{"id":1192939,"date":"2026-02-17T13:45:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxcodsVhMfL4cWki3j7kRf"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:45:40","slug":"space-marine-2s-astartes-overhaul-mod-brings-terminators-to-the-campaign-npc-dreadnoughts-to-operations-and-12-player-lobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/space-marine-2s-astartes-overhaul-mod-brings-terminators-to-the-campaign-npc-dreadnoughts-to-operations-and-12-player-lobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Marine 2’s Astartes Overhaul mod brings Terminators to the campaign, NPC Dreadnoughts to operations, and 12-player lobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Space Marine 2<\/a> might not have landed quite as surely as some of us hoped (see Robin Valentine’s rather mixed review<\/a>), but it looks like a game that can take a hit and keep on trucking. Ever since release, there’s been a dedicated scene of 40k fans tweaking, tuning and adding extra cosmetic gubbins to the game, but most projects pale in comparison to the Astartes Overhaul<\/a>, an ongoing ‘lore accurate’ mega-mod by the Astartes Team that adds new classes, weapon and cosmetics as well as comprehensively reworking the post-campaign Operations mode.<\/p>\n

While this mod has been around and kicking for a while, it just rolled out one of its most significant updates yet, featuring two more classes, cross-class customization options, an experimental 12-player mode (this mod is fully multiplayer compatible, so long as all players are running the same version) and even a first taste of Terminator power armor, for when absolutely every Tyranid in the room needs to die right now<\/em>.<\/p>\n

While not quite ready for multiplayer prime-time, version 7.2 does include a first peek at playable Terminator armor, available via the campaign mode in this current release. The super-sized power armor works exactly how you’d expect, judging by the gameplay clip below from Iron Gaming 40k, with storm bolters providing plenty of dakka and the power fist looking very capable of smashing through almost anything. They’ve not yet implemented the iconic multi-barreled Assault Cannon as a heavy weapon, but word is that it’s high on the mod crew’s priorities, and I cannot wait to take it for a test-drive.<\/p>\n

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