Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 continues marching forward with a solid content roadmap for 2024 and 2025. While we’re currently awaiting a specific release date for the premium Dark Angels chapter pack, Season 2 is now introducing a brand-new piece of playable content in the form of the Neo-Volkite pistol, which will allow you to burn the Imperium’s enemies to a crisp.
If you’re looking for the latest updates on Season 3, its potential release window, and what it may include, we’ve got you covered here. In the meantime, you can check out some of the best Space Marine 2 mods we’ve found so far.
Space Marine 2 introduces the Neo-Volkite pistol
Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Saber Interactive have just shared a hard-hitting trailer to introduce the Neo-Volkite Pistol, a new sidearm that will only be available in the Operations mode for now, as the team continues “to experiment with balancing in PvP.” Chances are it’ll make its way into the player-versus-player modes later, but right now, you can only use it against Xenos and heretics.
You can watch the trailer, which runs for under one minute, below:
The Neo-Volkite pistol can be used by the Assault, Vanguard, and Bulwark classes, and is said to be a solid performer regardless of the distance between your Marine and those pesky enemies.
The weapon’s unique feature is that it blasts a “heat-ray” onto enemies, increasing the damage over time before generating “a localised explosion for huge damage to your target and all nearby enemies,” so it definitely sounds like a great pick to clear huge groups of weaker foes.
Space Marine 2 Patch Notes Update 4.5
The official Steam blog post for patch 4.5 also details several changes to weapons in Operations mode only as well as some miscellaneous fixes. Here’s the full rundown:
Plasma Incinerator:
- Slightly reduced amount of heat generated by normal and charged shots for versions: Master-Crafted – Alpha, Salvation of Bakka – Alpha, Gathalamor Crusade – Alpha
- Fixed a bug that would cause several versions not producing heat at all
Bolt Sniper Rifle:
- Fire rate increased from 50 to 60 rounds per minute
- Headshot bonus increased from x2 to x2.5
Occulus Bolt Carabine:
- Scope added
- Headshot bonus increased from x1 to x1.33
Bolt Carabine (SMG):
- Adjusted damage falloff curve: Base damage increased by 50% for the first 10 meters, after that, the damage drops to the original pre-patch value
Auto Bolt Rifle:
- Max ammo increased by 1 magazine for each version
GENERAL FIXES:
- Fixed a bug causing unlocked DLC cosmetic items to get locked again after a restart
- Fixed a bug causing the Sniper perk “Targeted Shot” to not work after swapping weapons
- Fixed a bug causing the Sniper invisibility not getting removed after a shot in rare cases
- Fixed a bug preventing players from muting the others in PvP
- Fixed several perks not triggering correctly from enemy kills
- Fixed a bug that prevented certain weapon perks from triggering correctly when reaching a specific HP threshold
TECH IMPROVEMENTS:
- Crash fixes and general stability improvements
- Fixed server disconnects with unstable user connection
- General connectivity improvements
| Patch Name | Changelog | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Patch 4.5 | Steam | 12 November |
| Patch 4.1 | Official Forums | 24 October |
| Patch 4.0 | Official Forums | 17 October |
| Patch 3.0 | Official Forums | 26 September |
| Hotfix 2.1 | Steam | 11 September |
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