Just Marine-on-Chaos matchups for now, it seems
Gears of Warhammer sequelWarhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2will feature some kind of PvPmultiplayermode, similar to the first Warhammer 40k game, going by an early look at an art book for the upcoming third-personshooter.
The headline reveal is that there’ll be a player-on-player multiplayer mode, similar to the team-based battles of the original, which pitted eight Space Marines across three different classes - Tactical, Devastator and Assault - against eight Chaos Space Marines with their own comparable specialisations. A wave-based co-op mode was added in a later piece of free DLC.
Space Marine 2’s multiplayer will likewise be Space Marine on Space Marine - rather than allowing players to take control of thealien Tyranidsand other species - and will be built around a set of different player classes. Going by the leaked book, you’ll be able to pick from a variety of Space Marine and Chaos Space Marine chapters - including the likes of the World Eaters, Death Guard and Black Legion - as well as customising your banner and forming a clan in the mode.
The apparent reveal of the PvP multiplayer joined teases of other elements of Space Marine 2, including a hub area for upgrading protagonist Lieutenant Titus and picking missions during its single-player andco-op campaign, plus some brief glimpses at the Tyranid and Chaos Space Marine enemies and bosses you’ll encounter - and the various weapons and vehicles you’ll be able to use to turn them into space jam (not that one).
