{"id":965018,"date":"2026-01-03T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9iUJSqJkLeF8UhFMLVztMT"},"modified":"2026-01-03T15:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:06:18","slug":"space-marine-2s-first-hotfix-is-live-ultrawide-support-and-private-pve-lobbies-are-coming-soon-were-reading-all-of-your-feedback-with-great-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/space-marine-2s-first-hotfix-is-live-ultrawide-support-and-private-pve-lobbies-are-coming-soon-were-reading-all-of-your-feedback-with-great-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Marine 2’s first hotfix is live, ultrawide support and private PvE lobbies are coming soon: ‘We’re reading all of your feedback with great attention’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first hotfix for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2<\/a> is live, with fixes for a few rare crash issues and a performance boost for some hardware. Developer Saber Interactive says a bigger patch, featuring bigger changes, is on the way soon.<\/p>\n

Space Marine 2 is ticking along very nicely, hitting a peak concurrent player count of more than 225,000<\/a> on Steam on launch day\u2014a Monday, no less. The game has since racked up more than two million players<\/a>, and Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits said he thinks it's the fastest-selling game he and fellow former id guy Todd Hollenshead have ever worked on, “including all the Quake, Doom, Wolfenstein, and Rage games over the years.”<\/p>\n

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Todd Hollenshead (former CEO of id Software) and I believe that Space Marine 2 is the fastest selling game we\u2019ve ever worked on, including all the Quake, DOOM, Wolfenstein, and RAGE games over the years. #SpaceMarine2September 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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(By way of comparison, the 2016 Doom reboot, which came out while Willits was still studio head at id Software, had a peak concurrent player count of just over 44,000<\/a> on Steam. So yeah, I can believe it.)<\/p>\n

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Of course, Space Marine 2 isn't perfect (but what is?) and some players have been struggling with crashes and performance issues. Today's “quick fix” is aimed at addressing at least some of those problems.<\/p>\n

Here's what's on the menu:<\/p>\n

Crashes and bug fixes<\/h2>\n