The new mission takes players back to Avarax, where they will have to take on a Trygon as a boss fight. The boss, according to the announcement, will make use of guerrilla tactics, and can go underground to pop up behind defensive lines. To help take on the boss, players will also have access to the new Inferno Pistol as a secondary weapon.

In the new mission, which is the ninth PvE mission part of the Operations mode in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, players are tasked with getting to an Adeptus Mechanicus facility where a Tech-Priest was last heard from refusing an order to withdraw. Players will have to fight their way through the facility and evaluate the status of the Tech-Priest.

The update also brings with it a host of new quality-of-life improvements, including the addition of Prestige Ranks and Prestige Rewards, reworked weapon perks, customisation options for the colour of cloth, tabards, and hoods, and custom PvP lobbies.

The new DLC added to the game as part of its season pass are the Space Wolves Chapter Pack, and the Imperial Fists Champion Pack. The first one brings with it a new Champion skin for the Vanguard class, weapon skins for the Chainsword, Bolt Carbine and Thunder Hammer, and more than 50 unique cosmetics from throughout the Space Wolves’ Great Companies.

The Imperial Fists Champion Pack includes a Champion skin for the Tactical class, along with a weapon skin for the Plasma Incinerator that also pays homage to the Sons of Dorn.

While content for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is being continuously developed, Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive had also confirmed back in February that the next game in the franchise had also begun development. Appropriately titled Space Marine 3, the game will feature a new campaign, as well as new multiplayer modes.

In the meantime, the publisher has confirmed that work on Space Marine 2 is still continuing, and that post-launch content support for the title is “far” from over.

For more details about Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, check out our review. The title has been quite popular, having been played by more than 6 million players as of January.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Update 7.0 Patch Notes:

New Features:

• New PvE Operation: Exfiltration
• Prestige Ranks in PvE
• Private PvP Lobbies
• New Secondary Weapon in PvE and PvP: Inferno Pistol
• New customisation options: 2 new colours, Bulwark cloth colouring, hands colouring

New Season Pass content:

• Space Wolves Chapter Pack
• Imperial Fists Champion Pack

Gameplay & Balancing:

• Extended weapon arsenal in PvE
• Weapon perks updated in PvE
• Improved Matchmaking in PvE and PvP
• Various changes, bugfixes and improvements

In a message published on the official Focus Entertainment forums, the publisher has offered assurances that work on Space Marine 2 post-launch content is “far” from over. More content for the third-person shooter continues to be in the works, with Saber and Focus looking to add new weapons, operations, a class, and more in the coming months, including “surprises even dataminers haven’t found out about.”

“Let us set the record straight: Space Marine 3 does not mean the end of Space Marine 2‘s development. ​Far from it,” Focus’ message reads. “No teams are shifting over, no one is abandoning the game, and our plans to bring more awesome content to Space Marine 2 remain. We are working on much more content and surprises for the months to come, such as a new class, more operations, melee weapons, and more! Trust us, there are surprises even dataminers haven’t found out about.

“This announcement simply marks the genesis of a new project, years away from release. We’ve made a decision and have just started the process.

Focus Entertainment says developer Saber has “just started the process” of working on Space Marine 3, a project that, according to the publisher, is still “years” away from completion- which means Space Marine 2 is in no immediate danger of being put on the backburner.

Space Marine 2 is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Read our review of the game through here.

Players can look forward to an all-new campaign and new multiplayer modes. Details on the setting, factions and mechanics are “tightly under wraps” for now, and there’s no release date (though it’s “likely years away”). The platforms also remain a mystery. Based on the key art, at least Captain Titus is returning.

However, the press release says players can look forward to “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.”

The companies will reveal more information when they can, so stay tuned. In the meantime, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Check out our review for the base game, which has over six million players.

Since its launch, the third-person shooter has received new multiplayer maps, Operations, weapons, and other features. Patch 7.0 is coming up but Steam players can try it out now courtesy of a Public Test Server. Head here for more details.

The available content includes the new secondary Inferno Pistol, Prestige Ranks, a new PvE map (Exfiltration), and the weapon perks rework. Not all content is available to test out – the Space Wolves Chapter Pack and Imperial Fist Champion Pack are included but can’t be accessed.

Progress won’t carry over into the main game since it’s a separate build. Players can expect all weapons unlocked and levels capped, including Prestige Ranks, to save time on grinding. Private PvP lobbies are also available, allowing you to squad up with others.

The Public Test Server will remain available until Patch 7.0 launches. It will then become unavailable until the next update. Saber Interactive also notes that mods won’t work and using them will cause crashes, so be warned.

Stay tuned for more updates when the next patch goes live. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. As of January 2025, it has over six million players.

“We saw that many of you mentioned FOMO generated by the events. Rest assured, we are not looking to transform Space Marine 2 into a full live-service game. The items available through events WILL be available later, for everyone.” It noted that community events are meant for the “most dedicated players” to unlock the items early “and not to be a source of frustration and stress for everyone.” The team is currently busy creating a simplified process to unlock them.

