REACTION - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden and Space Marine 2 are both looking bang tidy

Hordes of slick rick.

By Jonathan Garrett
30/08/23

Focus Entertainment just dropped an extended look at a couple of their upcoming titles for the end of the year, and all signs point to positive. Although Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden has a slight coating of “Life is Strange” hokeyness, that didn’t stop it from being an interesting deep dive. Space Marine 2 is looking every bit the worthy sequel to the 2011 original, with World War Z devs Sabre Interactive bringing their expertise of big hordes to a universe known to be full of them.

It’s satisfying to see both teams playing to their strengths; dialogue choices are a staple of DontNod’s prior efforts, and Space Marine 2’s support of campaign co-op is appreciated. Banishers is dropping 7th November 2023, while a vague “2023” is all we got for Space Marine 2, although a beta was revealed for the latter.

We’ve got a stacked end of year approaching, and these have both certainly added to the platter!

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