Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and Don't Nod's Banishers re-emerge with nearly 25 minutes of gameplay

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Focus Entertainment has shared extended gameplay footage — and by 'extended', I mean 'a combined 25-ish minutes worth' — of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 and the Don't-Nod-developed Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden as part of a mini-showcase aired this evening.

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden — which is due to launch for PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5 on 7th November — sees Life is Strange and Vampyr developer Don't Nod heading to the frozen wilderness of North America, circa 1695, for a tale of ghost-hunting lovers, one of whom is (rather awkwardly given their profession) recently undead.

It's the pleasingly spooky set-up for an action-RPG that promises a «mystical, lore-rich world plagued with supernatural creatures and ancient secrets», and Banishers' extended gameplay trailer follows our heroes Red and the spirit-y Antea as they investigate a haunting at the behest of a New Eden villager — an investigation that leaps between the physical and spectral worlds, and somehow manages to involve quite a lot of gun.

As for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, that's coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC sometime this «winter» — so not necessarily this year now, it seems — and its extended gameplay trailer is quite the looker, showing Ultramarines Space Marine Lieutenant Titus facing off against the Tyranids on the Planet Avarax. There's a lot of stomping in its new 10-minute trailer and a lot of bloodshed, which is probably exactly what Space Marine are looking for in a sequel.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 might still be some way off, but there'll be an opportunity to take it for a spin ahead of launch, thanks to developer Saber Interactive's planned beta. There's no hint of an arrival date for that either, but