It seems Focus Entertainment, Saber Interactive and Games Workshop want to strike while the bolter bullet is still hot, announcing the existence of Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 3. The previous game, Space Marine 2, was launched just 6 months ago.
The new game is apparently just entering development, meaning we probably won’t get to play it for at least a few years. I’m personally not a fan of announcing games this far out from their actual release, but I assume the companies involved wanted to get this announcement out of the way to help boost their stock prices.
Unsurprisingly, very little was revealed about the third game, and the announcement trailer was little more than lead character Titus and the sound of hammering rain.
But that isn’t going to stop me throwing out some speculation: Space Marine 3 was see Titus going up against the Necron.
The last we heard, Space Marine 2 had sold 4.5 million copies by October of 2024.. That number hasn’t been updated since but it seems a safe bet that it has surpassed 5 million by this point.
“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. Developed in close collaboration with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 will take the genre to new heights by introducing large-scale battles that are even more spectacular,” said John Bert, Deputy CEO of Focus Entertainment Publishing.
Matthew Karch of Saber Interactive chimed in to confirm that support for Space Marine 2 will continue: “While we will continue to support and grow the Space Marine 2 universe over the coming years, we will take all our learnings and apply them to an even bigger and more spectacular game for the third installment”