Whereas many current video games have struggled to search out success, that is not the case for Saber Interactive and Focus Leisure’s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, which not too long ago crossed 6 million gamers throughout all platforms. That replace comes through the most recent financial results from PullUp Leisure, the corporate behind Focus Leisure.
“The efficiency of Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 is phenomenal: the sport concludes 2024 among the many best-selling titles on main platforms, with 6 million distinctive gamers,” mentioned Geoffroy Sardin, deputy CEO of PullUp Leisure. As Area Marine 2 is not at the moment included in any gaming subscription companies like Xbox Game Pass, it stands to purpose the sport is extraordinarily shut to six million copies bought.
In the meantime, Warhammer IP holder Video games Workshop can also be extraordinarily pleased with the sport’s efficiency, with a current report noting that for the primary half of its monetary yr ending Dec. 1, 2024, the corporate noticed earned earnings of £26.1 million, or about $31.8 million USD, the vast majority of which was pushed by the discharge of Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2.
Video games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree factors out that the corporate is in search of the following massive recreation that may be an analogous success, but additionally notes that these sorts of successes are arduous to come back by.
“Established video games proceed to contribute, alongside royalty earnings earned following the success of Area Marine 2. We recognise that successes like these for Warhammer usually are not a given on this planet of video video games. Clearly we’re in search of the following one. We stay cautious when forecasting royalty earnings,” he explains.
Numerous video games, however few large successes
Whereas there have been different profitable Warhammer video games, such because the Complete Battle: Warhammer trilogy of technique titles from Sega and Inventive Meeting, in addition to Owlcat Video games’ role-playing recreation Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader, these wins are undoubtedly unusual.
Wanting forward, the long run is shiny for Warhammer followers that need extra video games, as Saber Interactive is at the moment contemplating making DLC for Area Marine 2, or presumably even a full-fledged Area Marine 3. In the mean time, extra updates are on the way in which, with new enemies and a Horde mode slated to reach in-game later this yr.
It’s going to be fascinating to see simply what different video games get greenlit sooner or later, because the setting is completely brimming with potential for various factions and characters to get the highlight throughout primarily any recreation style. Personally, I would like to see an Adepta Sororitas recreation within the vein of Area Marine, in addition to a real survival-horror recreation from the eyes of an on a regular basis particular person within the Imperium.
Over on this planet of TV diversifications, a deal has been reached with Amazon, and actor Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 series is moving ahead, although it’s going to be some time earlier than we’ve got another particulars on the mission.
Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 is at the moment obtainable on Xbox Sequence X|S, Home windows PC, and PlayStation 5, with cross-play help for all platforms in Operations and console cross-play in PvP.