{"id":1772,"date":"2022-06-01T22:15:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-trailer-recommits-to-the-legend-of-mankinds-big-bulky-boys\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T22:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T22:15:29","slug":"warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-trailer-recommits-to-the-legend-of-mankinds-big-bulky-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/01\/warhammer-40000-space-marine-2-trailer-recommits-to-the-legend-of-mankinds-big-bulky-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 trailer recommits to the legend of mankind&#8217;s big bulky boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t get a look at any new Space Marine 2 gameplay during today&#8217;s Warhammer Skulls showcase. We did get a new trailer, however, featuring some behind-the-scenes footage of development at Saber Interactive, and a handful of developers talking about their goals and aspirations for the sequel that&#8217;s a decade in the making.<\/p>\n<p>The cinematics that appear in the showcase are drawn from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/after-a-decade-of-waiting-warhammer-40000-space-marine-is-getting-a-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement trailer<\/a> revealed at last year&#8217;s Game Awards, so unfortunately there&#8217;s nothing new to see there. Fans will no doubt be at least a little relieved that Saber Interactive, which has taken over the series from original developer Relic, seems fully committed to maintaining the Space Marine mythos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These guys are two and a half meters tall, they&#8217;re probably about 500 pounds before you even put the armor on top of them,&#8221; actor Clive Standen, who&#8217;s replacing Mark Strong in the role of Captain Titus (who is apparently now a lieutenant), said in the video. &#8220;And their armor is ginormous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most human beings in this world will never see a space marine,&#8221; creative director Oliver Hollis-Leick said. &#8220;They&#8217;re the stuff of legends. They&#8217;re known as the angels of death. His angels. When one appears on the battlefield, it&#8217;s like seeing an angel of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You might think that&#8217;s a bit over the top, but that&#8217;s basically Warhammer 40,000 in a nutshell. Restrained (or even rational), it is not. I mean, just look at these guys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Saber Interactive)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Also, technically, Titus is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/warhammer40k.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ultramarines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultramarines<\/a> chapter. The <a href=\"https:\/\/warhammer40kfanon.fandom.com\/wiki\/Death_Angels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Death Angels<\/a> are a whole different bunch.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the trailer did not include any hint as to a release date: That is still TBA.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 trailer recommits to the legend of mankind&#8217;s big bulky boys<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We didn&#8217;t get a look at any new Space Marine 2 gameplay during today&#8217;s Warhammer Skulls showcase. We did get a new trailer, however, featuring some behind-the-scenes footage of development at Saber Interactive, and a handful of developers talking about their goals and aspirations for the sequel that&#8217;s a decade in the making.<\/p>\n<p>The cinematics that appear in the showcase are drawn from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/after-a-decade-of-waiting-warhammer-40000-space-marine-is-getting-a-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement trailer<\/a> revealed at last year&#8217;s Game Awards, so unfortunately there&#8217;s nothing new to see there. Fans will no doubt be at least a little relieved that Saber Interactive, which has taken over the series from original developer Relic, seems fully committed to maintaining the Space Marine mythos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These guys are two and a half meters tall, they&#8217;re probably about 500 pounds before you even put the armor on top of them,&#8221; actor Clive Standen, who&#8217;s replacing Mark Strong in the role of Captain Titus (who is apparently now a lieutenant), said in the video. &#8220;And their armor is ginormous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Most human beings in this world will never see a space marine,&#8221; creative director Oliver Hollis-Leick said. &#8220;They&#8217;re the stuff of legends. They&#8217;re known as the angels of death. His angels. When one appears on the battlefield, it&#8217;s like seeing an angel of God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You might think that&#8217;s a bit over the top, but that&#8217;s basically Warhammer 40,000 in a nutshell. Restrained (or even rational), it is not. I mean, just look at these guys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Saber Interactive)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Also, technically, Titus is a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/warhammer40k.fandom.com\/wiki\/Ultramarines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ultramarines<\/a> chapter. The <a href=\"https:\/\/warhammer40kfanon.fandom.com\/wiki\/Death_Angels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Death Angels<\/a> are a whole different bunch.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the trailer did not include any hint as to a release date: That is still TBA.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}