Despite not going the live-service route, the next free content update contains substantial new content. A new PvE weapon, Operation, private PvP lobbies, a rework to class loadouts, more rebalanced Perks are on the way and PvE Prestige Ranks. The latter allows unlocking a new Prestige Perk by hitting level 25 on a class and a unique cosmetic.

Saber Interactive also confirmed that Horde Mode is one of its “top priorities” and though it couldn’t offer more details, it’s confirmed to be “very different” from the first Space Marine.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. It’s sold over six million copies since launching last September. Check out our review.

The biggest new addition to the game is the Datavault in the Battle Barge, where players can complete new Ordeals for Research Data. You can then trade these for intel or Requisition Points to unlock new armor, Thunder Hammer and Auto Bolt Rifle skins, and pauldron markings. Other new additions include the new PvP map Tomb.

Operations players will have a new Majoris enemy in the Biovore, which appears in any Tyranid mission. A new difficulty level, Absolute, is also available and can spawn up to three Majoris enemies simultaneously alongside other obstacles. The Raven Guard Cosmetic Pack and Salamanders Champion Pack are also available for Season Pass owners.

Head here to learn more about the other changes. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. It’s sold over six million units.

“You expressed how eager you were to get a FOV Slider since the launch. While implementing it has been technically challenging, we’ve finally managed to produce a slider worthy of our standards, introduced in version 6.0.” Several examples of the slider working on 16:9, 21:9 and 32:9 displays were provided and it looks solid.

There’s more, though, including new finisher animations on Rubric Marines, Zoanthropes and Scarab Occult Terminators; selling Armoury Data for Requisition Points; and a new difficulty, Absolute. The latter unlocks for those who complete one Lethal Operation and rewards a new pauldron and bloodstained knife as cosmetics rewards.

If you fussed over recreating the same look for PvE and PvP, there will also be an option to share it across both (patterns included). Console players can also finally toggle PvP cross-play with PC players on or off.

The next update will contain reworks to perks, though Saber Interactive promises more changes in the future. Stay tuned for updates in the meantime.

Set in the narrow corridors of a Necron tomb on Demerium, the map favors more close-quarter gunfights and tactics. There is an area for more open engagements; however, you must watch out for blind spots and ambushes. As for PvE, a new Extremis enemy, the BioVore, is coming. It appears in Tyranid maps and can fire devastating Spore Mines.

The Raven Guard is also confirmed as the next Chapter Pack with the MK VI “Corvus” helmet and accompanying trinkets. Finally, the Datavault will be added to the Battle Barge and let you unlock game details and cosmetics with currency earned from completing Ordeals across all modes.

Examples include completing any Operation on Average difficulty or higher, slaying Tyranids by knocking back Spore Mines, and more.

The patch’s exact date has yet to be confirmed, so stay tuned for more details. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Check out our review.

Enchantment Under the Sea features a brand new setting in the form of an expansive underwater complex full of new characters. There are also new types of enemies and two new glove skills to play with: Whip and Blaze.

With a more linear level design, the DLC places a heavier emphasis on puzzles, which also use the new Whip power. The Whip lets you essentially grapple around for traversal and from enemies during combat. The Blaze power, on the other hand, acts like a fireball, allowing you to clear obstacles while exploring or set enemies on fire.

Atomic Heart: Enchantment Under the Sea is available individually, as well as through the Gold and Premium Editions of Atomic Heart. With this release, there is one more DLC planned for the title. For more details on Enchantment Under the Sea, check out our review.

While the previous DLCs for Atomic Heart have been wildly different, with one essentially offering up more of what was already present in the base game and the other being a wild alternate-reality take on the story, Enchantment Under the Sea is an interesting one where it focuses back on the central storyline of the game, while also eschewing the base game’s more open design in favour of linear levels. While the game kicks off with a bang, having you break out of the building where you fought off the previous antagonists and finding your wife, you very quickly end up reuniting with Granny and setting off to explore an underwater facility in an effort to find the all-important wedding rings.

"You very quickly end up reuniting with Granny and setting off to explore an underwater facility"

In being a much more linear experience where you’re constantly making unambiguous forward progress in some form or another, Enchantment Under the Sea often ends up showing some of the most creative aspects that Atomic Heart has ever seen. Not only does the game introduce a host of new enemy types that you will have to juggle with, each with their own unique weaknesses that require entirely new tactics than what you might be used to, the game also goes further with its puzzle solving aspects. Now don’t get me wrong, you’re not going to get puzzle designs that rival something like a classic Zelda title, but their presence still ends up providing quite a bit of variety, as well as some breaks, in between bouts of relatively difficult encounters.

