A Bleeding-Edge Tech from Another Saber Game Convinced Clive Standen to Return to Warhammer 40K (EXCLUSIVE)

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A Bleeding-Edge Tech from Another Saber Game Convinced Clive Standen to Return to Warhammer 40K (EXCLUSIVE)

A Bleeding-Edge Tech from Another Saber Game Convinced Clive Standen to Return to Warhammer 40K (EXCLUSIVE)

Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 has been bursting on the scene just a few days after its release. This third-person hack-n-slash shooter by Saber Interactive has been released on September 9, 2024, on Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S.To carry forward the legacy of Space Marine (2011), Saber Interactive didn’t leave any stone unturned.

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Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 was released on September 9, 2024. | Credit: Saber Interactive.

It brought back the main essence of the franchise, Captain Demetrian Titus. However, unlike the predecessor, the successor has a different voice behind this popular character. And this voice itself is quite famous in the gaming industry. Then what prompted him to make a comeback to the industry? Let’s find out.

Clive Standen Came Back to Space Marine 2 Because of the “Swarm Technology”

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Clive Standen is the voice behind Captain Titus in Space Marine 2. | Credit: YouTube/The GATE.

In Space Marine (2011), Captain Titus was voiced by Mark Strong. However, Space Marine 2 went beyond him and chose renowned British actor Clive Standen as the voice of Titus.

Standen had a strong CV before joining the Warhammer 40K franchise, as he had previously voiced Kosak in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Lea in Inversion, and Marine civilian characters in Alien vs. Predator.

His last work, although, was in 2012, so what nudged him to make a return to the industry after more than a decade? In a recent interview with Fandomwire, this is what the actor had to say:

Well, I’m really all about immersion, and I just think that this was an opportunity to be in a game where you’re creating a whole world, you know, on the screen. Also, I knew Saber before. I’ve worked with them before on a previous game, Inversion, it was called. And they were in touch with me and they showed me some of the footage of their game they did for World War Z. And they have this swarm technology… They just generate and form new enemies, and there’s no lag on it at all.

Standen also stated that he was convinced that this swarm technology was going to be one step better in Space Marine 2 than in World War Z. He didn’t forget to share his warm regards towards the Space Marine and the Ultramarines at the end of his answer.

How Was Space Marine 2 Inspired by World War Z?

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Space Marine 2 is replicating a unique aspect of World War Z. | Credit: Saber Interactive.

Building on World War Z technologies, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is increasing the amount of mayhem on screen. Developer Saber Interactive’s co-op World War Z shooter, which had players slaying hundreds of brainless enemies who would actually collapse over one another and attack you in waves, had more zombies than I’ve ever seen on screen before beginning development on Space Marine 2.

Saber Interactive CCO Tim Willits reveals in a Gamescom interview with Gamesradar+ that the reason Space Marine 2 and World War Z are so dedicated to that carnage is because they both have a director (Dimitriy Grigorenko) and “swarm tech.”

The swarm tech brought in all these hordes of zombies and then we evolved that technology with updates to World War Z,” Willits says, before explaining that the tech has seen a “new evolution” in Space Marine 2. “So we’re able to create these epic battles where you have just hundreds, maybe thousands of Tyrannids coming at you in the swarm, and then when they hit the breaker, and they start to turn, and separate, and come after you.

Even more terrifying is the fact that there is an “AI director” working behind the scenes who “knows about you, and knows about your teammates” and “controls the swarms, controls the enemies.” As Willits states, “The game won’t be fun if you’re just invincible.” Therefore, even though Space Marines are canonically OP, hopefully, the threat of being outwitted will keep us alert.

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