Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Dev Rules Out Increasing 3-Player Co-Op Limit, Despite Modders Getting 12-Player Co-Op Working

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive has said it has nary plans to summation the maximum enactment size of 3 players for co-op, contempt modders getting 12-player co-op up and moving recently.

Space Marine 2 limits squads to 3 players for PvE Operations, but it was hoped that this mightiness summation for the upcoming horde mode, dubbed Siege.

Not so, Tim Willits, Chief Creative Officer astatine developer Saber Interactive, told IGN successful an exclusive Space Marine 2 interrogation to sermon the Siege mode. Willits said upping the subordinate number to 4 for co-op made Operations missions excessively easy.

“As we’ve mentioned successful a past interview, sticking to 3 players for PvE crippled modes (including Siege Mode) has to bash with the situation we’re capable to provide, and specifically, the enemies we’re capable to propulsion astatine you and your friends,” Willits said.

“Having 4 Space Marines unneurotic for a PvE ngo simply made it excessively easy, and scaling force assaults to warrant bringing a 4th subordinate was excessively large of a challenge.”

Earlier this month, Tom, aka Warhammer Workshop, the modder down Space Marine 2’s fantabulous Astartes Overhaul, released a fantastic-looking 12-player co-op mod for the game. Gameplay footage, below, shows aggregate players taking connected a Tyranid Trygon Prime successful a conflict reminiscent of an MMO brag fight.

This was thing players thought impossible, but the modding squad not lone broke done the 3-player obstruction to deed 12-player co-op — with the enactment of developer Saber Interactive itself — but acceptable to enactment improving it.

“Honestly, I’m conscionable benignant of successful awe of Saber’s enactment for the modding community,” Tom told IGN. “None of america expected 12-player PvE sessions to beryllium imaginable this soon — but somehow, present we are. Thanks to their generosity and trust, this immense leap guardant is yet here, and it wholly changes what we tin do.”

As you’d expect, 12-player co-op makes a mockery of Space Marine 2's PvE balance, but it is determination moving connected PC astatine least. This sparks the inevitable adjacent question for Tim Willits: could Saber grow Siege mode to see much than 3 players successful the future?

Alas, no. “We don’t person specified plans astatine this time,” helium replied.

So, it’s down to modders to amended upon Siege mode and the 12-player co-op they person already released. Tom told IGN the squad is moving connected modes specified arsenic prop hunt, PvP wrong operations, “massive” horde mode updates, and, possibly astir breathtaking of all, raid-style missions “with bosses that deed similar trucks, instrumentality due teamwork to bring down, arsenic good arsenic immoderate different wholly caller mechanics.”

Siege arrives arsenic portion of Patch 8 connected June 26, and comes alongside 2 caller DLCs for Ultra Edition, Gold Edition, and Season Pass holders: the White Scars Chapter Pack (a caller Champion tegument for the Assault class, 3 exclusive White Scars-inspired limb skins for the Occulus Bolt Carbine, Stalker Bolt Rifle, and Combat Knife, and a big of cosmetic options and heraldry markings for their Successor Chapters), and the Blood Angels Cosmetic Pack (a fig of caller armour pieces to beryllium equipped connected immoderate of the game’s playable classes, successful summation to heraldry markings celebrating 8 of the Blood Angels’ Successor Chapters).

Earlier this week, IGN reported connected assorted Space Marine 2 datamines that revealed imaginable upcoming content, including a caller class, a caller melee weapon, and a caller ranged weapon.

There’s a batch happening successful the satellite of Space Marine 2, contempt the astonishment announcement that improvement of Space Marine 3 improvement had begun. Space Marine 2’s twelvemonth 1 roadmap remains successful place.

Space Marine 2 Siege mode was revealed during the Warhammer Skulls 2025 broadcast. In lawsuit you missed it, cheque retired each the announcements and trailers from the show.

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