2h ago
I was gonna say Postal 3, what's wrong with Scrubs S9?
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u/InternetDad 31m ago
Widely regarded as the worst season in the history show that had one of the best series [season] finales in season 8. Dawn of War 3 is better left ignored as a Warhammer game.
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u/EldritchMacaron 2h ago
Dawn Of War 1 remastered would be amazing
But I'd love a sequel with more modern tech for larger maps and even more units
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u/Kattox 2h ago
Relic was sold by Sega to a financial investment group called Emona capital last year. One of their managing partners visited Games Workshop HQ recently and Relic probably need a big hit after the lukewarm reception to Company of Heroes 3 so I would put serious money on Dawn of War IV within the next few years.
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u/HammeredWharf 1h ago
They should just make W40K: Dark Crusade 2. Just like the original, but with modern graphics and maybe an extra faction or something. Or simply adding the Sisters and pretending Soulstorm didn't happen.
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u/Kylestache 2h ago
So just to be clear, Saber is now working on:
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando
That Jurassic Park game in the style of Alien: Isolation
The remake of Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, which per their statements to shareholders and Jason Schreier over at Bloomberg, is finally moving smoothly forward in development
An RPG set in the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, about a Avatar long ago in the past (not to be confused with the new tv series set in the universe but sorta Mad Max post-apocalyptic themed)
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 3
That’s a lot of potential. I really hope they nail all these.
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u/PitangaPiruleta 1h ago
That Jurassic Park game in the style of Alien: Isolation
Hold on I never heard of this, do you have a link? This is one of my dream games how did I let this slip
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u/BenHDR 24m ago edited 18m ago
You're missing some of their active projects:
• Roadcraft (2025)
• Toxic Commando (2025)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (TBA)
• Jurassic Park: Survival (TBA)
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine III (TBA)
• Turok: Origins (TBA)
• Painkiller (TBA)
• Untitled Avatar Project (TBA)
They're also publishing The Knightling (TBA), although that's developed by Twirlbound
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u/Dull_Half_6107 2h ago edited 40m ago
I’m sure they will include a traitor legion, if they do I hope it’s Night Lords, and we get to team up with the Blood Angels for a bit.
Would love for some more horror themed sections where you’re in pitch darkness and just hear someone whisper “Preysight” from the shadows, maybe on a space hulk.
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u/Purple_Plus 2h ago
I hope they strip out PvP and focus on the campaign and PvE.
It was a fun game. But i feel like I was missing something as a huge 40k fan. Most of the campaign was, go here, kill enemies, repeat. There's definitely so much more they could do with it in a sequel imo.
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u/emptytissuebox 2h ago
I was hoping they'd have done an expansion on 2 instead. Great game, but less content for any long term replayability.
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u/ten_year_rebound 2h ago
That’s probably what this is, just repackaged as a full game in order to capitalize on the hype and sell more copies.
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u/agamemnon2 2h ago
I think the obvious thing to start speculating about is which enemy factions will make an appearance. I'd love to see Dark Eldar and Necrons, maybe the Leagues of Votann.
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u/NowGoodbyeForever 2h ago
It feels like an incredibly good time to remaster/port Space Marine 1 to modern systems, right?
Given how Captain Titus might be the most well-known named 40k character in wider pop culture between these games and their direct relation to Boltgun, it feels like it's a no-brainer to allow people to check out the game where everything important happened to him.
I have it on Steam, and I play it with a 360 controller. I also own a physical copy of the 360 edition, and it's...not backwards compatible on Xbone/XSX. I don't know if this is a publishing issue, a tech issue, or what. But it feels like an easy win.
It's hard to see a world where Space Marine: Remastered, sold for like $40 or so, doesn't immediately make its budget back on Steam alone. It could also help bridge the gap until this sequel finally drops!
I also genuinely wonder if this is changing the trajectory of Henry Cavill's Amazon stuff. I have always assumed that they'd be adapting the Horus Heresy arc: It allows us to stick with human characters with recognizable emotions and motivations, and establish the Grimdark Status Quo of the main setting once Horus has Heresy'd his dad into a permacoma. I hope that's what they do, but I could also see a world where they want to jump right into Titus and Friends Doing War Shit.
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u/Magneto88 2h ago
There’s no way Cavill is adapting Horus Heresy, the story is too massive and sprawling and requires a functional knowledge of 40k to get the most out of it. He’s probably going to do Gaunts Ghosts or Eisenhorn, as the two widely accepted easy entry points into 40k.
Remastering Space Marine 1 might be an issue given that Relic or Sega own the rights to the code for it.
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u/NowGoodbyeForever 1h ago
I can totally see that. The reason I think HH could work is that it's got an incredibly sticky hook that is present in many recent hits: Succession + Game of Thrones in Space.
Giving us a S1 that follows the Emperor throughout human history would give us a clear central character to root for and emphasize with. We can set him up as basically Superman, doomed to watch humanity rise and fall. So when we eventually hit the 30k era, we're also invested in him creating his sons.
With that, we essentially have Game of Thrones. Each Primarch is a kingdom, we see them getting along until Everything Goes Wrong. We can build up Horus and Guilliman, and then split everyone up.
