House Marine 2 has already cemented itself as one of many greatest Warhammer videogames ever, however the co-op shooter is eager to maintain on evolving, enhancing, and increasing. Developer Saber Interactive has simply dropped some new data on what’s arriving in its subsequent main replace, which features a first have a look at its brand-new PvP map and the reveal of a brand new, terrifying Tyranid enemy.
Even with breakout hit Helldivers 2 difficult it final 12 months within the coveted ‘placed on a swimsuit of armor and blast some area bugs’ subgenre, House Marine 2 has stood agency. It’s a superb co-op recreation (and an honest PvP recreation, too) that appears sensational, has extraordinarily satisfying fight, and affords loads of several types of content material, and in consequence gamers hold flocking to it. Saber has pledged to at the very least an entire 12 months of extra content material with its post-launch roadmap, and now it has shared extra particulars on precisely what shall be arriving in House Marine 2’s first large replace of 2025, Patch 6.
For PvE enjoyers, the headline addition is a model new enemy kind that shall be becoming a member of the Tyranid forces – and it’s one plenty of Warhammer 40k followers have been requesting. The Biovore is coming to House Marine 2 as an Extremis-tier foe, and this strolling cannon shall be blasting again at you with its spore mines. The Biovore appears to be like tremendous gnarly, and it’ll be added to all maps that function Tyranid enemies.
The Battle Barge can also be increasing in Patch 6 with a brand new space referred to as the Datavault. Utilizing a brand new forex, you’ll have the ability to unlock data on numerous elements of House Marine 2 and unique cosmetics from the Datavault. This forex is earned by way of finishing Ordeals, that are primarily in-game achievements and challenges that span the marketing campaign, PvE, and PvP.
Talking of PvP, the subsequent addition to the map pool has additionally been proven off for the primary time. Saber had already hinted that it could be a tighter, extra enclosed map, and with a reputation like Tomb, that definitely checks out. Tomb “takes place beneath the floor of Demerium, amongst the haunting buildings of a Necron tomb.” Whereas many of the motion will happen in tight corridors with plenty of “blind spots,” there shall be a extra open space the place gunfights can happen at longer ranges.
Elsewhere in Patch 6, you’ll discover some beautiful new armor units, a rework for the sport’s perks, and the addition of an FOV slider for PC gamers. These of you taking part in on ultrawide screens are going to have a area day with this. You may check out Saber’s full patch breakdown, together with screenshots of the brand new cosmetics and the way the sport will look with the FOV slider, proper right here.
House Marine 2 Patch 6 is ready to go reside a while in February 2025.
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