Space Marine 3 is Officially in Development

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Space Marine 3 is Officially in Development

Big news, straight out of Ultramar – the third installment in the action packed Space Marine computer game series has been announced today!

Brought to you by Saber Interactive, Focus Entertainment and Games Workshop: the partnership behind the critically acclaimed 2024 hit Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, the upcoming title promises bigger battles, more action and more enemies to purge.

Specific details on gameplay, setting and factions are tightly under wraps, but we can confirm Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 will boast an all-new immersive campaign and multiplayer modes!

Here’s what our partners had to say about this exciting announcement:

"We have been honored by the incredible response from fans following the launch of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. We will continue to support the game with exciting content and regular updates in the coming years. Today, we are thrilled to announce that the adventure will continue with Space Marine 3. Players can look forward to an immersive campaign, a multiplayer mode, and innovations that will redefine the standards of third-person action games…

…We view this as an opportunity to create a true love letter to the Warhammer 40,000 universe."

Do you love press releases? Well, we’ve got a treat for you: the full release from Saber Interactive, Focus Entertainment and Games Workshop is right here…

Space Marine 3 is likely years away from release, but the good news for all you Space Marine 2 fans is there’s still years of support coming your way. Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment are working tirelessly to deliver a jawdropping lineup of new missions, additional upgrades and more enemies to introduce to the business-end of your bolt rifle. “Horde” mode is right around the corner!

That’s all we’ve got for now. When we have more news, we’ll be sure to share it here! In the meantime, if you’ve not dived into the game yet, what are you waiting for? We’ll see you on the embarkation deck!

Keep your eyes on Warhammer-Community.com for the latest updates – as soon as we know more, we’ll let you know.

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Focus Entertainment Publishing announces the development of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3

**ScarletRose**

Neat, maybe they'll use those

Spoiler:

they mentioned in the SM2 campaign towards the end.

Or maybe return to Orks as a tribute to the first game?

**Inquisitor Gideon**

Maybe they can use this time to try and make a not so thoroughly mediocre game.

**SamusDrake**

Now I know exactly how Arnold Rimmer feels when Ace Rimmer drops in for an episode of Red Dwarf...

**RaptorusRex**

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Maybe they can use this time to try and make a not so thoroughly mediocre game.

Agree to disagree; I think SM2 is an improvement on SM1 in every conceivable way except for accessibility for players unfamiliar with parries or possessed of slow reaction times. I was one of the former folks and I picked it up, but it's such a vital mechanic that it's inescapable.

**LunarSol**

Yeah, SM2 is absolutely one of my favorite games of recent years. I've put an absurd amount of time into it simply because the core gameplay loop is a blast.

**Nevelon**

I enjoyed SM2, my main concern was that the single player campaign felt really short, and didn’t feel it had much replayability.

**parakuribo**

Orks, Necrons or the casts of Spongebob and Hello Kitty, I don't care about Xenos. Please, PLEASE, let us fight Slaanesh this time; she needs to show up more on consoles past a Blood Bowl II loading screen mention.

**Lathe Biosas**

They need to hire the design team from Boltgun to help them with the weapons.

That and hire the Gabriel Angelo's and Thule's voice actors from Dawn of War II: Brian Dobson & Fred Tatasciore.

**Altruizine**

Inquisitor Gideon wrote:
Maybe they can use this time to try and make a not so thoroughly mediocre game.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/warhammer-40000-space-marine-ii/critic-reviews/?platform=pc
https://store.steampowered.com/charts/bestofyear/bestof2024
https://www.gamegrin.com/news/steams-best-of-2024-most-played/

tfw it's a you problem

**LunarSol**

Nevelon wrote:
I enjoyed SM2, my main concern was that the single player campaign felt really short, and didn’t feel it had much replayability.

Half of the campaign is definitely in the multiplayer, which is well worth a playthrough with randos or bots. It's essentially just more single player levels that you play with your custom character instead of Titus. Lots of unique bosses and varied playstyles make it a more replayable experience as well. I'm in no way a multiplayer guy, but I've put a ton of time into this one just because I enjoy the gameplay.

**Ahtman**

Hopefully they don't do the "xenos at the start chaos at the end" narrative again. I think I and II were a lot of fun I just think we're due for a change as far as the storytelling pattern goes.

**Olthannon**

Well they essentially do that to juxtapose a horde threat and a heavy duty threat.

I'd suggest Xenos faction then Chaos faction is sort of a necessity for those non-Warhammer types so they get an idea of the universe.

Necrons would be fun to play against but it's maybe less opportunity for melee combat.

Really I'd like far more from SM2 before we get to the third game.

More importantly I'd like a Battlefield/front game which is Guard Vs Traitor Guard vs GSC.

It would be fun to dice up Orks again.

**LunarSol**

One thing they keep learning is the game is most fun when faced against melee swarms and gets less fun when the opposing army turns it into more of a traditional shooter. I suspect there's a lot of concern over that with things like Necrons.

Truthfully though, almost every major 40k videogame has a story of: "The Space Marines arrive to save [Planet] from a horde of [Xenos] that have nearly overrun the Imperial Guard. Along they way they learn that the attack is a Chaos plot and must battle a Daemon Prince to save the day. Afterwards the planet is destroyed."

