Talking to GamesRadar in a recent interview, Saber's Dmitriy Grigorenko mentioned that the original Space Marine 2 pitch was to "make a perfect sequel", a sequel that is effectively "a 360 game with a story campaign, some PvP, and a horde mode to accompany it". We'd say the team was largely successful in that endeavour.

The original Space Marine came out back in 2011 and was a bit of a cult classic, which is a nice way of saying it reviewed well but nobody bought it. Still, the Warhammer 40K fanbase is nothing if not vocal, and after many years of clamoring for a sequel, our prayers to the Emperor have finally been answered and then some.

Space Marine 2 is popping off right now, and if you’re only just now getting into the franchise, it has a lot of history and games to sift through. It’s easy to get overwhelmed jumping into something that already has dozens of entries by the time you’ve arrived,

The list of big budget video game failures is growing longer each month, with triple-A publishers struggling to make a dent in the dominance of older, more established players in this most brutal of markets.