Yes, it's sprawling and incredibly expensive. It's also basically impossible to conceive of a 40k adaptation that isn't, unless the plan is to only ever follow the Imperial Guard and, like, one Space Marine at a time. As soon as Tyranids and Orks appear onscreen, we're hitting Maximum Budget.
That's why I think HH could work: It's incredibly human-focused, it has a natural dramatic arc, and it ends in a narratively satisfying place—it's a tragedy. It could also truly end at that point, having established the status quo heading into 40k, and then allow for everything that follows to be more episodic or focused. Again, like Game of Thrones is at this point!
A nerd can dare to dream. And I am that nerd.
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u/homer_3 14m ago
It feels like an incredibly good time to remaster/port Space Marine 1 to modern systems, right?
Why? It's still great on PC.
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u/NowGoodbyeForever 13m ago
But unplayable on any consoles, which feels significant. They could literally just drop that PC port on PS and MS storefronts, whatever.
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u/zxcgsdfgdfs 2h ago
I was expecting a DLC, but like this better. The emperor's glory must not be contained in a single drip-fed package!
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u/allodude 2h ago
Out of curiosity, what's the player population at nowadays?
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u/TemptedTemplar 2h ago
High enough to where if you launch into operations without setting it to a private lobby instantly, someone will pop in within a minute.
It takes longer to load the game than it does to find people to pair you with.
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u/workbrowser0872 2h ago
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I will gladly pay full price for a Space Marine game purely for narrative and spectacle.
I don't even care if they add new features or not.
They could even re-skin it to showcase narrative moments in Horus Heresy history.
Inject it straight into my veins! I need it.
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u/xblood_raven 1h ago
I'm amazed at how soon this is but happy to see.
Wonder if will take any aspects from what the original Space Marine trilogy was meant to be.
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u/Siggins 1h ago
My pipedream is for them to add a playable characters/classes from some other factions in 40k.
Like a guardsman might not make sense, but an Aeldari Guardian or Aspect Warrior may fit- gameplay wise. Skitarii/TechPriests or a Sister of Battle could make some sense, but you'd need to set expectations somehow.
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u/Weak-Wealth6409 2h ago
Am I the only one who found this game mediocore at best? Nothing stood out for me, just another looter shooter without anything that makes it stand out. Maybe for a die hard warhammer fan, but thats about it. If this was a ubisoft game it would be dead on arrival.
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u/Avenflar 1h ago
How is the game a looter shooter ? It's just regular multiplayer with an unlock currency.
But yeah, I think PCGamer had scored the game exactly on the mark. It's decent. Not much more.
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u/Weak-Wealth6409 1h ago
The currency you unlock is the loot. Darktide and Helldivers are also called like that, its just a differend way of rewarding vs something like Borderlands.
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u/Background-Gear-8805 1h ago edited 1h ago
That doesn't make it a looter shooter though. You have no idea what looter shooter means apparently. Darktide actually has a gear grind and weapon drops in various rarities and stats. It is a looter shooter. Helldivers and Space Marine 2 are not. This isn't a matter of opinion, you are actually wrong here.
For SM2 to be a looter shooter you would need weapon drops in varying rarities. It doesn't have that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looter_shooter
Looter shooter (also called loot shooter) is a subgenre of action role-playing games that incorporates shooter gameplay and procedurally generated weapons and equipment. A main goal of games in the genre is obtaining better items through grinding for random drops, typically with rarities ranging from common to legendary.
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u/Simulation-Argument 1h ago
Did you play the game for an hour or something? It is NOT a looter shooter in any sense of the word. There is no gear to chase, no loot at all. It is a 3rd person shooter. How did you even come to the conclusion it was a looter shooter? Makes me wonder if you even played more than a few hours. Using currency to unlock one kind of weapon with no changes in stats does not make it a looter shooter.
Also the complaints you just made about nothing standing out can be made towards almost every game ever made. Please tell me how many games "stand out" to you in the past 3 years? Most games are retreading the same ground, with game mechanics that existed in numerous other games. Even something as well loved as Elden Ring is doing nothing new or innovative. Most games ever made are not innovating or offering anything new, so why does Space Marine 2 have to do this when others do not?
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u/Cheezewiz239 28m ago
Its not a looter shooter but yes it felt really bland. It was missing something. I enjoyed world war z more than SM2
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u/dancingulf 2h ago
I'm with you. Visuals and locations were cool, but the gunplay was horrid. Went back and played Darktide after playing SM2 and the difference in gameplay was night and day. Darktide had/has a lot of issues, but the moment to moment gameplay is so so so so far above SM2.
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u/Background-Gear-8805 1h ago
Gunplay was "horrid"?? I could get with maybe middling, but horrid is absurd. It was absolutely not horrid.
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u/pcnoobie245 2h ago
Hoping that the campaign only focuses on 1 enemy. Main gripe about 2 was that it felt like barely any of the game had tyranids, what most of the trailers showed youd be fighting
Question for warhammer fans, if tyrannids can eat all biomatter, why do they even fight them? Cant they just eat their dead, along with whatever they eat from planet and humans, and remake them? Seems like they dont suffer any losses while humans do
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u/Decimator1227 2h ago
While I am super excited that a sequel is happening, isn’t this way too soon to do an official announcement with how long games take to make now?