4 September 2025 / Space Marine 2

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 celebrates its first anniversary with its biggest update to date!

Today’s Anniversary Update brings two new game modes, new maps for the Operations and Eternal War modes, weapons, enemies and more!

After teasing the upcoming update, Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive are excited to announce the release of the Anniversary Update for their blockbuster third-person action game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. The gameplay update is available free for all PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC players. Today’s kick-off of Year 2 also marks the release of the game’s Season Pass II, promising new Chapter-inspired cosmetics.

Check out our Anniversary Update Trailer!

A Battle-Barge-sized shipment of Free Content

Space Marine 2 celebrates the one-year anniversary of its release with more free content than ever in a single update, covering every possible aspect of the game. New game modes, new missions, maps, enemies, weapons, and more quality-of-life improvements than there are Xenos in the universe. Check out the details below, and make sure to read our Anniversary Update patch notes for more information.

The Anniversary Update brings: 

  • the new “Vortex” Operation, featuring a fearsome new boss, the Mutalith Vortex Beast

  • a new PvP arena, “Bridge”, set on Avarax

  • a new PvE game mode called “Stratagems”, introducing daily and weekly gameplay modifiers

  • a new “Helbrute Onslaught” game mode for PvP, with a playable Helbrute!

  • 3 new weapons - Pyreblaster, Pyrecannon & Power Axe - and several new weapon variants, like the Xenophase Blade, Combi Melta or double-edged Chainsword

  • a new Majoris enemy: the Chaos Spawn, coming in three unique variants

  • a set of six unique Chaos Champion skins, unlockable in Eternal War mode

  • tons of quality-of-life and customisation improvements, like the ability to use Champion skins as multiple, individual cosmetics with any of the game’s playable classes.

Sons of Rogal Dorn rejoice! The Black Templars and Imperial Fists get new DLCs

Today’s Anniversary Update also comes with the release of Space Marine 2’s second Season Pass and its first two DLCs: the Black Templars Champion Pack and Imperial Fists Cosmetic Pack. The former includes a new Champion skin for the Bulwark class and Power Sword skin, while the latter adds over 40 new cosmetics and heraldry markings celebrating 7 of the Imperial Fists’ Successor Chapters.

Get Space Marine 2 at a discount with its new Editions and best deals to date

Take advantage of the Focus Publisher Weekend to grab the game at up to 50% off on all platforms or choose the brand new 2-Year Anniversary Edition to receive the base game and both its Season Passes. The Gold Edition has been renamed 1-Year Anniversary Edition and its content remains the same, granting base game and Season Pass 1. Finally, players can now acquire the Ultramarines Champion Pack separately, granting a salient Champion skin for the Heavy class and a unique Heavy Bolter skin celebrating the Imperium’s Indomitus Crusade.

Heed the call of battle once again on September 4th with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s “Anniversary” update, available for free on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and receive a ton of new customisation options with the Season Pass II. Join the Space Marine 2 community, share feedback, and get exclusive rewards on our new Focus Together platform.