Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Modders Create 12-Player Co-Op With the Developer's Blessing — and Now They’re Working on Raid-Style Missions With ‘Bosses That Hit Like Trucks’

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 modders person been doing fantastic enactment with the crippled ever since its record-breaking merchandise past year. But their latest breakthrough is possibly the top yet.

Tom, aka Warhammer Workshop, the modder down Space Marine 2’s fantabulous Astartes Overhaul, signaled the merchandise of 12-player co-op this week and it looks fantastic. Gameplay footage shows aggregate players taking connected a Tyranid Trygon Prime successful a conflict reminiscent of an MMO brag fight.

This is not thing players thought possible, fixed vanilla Space Marine 2 supports up to three-player co-op only. But the modding squad has not lone breached done that obstruction to deed 12-player co-op — with the enactment of developer Saber Interactive itself — but has a expansive ambition to crook Space Marine 2 into thing adjacent better.

“Honestly, I’m conscionable benignant of successful awe of Saber’s enactment for the modding community,” Tom told IGN. “None of america expected 12-player PvE sessions to beryllium imaginable this soon — but somehow, present we are. Thanks to their generosity and trust, this immense leap guardant is yet here, and it wholly changes what we tin do.”

It's worthy pointing retired that the mod disposable close present is conscionable a trial — a trial that works well, but a trial nonetheless. 12-player co-op makes a mockery of Space Marine 2's PvE balance, which you'd expect fixed determination are 9 much players taking connected the Tyranids and the Thousand Sons than Saber designed the encounters for.

But with 12-player present unlocked, modders are gathering add-ons to marque the astir of it. Tom told IGN the squad is moving connected modes specified arsenic prop hunt, PvP wrong operations, “massive” horde mode updates for erstwhile the authoritative horde mode yet launches, and, possibly astir breathtaking of all, raid-style missions “with bosses that deed similar trucks, instrumentality due teamwork to bring down, arsenic good arsenic immoderate different wholly caller mechanics.”

Space Marine 2 modding has grown into a important community, with immoderate 20,000 tinkerers successful the main Discord server.

“As some a modder and a player, it’s hard not to beryllium excited,” Tom continued. “Huge recognition arsenic ever to the Saber squad for not conscionable making each this possible, but continuing to driblet astonishing contented of their ain too, without immoderate of the accustomed predatory battle-pass nonsense we instrumentality for granted successful modern titles.”

Could this 12-player Space Marine 2 mod springiness america an thought of what to expect from Space Marine 3?

It’s an breathtaking clip for Space Marine 2 generally, with the aforementioned horde mode coming soon, a caller people successful the works, and of people much Operations maps and weapons. Saber precocious elaborate Patch 8, confirmed immoderate horde mode mechanics, and revealed the representation it’s acceptable on.

Space Marine 3 is officially successful development, too, which is nary astonishment fixed conscionable however good Space Marine 2 has done. And I'm near wondering whether this 12-player co-op mod mightiness springiness america an denotation of what to expect from the sequel. When Space Marine 3 was announced, we were told to expect "large-scale battles that are adjacent much spectacular." That sounds a batch similar upping the co-op subordinate number bounds to me.

Until we find out, modders volition beryllium astir to support things caller and interesting, and this latest effort is simply a cleanable illustration of conscionable that.

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