The writing also feels a lot better than what we’ve seen from Atomic Heart so far. Yes, there are still moments of unnecessary dialogue with jokes that tend to kill the tension that is otherwise bearing down on you. And yes, it does contribute to the identity crisis we mentioned even in our review of the game’s first DLC, Annihilation Instinct. But at least this time around, the jokes aren’t going to make you cringe or groan. Much of the humour comes from P3’s attempts to reconnect with his wife, which tends to offer plenty of tender moments as well. While there is still a general sense that the studio was torn between making this a more serious story in an effort to wrap things up in time for the next DLC to serve as a finale of sorts, the presence of these jokes still ends up undermining quite a bit of the atmosphere they were going for with Enchantment Under the Sea.

Aside from that, however, the story continues what has ostensibly been an insane ride from the get go. The underwater facility you spend much of the DLC exploring eventually ends up much more sprawling and spacious than you first thought, and my first impression was that Atomic Heart is trying its own hand at a Rapture-esque setting. While BioShock’s Rapture served as more than just a scenic backdrop, offering up some commentary on the idea of objectivist philosophy and unchecked capitalism, while also being a rather fantastic setting for a horror game, Enchantment Under the Sea’s setting doesn’t really bother going there. Sure, there are tiny tidbits of lore strewn about that players can find, be it through conversations with corpses or records on computers, but ultimately, the DLC’s setting really is just a scenic backdrop to the action.

The only real downside of the story in Enchantment Under the Sea is that it needs quite a bit of buy-in for the player to be able to understand. Essentially, since it’s picking things up where the game last left off, you can’t just start with the DLC; you will absolutely have to finish at least the base game to understand what’s going on. All in all, however, when you consider the fact that this is the third DLC release for the game, this isn’t really that much of an issue.

"Essentially, since it’s picking things up where the game last left off, you can’t just start with the DLC"

When it comes to action, Enchantment Under the Sea brings with it new types of powers that players can experiment with, with the standouts being a grappling hook and a fireball. The grappling hook, called the Whip, is used quite extensively throughout the DLC, and ends up being surprisingly versatile, useful in both exploration as well as combat. In fact, the whip was likely the key inspiration behind most of the puzzles in the DLC, which often require you to grapple around to get a vantage point on the whole puzzle. There are also platforming challenges that involve heavy use of the whip, with a memorable example involving you having to constantly swing between two electrified train tracks to dodge oncoming trains while you try to look for safe nooks and crannies. While it won’t exactly let you feel like Spider-Man as you swing around, it still offers a fun new way to explore the DLC’s levels.

In combat, the whip starts out with a simple enough function: you can grapple into enemies to get closer. This can then be further augmented by providing various buffs and debuffs, like letting you block an enemy’s major attack when you grapple into them. The fireball, while not nearly as versatile, still feels great to use. Essentially acting like a large grenade, fireballing becomes an excellent way to maintain crowd control when you’re getting swarmed by lots of enemies, for example. The fireball unfortunately doesn’t do much for exploration, aside from letting you destroy specific obstacles; this ends up feeling like little more than an afterthought.

Really, the only real problem with the combat in Enchantment Under the Sea is one that can’t really be solved with a DLC release, and would require a fundamental redesign of the entirety of Atomic Heart. The problem is that when you get into a big fight, readability essentially goes out the window. While enemies will let you know when they’re about to hit you, the general speed and abilities of the various enemies you fight always end up feeling like they’re ideas taken from a much faster game, but without the slowing down to make them more suited to Atomic Heart’s combat. It doesn’t help that enemies can also sometimes be quite difficult to even spot. While it doesn’t feel too bad often, the few times the game’s readability became an issue stuck out like a sore thumb.

"You’re not going to be getting any ground-breaking new content"

Ultimately, Enchantment Under the Sea just goes to show how strong the foundations of Atomic Heart have always been. Despite its identity crisis, the writing in the DLC is still some of the best from throughout the game, with characters feeling more like real people than they have in either the base game or the previous DLCs. The story also definitely feels like it’s coming to a head, and Enchantment Under the Sea feels like it’s getting ready for the big finale with the next DLC. Visually, the DLC takes heavy inspiration from BioShock, with its underwater facility feeling like it might just be as sprawling and huge as Rapture was. The more focused approach to storytelling, opting for linear levels rather than throwing the player into an open world also does wonders for not only the writing and pacing, but for gameplay as well.

While you’re not going to be getting any ground-breaking new content with Enchantment Under the Sea, it is quite easy to recommend the DLC, especially to players that like Atomic Heart. Not only does it offer up the same excellent shooter gameplay as the base game, but the level design, variety of encounters, new enemies, new powers, and fun writing all add up to being an excellent way to spend a weekend. Throw on top the fact that the DLC’s story makes it feel like Mundfish is just about getting ready to wrap things up with the overarching plot of Atomic Heart and Enchantment Under the Sea ends up feeling like a DLC you just can’t miss.

This game was reviewed on PC.