**Lathe Biosas**

I'm just glad that this means there will be another Primaris Lieutenant model coming out in the future.

**NH Gunsmith**

We for sure need more Primaris Lieutenants in our life.

**Lathe Biosas**

NH Gunsmith wrote:
We for sure need more Primaris Lieutenants in our life.

I'm going to make a Kill Team out of Primaris Lieutenants.

**Nevelon**

We need at least 3 more primaris lieutenants.

Hopefully the new game will showcase the protagonists in gravis, terminator, and jump packs.

**Lathe Biosas**

Nevelon wrote:
We need at least 3 more primaris lieutenants.

Hopefully the new game will showcase the protagonists in gravis, terminator, and jump packs.

Plus a Lieutenant with a camo cloak.

**Nevelon**

Lathe Biosas wrote:
Nevelon wrote:
We need at least 3 more primaris lieutenants.

Hopefully the new game will showcase the protagonists in gravis, terminator, and jump packs.

Plus a Lieutenant with a camo cloak.

As much as I love options, we already have 3 phobos Lts. We don’t need one with a new hat.

(I’d love to see a more flexible datasheet for phobos Lts with different options you could mix and match, including a cloak, but that’s not really how GW is rolling these days)

**BrookM**

I hope that Titus' buddies make a return again, they had great chemistry together.

**Dysartes**

If they're going to do tie-in models next time, maybe do the whole group of three this time...

**Nevelon**

Dysartes wrote:
If they're going to do tie-in models next time, maybe do the whole group of three this time...

But could they do that and restrain themselves from pricing them at an obscene level?

Like ~$60 like Calgar and his two buddies or a box of blade guard vets would be fine. But if they go “it’s 3 characters, and they are $40+ each normally, so think of the bargain we are giving you by selling them at $100”

Not that I need more Ultramarine officers, but I’d probably pick up a reasonably priced 3 pack.

**Lathe Biosas**

Nevelon wrote:
Dysartes wrote:
If they're going to do tie-in models next time, maybe do the whole group of three this time...

But could they do that and restrain themselves from pricing them at an obscene level?

Like ~$60 like Calgar and his two buddies or a box of blade guard vets would be fine. But if they go “it’s 3 characters, and they are $40+ each normally, so think of the bargain we are giving you by selling them at $100”

Not that I need more Ultramarine officers, but I’d probably pick up a reasonably priced 3 pack.

It was like Titus and his board game. I bought a Space Marine character and some tyranids and got a free board game to with them.

Maybe make Kill Team based around them, that'd be pretty fun.

**ScarletRose**

Ahtman wrote:
Hopefully they don't do the "xenos at the start chaos at the end" narrative again. I think I and II were a lot of fun I just think we're due for a change as far as the storytelling pattern goes.

IMO it would be a fun subversion if they did Chaos at the start (cultists, plague zombies, etc) and then Xenos at the end.

**Lathe Biosas**

ScarletRose wrote:
Ahtman wrote:
Hopefully they don't do the "xenos at the start chaos at the end" narrative again. I think I and II were a lot of fun I just think we're due for a change as far as the storytelling pattern goes.

IMO it would be a fun subversion if they did Chaos at the start (cultists, plague zombies, etc) and then Xenos at the end.

I'd love to see the Leagues of Votann as an antagonist. It would be something different that no one would expect.

And expand the Votann into an army that people might actually want to play.

And you can start with them mining and then awaken a Necron Tomb World.

**Tyran**

The big issue here is that SM gameplay sucks against ranged enemies and it already used the 2 predominantly melee horde antagonists.

So SM3 needs to heavily redesign gameplay so that it doesn't fall apart against Necrons.

**Geifer**

I haven't played either Space Marine, so I can't say anything about implementation, but if you want melee Necrons, between Fayled Ones and the latest addition to Destroyers it should be trivial to come up with a loony tomb world that is close combat focused with a bit of ranged support. Throw in some constructs for added variety and you're good. You can make Necrons pretty melee heavy if you want to.

**Dryaktylus**

Ahtman wrote:
Hopefully they don't do the "xenos at the start chaos at the end" narrative again. I think I and II were a lot of fun I just think we're due for a change as far as the storytelling pattern goes.

Well, without xenos the game would start with massacring hordes of normal humans (cultists, guard) in the most brutal fashion - that's not really appealing to the mass market.

**Overread**

Dryaktylus wrote:
Ahtman wrote:
Hopefully they don't do the "xenos at the start chaos at the end" narrative again. I think I and II were a lot of fun I just think we're due for a change as far as the storytelling pattern goes.

Well, without xenos the game would start with massacring hordes of normal humans (cultists, guard) in the most brutal fashion - that's not really appealing to the mass market.

So you've missed the Horus Heresy being a thing in the model world; and Borderlands and honestly MOST shooters that are focused on killing more humans and humaoids.

They could 100% do Marines VS Chaos as a the theme. Indeed they could lean into it heavily by doing 2 different Chaos forces in the core game then having 2 expansions that add in mini-campaigns and content for 2 more chaos gods.