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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Sells 4.5 Million in Just Over a Month
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 65161" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/warhammer-40000-space-marine-ii" target="_blank">Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2</a> has sold 4.5 million copies, publisher Focus Entertainment has announced.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The Saber Interactive-developed action game set in Games Workshop’s grimdark science fiction universe had already broken records upon its launch on September 9, becoming the most-played Warhammer 40,000 or Warhammer video game ever released on Steam with huge peak concurrent player counts. Now, a little over a month after launch, Space Marine 2 has hit 4.5 million players.</p><p></p><p>Last month, Saber Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits told IGN <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/success-of-warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-changes-everything-dev-says-and-yes-there-are-ideas-for-space-marine-3" target="_blank"><u>how the breakout success of Space Marine 2 had “changed everything” for the company</u></a>. At the time, Willits wouldn’t go into hard numbers, either in revenue or profit terms, but did go on the record to say <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/former-id-software-execs-space-marine-2-is-selling-faster-than-any-of-their-games-including-doom-and-quake" target="_blank"><u>Space Marine 2 is the fastest-selling game he's ever worked on</u></a>, and that includes all the Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, and Rage games id Software released over the 24 years he was at the studio.</p><p></p><p>Speaking to IGN, Willits revealed that the budget for Space Marine 2 was less than half that of Doom Eternal, the last game he was id Software studio director on before leaving to join Saber in 2019. It seems likely that Space Marine 2, whose standard edition currently costs $59.99 on Steam and $69.99 on console, is already a highly profitable endeavor for all involved.</p><p></p><p>There are already ideas floating around for the now inevitable Space Marine 3, but in the shorter term Space Marine 2 has a confirmed Year 1 roadmap of post-launch support to deliver. Speaking of which, Focus has confirmed <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-dev-reveals-new-tyranid-enemy-the-huge-hierophant-bio-titan" target="_blank"><u>the imminent arrival of the Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan enemy type</u></a>, the new Neo-Volkite pistol, and the hotly anticipated Dark Angels chapter cosmetic pack. But that’s not all that’s coming to Space Marine 2. <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/eagle-eyed-warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-fans-spot-chapter-all-but-confirmed-to-get-cosmetic-pack-after-the-dark-angels" target="_blank">Eagle-eyed fans have spotted the Space Marine chapter now all-but confirmed to get a cosmetic pack after the Dark Angels</a>, and even an unannounced new Thousand Sons enemy type.</p><p></p><p>Saber recently released <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/big-warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-patch-30-adds-pc-ultrawide-support-private-pve-lobbies-and-more" target="_blank"><u>Space Marine 2’s game-changing patch 3.0</u></a>, which made <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/space-marine-2-patch-30-made-a-seemingly-innocuous-change-to-the-games-ending-and-now-warhammer-40000-lore-fans-are-losing-their-minds" target="_blank"><u>a seemingly innocuous change to the ending that got Warhammer 40,000 fans excited</u></a>. Season 2 is set to kick off by the end of October.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-sells-45-million-in-just-over-a-month" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 65161, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/warhammer-40000-space-marine-ii']Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2[/URL] has sold 4.5 million copies, publisher Focus Entertainment has announced. The Saber Interactive-developed action game set in Games Workshop’s grimdark science fiction universe had already broken records upon its launch on September 9, becoming the most-played Warhammer 40,000 or Warhammer video game ever released on Steam with huge peak concurrent player counts. Now, a little over a month after launch, Space Marine 2 has hit 4.5 million players. Last month, Saber Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits told IGN [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/success-of-warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-changes-everything-dev-says-and-yes-there-are-ideas-for-space-marine-3'][U]how the breakout success of Space Marine 2 had “changed everything” for the company[/U][/URL]. At the time, Willits wouldn’t go into hard numbers, either in revenue or profit terms, but did go on the record to say [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/former-id-software-execs-space-marine-2-is-selling-faster-than-any-of-their-games-including-doom-and-quake'][U]Space Marine 2 is the fastest-selling game he's ever worked on[/U][/URL], and that includes all the Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, and Rage games id Software released over the 24 years he was at the studio. Speaking to IGN, Willits revealed that the budget for Space Marine 2 was less than half that of Doom Eternal, the last game he was id Software studio director on before leaving to join Saber in 2019. It seems likely that Space Marine 2, whose standard edition currently costs $59.99 on Steam and $69.99 on console, is already a highly profitable endeavor for all involved. There are already ideas floating around for the now inevitable Space Marine 3, but in the shorter term Space Marine 2 has a confirmed Year 1 roadmap of post-launch support to deliver. Speaking of which, Focus has confirmed [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-dev-reveals-new-tyranid-enemy-the-huge-hierophant-bio-titan'][U]the imminent arrival of the Tyranid Hierophant Bio-Titan enemy type[/U][/URL], the new Neo-Volkite pistol, and the hotly anticipated Dark Angels chapter cosmetic pack. But that’s not all that’s coming to Space Marine 2. [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/eagle-eyed-warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-fans-spot-chapter-all-but-confirmed-to-get-cosmetic-pack-after-the-dark-angels']Eagle-eyed fans have spotted the Space Marine chapter now all-but confirmed to get a cosmetic pack after the Dark Angels[/URL], and even an unannounced new Thousand Sons enemy type. Saber recently released [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/big-warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-patch-30-adds-pc-ultrawide-support-private-pve-lobbies-and-more'][U]Space Marine 2’s game-changing patch 3.0[/U][/URL], which made [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/space-marine-2-patch-30-made-a-seemingly-innocuous-change-to-the-games-ending-and-now-warhammer-40000-lore-fans-are-losing-their-minds'][U]a seemingly innocuous change to the ending that got Warhammer 40,000 fans excited[/U][/URL]. Season 2 is set to kick off by the end of October. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-sells-45-million-in-just-over-a-month"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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