Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 announces global release times, won’t use DRM software such as Denuvo

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We’re a week out from Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s release date, and Saber have put out a final roundup of details in a Steam blog. Alongside a global release time map (or two maps, technically, since they’re pulling that pay-more-to-play-early nonsense), there’s a big Q&A covering all your burning questions about burning 'nids. Among these is a confirmation that, no, the action game won’t be implementing DRM software such as Denuvo.

First up, here’s the global release map. The proper one, not the chump chart:

And here’s a few select items from the Q&A:

Yes, full crossplay between Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S players will be supported from Day One.

You will be able to play the Campaign and PvE modes without any restriction, but note that for fairness and balancing purposes, crossplay for the PvP mode “Eternal War” will be split between PC players in one pool (Steam & EGS) and console players in the other one (PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S).

You will also have the option to disable crossplay functionality if you prefer to only play with those using the same platform as yours.

Your squad may only include one Space Marine of each class in “Operations” mode. In “Eternal War” mode, there is a limit of two players per class and per team.

No all-Sniper teams, but you'll have plenty of strategic variety!

We are working on official Steam Deck support, but it's not ready yet. We’re currently targeting the end of the year for full Steam Deck support.

We currently have no plans for official mod support.

We will be using Easy Anti Cheat on PC at launch.

No.

Could the lack of DRM be something to do with the entire game already leaking a few months back? Possibly. As is well established now, piracy doesn’t directly translate to lost sales anyway. Denuvo, of course, has a pretty rotten reputation for negatively affecting performance. It’s possible Saber figured that anyone planning to pirate the game has already done so, and so avoiding the