Space Marine 2 shows off 10 minutes of stomping, chainswording and a Chaos tease for the Warhammer 40k sequel in extended gameplay

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We still don’t know when we’ll be able to play the unexpected - but welcome - Warhammer 40k Gears of War-a-like sequel Space Marine 2, but we can at least get a look at who we’ll be shooting in the face when it arrives. 10 minutes of extended gameplay footage have teased the appearance of Chaos marines in the upcoming shooter, along with lots of slow, stompy walking through its grimdark universe.

The latest gameplay shows blue-suited Ultramarine hero Lieutenant Titus stomping his way through a city on the Planet Avarax, chatting with Space Marine pals Chairon and Gadriel, and taking in the sights, enjoying lifting up heavy gates and staring at lighting effects. What do you mean there’s an alien invasion going on?

Alas, it’s not all sunbeams and lift rides, as Titus is shown slicing and shooting his way through crowds of alien Tyranids with both bolter and chainsword at hand. The mixture of melee and ranged combat showcases execution moves as the power-armoured soldier grapples with Tyranids, chucks them around - sometimes just catching them by the tail before whipping them down into the floor - and turns them into interstellar salami.

Though Titus moves at a mostly glacial pace when not fighting in the footage, presumably to let us viewers soak in the crispy rendered environments, he can apparently run. Sprinting: confirmed. Still, I hope you like the sound of boots on gravel.

A bit of blood-letting later, a familiar Space Marine Rhino tank shows up, there’s flying swarms of Tyranids in the air and we’ve given a look at enemies both big and small(er). There is, however, a disappointing lack of people bellowing “SPACE MARINE!” at you, which remains my prevailing memory of the first game.

The gameplay footage