“We’ve been wanting to address the Bolter family for a while,” Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is getting Public Test Servers in 2025 — and there’s big gameplay changes coming soon.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is getting some changes in response to player feedback, while test servers are coming next year.
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War never ends and always changes.
Saber Interactive shared acommunity updateforWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2on Wednesday, explaining how the developers are taking in player feedback after balance changes in the most recent content drop — which alsoadded a Tyranid Bio-Titan in a new Operation— weren’t received well. In response, Saber is is working to revertmostof these changes a hotfix slated to arrive on Thursday, as well as providing a comprehensive buff to various Bolters.“We’ve been wanting to address the Bolter family for a while, as they’ve been underperforming across all difficulty levels,” the team explains. Moving ahead, the developers are also planning to implement Public Test Servers in early 2025, allowing some players to test updates and provide feedback before it’s live for everyone.
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Titus has crossed the Rubicon Primaris, and he’s ready to stop the forces of Chaos and the all-consuming Tyranids from overrunning more Imperial strongholds. I’ve enjoyed my time with the game, so get ready to jump in, as DLC and even a sequel could be on the horizon.
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Further down, you’ll find the patch notes for update 4.1, separated by categories of topics.
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AI
Bug Fixes
Difficulty
Weapons (only in Operations mode)
An ever-changing game
While I haven’t personally been playing on Lethal yet, and as such cannot speak to the Tight Formation system, I’m glad the developers are staying responsive and keeping track of player feedback.
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Test servers are just a good in general in order to avoid bugs like the roll issue that recently cropped up. With Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 selling over 4.5 million copies so far, I just hope the developers can maintain the cadence of updates and fixes they’ve managed so far.
I also really want to see HDR support added to the game. The lack of HDR was one of my main complaintswhen I reviewed the game, and with its success so far, I don’t see a reason it can’t go into the update pipeline at some point.
Still, I’m having a blast taking out the Hierophant Bio-Titan. The newest Operation is a fair bit harder than the other six, but that’s not a bad thing.
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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available now on Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC, and PlayStation 5, with cross-play support for all platforms in Operations and console cross-play in PvP.
Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
