{"id":1587250,"date":"2026-05-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sLVAgNS9GkzJ5nDpiZ5ShX"},"modified":"2026-05-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:00:00","slug":"space-marine-2-gets-a-steep-discount-a-free-trial-and-an-update-that-adds-a-major-revamp-of-siege-mode-as-its-multiplayer-continues-to-outpace-games-like-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/space-marine-2-gets-a-steep-discount-a-free-trial-and-an-update-that-adds-a-major-revamp-of-siege-mode-as-its-multiplayer-continues-to-outpace-games-like-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Marine 2 gets a steep discount, a free trial and an update that adds a ‘major revamp’ of Siege Mode, as its multiplayer continues to outpace games like Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alongside being a colossal sales success for Saber Interactive, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2<\/a> has demonstrated an impressive amount of sticking power as a multiplayer game. Its most recent daily peak concurrent<\/a> was over 21,000 players, higher than numerous big-swing multiplayer games released in the last 12 months like Dune Awakening<\/a> and Marathon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Not a bad performance for a game that led as a traditional linear action experience, and a large amount of credit must be given to Saber’s impressive update schedule. Since the game’s launch it has added tons of new missions, monsters and classes and more to its Left 4 Dead<\/a>-style cooperative mode. It’s the kind of update cadence you’d expect from a live-service game. Maybe Space Marine 2 deserves to be considered one.<\/p>\n

Those updates show no signs of slowing, either. The recent Warhammer Skulls event brought another beefy patch<\/a> for Space Marine 2. Patch 13.0 adds yet another mission to the game’s Operations mode\u2014Purgation\u2014in which your squad must reclaim a Mechanicus facility located in the Kadaku swamps. It also adds a battle simulator where you can practice ripping apart enemies before heading out on missions for real, as well as the ability to swap perk loadouts during a session and expanded customisation options.<\/p>\n

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