Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Datamine Reveals Unannounced Armor Pieces — Including the Beaky Helmet

Following the release of Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’s game-changing patch 3.0 last week, dataminers have dug into the files and unearthed what looks like upcoming armor customization pieces — including one fans had hoped would be added to the game.

Images of the Mark 6 Corvus and Mark 7 Aquila Astartes helmets were posted to reddit, showing that developer Saber Interactive likely plans to expand the game’s Space Marine customization beyond variations of the latest Mark 10 Tacticus power armor.

Space Marine 2, which is set in Warhammer 40,000’s current and ongoing Indomitus Era, features Primaris (bigger, stronger, better) marines and thus focuses on the latest armor sets in the tabletop. However, this datamine suggests old favorites are potentially on the way, and it’s the “beaky” helmet popularized by the Raven Guard chapter of Space Marines that’s got Warhammer 40,000 fans most excited.

There’s more. Redditor agentduckman12 found a number of images in the game files that reveal what looks like the new customization pieces coming to Space Marine 2 as part of its big October patch and the launch of Season 2 of the game.

We see images of a number of weapons skins, that beaky helmet again, and winged Dark Angels helmets alongside the chapter’s new armor set. There’s also an image of a Salamanders Sniper Rifle skin, supposedly part of a Salamanders Champion Pack coming at some point for the Sniper class.

This tallies with what Saber has announced is coming to Space Marine 2 in Season 2 (a Dark Angels Champion Pack, Cosmetic Pack, and Weapon Skin pack).

Saber has yet to show off upcoming customization pieces, so for now this all remains firmly in datamined territory, but with October around the corner, it won’t be long before the developer reveals what’s to come.

Speaking of patch 3.0, IGN has reported on a seemingly innocuous change it made to Space Marine 2’s ending that got Warhammer 40,000 fans excited. IGN also recently interviewed Saber chief creative officer Tim Willits about the boost he expects the PS5 Pro will give the game, and how the breakout success of Space Marine 2 has “changed everything” for the studio.

Meanwhile, Warhammer 40,000 superfan Henry Cavill has been playing Space Marine 2 and delivered his verdict, and we also have details on what fans can expect from Space Marine 2’s seasonal post-launch content model. Season 2 runs from October until the end of 2024, and includes a new Operations map, a new enemy, a harder difficulty level, a new weapon, and various other improvements.

Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.