Warhammer 40K: Area Marine 2 has solely been out a few months, however already a sequel’s on the horizon – albeit not in the best way you may instantly assume. Video games Workshop has confirmed Warhammer 40K’s look in Amazon’s upcoming Secret Stage collection will take the type of an animated Area Marine 2 sequel.
Secret Stage, in the event you’re unfamiliar, is a brand new 15-episode animated anthology collection from the creators of Netflix‘s Love, Demise & Robots, with every episode that includes “authentic tales set inside the worlds of among the most beloved video video games”. These video games embrace Armored Core, Harmony, Crossfire, Dungeons & Dragons, Exodus, Honor of Kings, Mega Man, New World: Aeternum, Pac-Man, Sifu, Spelunky, The Outer Worlds, Unreal Event, quite a lot of PlayStation Studios video games, and, in fact, Warhammer 40K.
All that we already knew, however in a publish on the Warhammer Group web site (thanks IGN), Video games Workshop now shared extra on the franchise’s upcoming Secret Stage episode. For starters, it’s going to be directed by Tim Miller, with Dave Wilson (chargeable for Warhammer 40K: Daybreak of Struggle’s iconic intro film) serving as govt producer and supervising director.
As for specifics, Video games Workshop has confirmed – as some sharp-eyed followers had already speculated after the discharge of Secret Stage’s teaser trailer – that the episode is certainly a sequel to this yr’s acclaimed Warhammer 40K shooter Area Marine 2, and follows the conclusion of the sport “like a… secret degree”. Moreover, Clive Standen is onboard, as soon as once more voicing Area Marine protagonist Captain Demetrian Titus.
And that is about all we all know to date. Nevertheless, Video games Workshop notes a brand new trailer for the Secret Stage collection – presumably displaying off a bit extra of that Area Marine 2 sequel motion – is on the best way after its current New York Comedian Con reveal, and that followers “will not have to attend too lengthy to see it”. As for the collection itself, it is set to air on Prime Video from tenth December.