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Sister of Battle Nyra Veyrath joins the struggle as a second playable character alongside returning Ultramarine Malum Caedo.See the never-before-seen key artwork for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2. Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 will launch on Xbox Sequence X|S in 2026.
One of the crucial requested options from followers of Boltgun was so as to add a second playable character to the sport, along with Malum Caedo. Proper from the beginning, we knew we wished to do that for Boltgun 2, particularly because it aligned so nicely with two of our targets for the sport: including extra selection and replayability.
Immediately I’m excited to share extra about our new participant character: Nyra Veyrath, a battle-hardened Sister of Battle Celestian who loves nothing greater than bathing heretics in righteous flames.
A Wild Torrent of Flame
To make for a very totally different expertise, it was necessary to us that Nyra had her personal distinctive set of weapons. With regards to Sisters of Battle, their “holy trinity” of weapons are bolters, flamers, and melta weapons, so we knew we needed to do these justice.
We’ve spent loads of time throughout improvement ensuring her flame-based weapons are as gratifying as potential to make use of. For these weapons greater than most, visible and audio suggestions could make or break their really feel. They’ve received to be convincingly damaging – as befits a wild torrent of flame – while nonetheless clearly speaking to the participant the place and the way injury is being utilized. My private favorite is the Heavy Flamer — our inner objective was to make a weapon that seems like the top of the world, and I’m very pleased with (and barely terrified by) the outcomes.
Enhancing Mobility with Fervent Slide
For a breakneck-paced shooter like Boltgun 2, mobility is essential when creating a brand new character – particularly for Nyra, who we wished to really feel much more agile than Malum.
One in all Nyra’s core skills is Fervent Slide, a speedy technique of getting round ranges, with the bonus that it’ll tear proper by way of any cultists in your path. By urgent soar through the slide, Nyra makes use of her momentum to carry out a particular Leap – an efficient manner of reaching greater areas.
Immediacy is a central pillar for Boltgun 2, and a part of meaning creating skills which might be immediately comprehensible and satisfying to make use of. Onto that simple base we add non-compulsory layers of performance, increasing the power’s utility within the sport.
As such, Fervent Slide is a good way to each enter and escape fight, while the Leap shouldn’t be solely a helpful technique of reaching excessive floor, but in addition – as you’ll be able to sluggish time by holding soar – can be utilized to take inventory of the battle round you, or to take some precision photographs together with your present weapon.
Melting the Enemies of the Emperor
We actually wished to ramp up grenades for Boltgun 2 and make them a novel a part of every character’s arsenal. To go well with Nyra’s affinity for righteous flame, she has a devastating Melta Bomb at her disposal.
Once more, the power is simple to make use of: merely lob the bomb at an unlucky heretic and watch the explosion. However there’s added depth to mess around with: Holding throw will
sluggish time while priming the grenade, permitting a extra exact throw, while urgent it once more after it’s thrown will detonate it early. The latter permits excessive talent play equivalent to exploding the bomb over a gaggle of enemies. Or, in case you actually need to impress the Emperor, you’ll be able to shoot the bomb in midair…
Including a Chopping Edge
Anybody who has performed Boltgun will know Malum Caedo’s Chainsword is an integral a part of his gameplay. When it got here to Nyra, we would have liked her Energy Sword to really feel equally necessary to her character.
We wished her first ranged weapon within the sport to be a one-handed Bolt Pistol partly as a result of it allowed us to indicate the Energy Sword on display on the identical time. That manner we’re instantly encouraging the participant to get within the faces of your enemies, performing vicious combo slashes with the Energy Sword.
And for enemies simply out of attain, holding the melee assault button performs a ahead thrust with the sword, inflicting elevated injury and infrequently showering the display in gore.
Reinforcing the themes of mobility and further utility, the thrust assault can be used as a way of transferring round. For this and Nyra’s different skills, we’re actually wanting ahead to gamers’ creativity in how they use and mix them.
Boltgun 2 Key Artwork Reveal
As you could have seen on the prime of the put up, we wished to share the brand-new key artwork for Boltgun 2! This was created by the supremely proficient Johan Grenier, who additionally created the important thing artwork for the unique Boltgun! Within the new key artwork for Boltgun 2, Nyra naturally takes centre stage alongside Malum on a battlefield of chaos factions.
That is solely the beginning for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 and we’ll have much more thrilling reveals to share over the following few months! Make sure to add Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 to your wishlist to be notified when it releases later this yr, and observe Auroch Digital on X, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube for all the most recent updates.
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2
Devolver Digital, Massive Fan Video games
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 is the brutal and fast-paced sequel to retro FPS Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun.
Following straight on from the top of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, your responsibility takes you to new areas in a branching, single-player marketing campaign that effortlessly blends the grimdark Warhammer 40,000 universe with a fast-paced first-person shooter.
A New Champion
Lock in as one among two playable characters, every providing their very own distinctive skills, weapons, and play type.
Dominate fight because the unrelenting drive that’s Malum Caedo, a formidable Sternguard Veteran with a fame for purging heretics. Or rapidly take management of the battlefield because the swift and nimble Sister of Battle, Nyra Veyrath, torching enemies and leaving solely ashes in her wake.
Uncover New Worlds
Take the struggle to never-before-seen worlds and vanquish the foes that lurk there. From the colossal heights of a hive metropolis to the impenetrable mangrove swamps of a jungle, you’ll want to beat the challenges of every biome to finish your mission.
Bloody Motion-Packed Fight
Constructed on the explosive fight of Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, cost headfirst into superb battle armed with an arsenal of lethal House Marine weapons. Shred enemies together with your deadly chainsword or blast them into an explosion of pixels and blood together with your Shotgun!
By no means-Earlier than-Seen Foes
As your arsenal improves, so do the enemies! The ferocious Bloodletters and their daemonic Juggernauts are a close to unstoppable drive as they cost into battle hungry for blood!
Options
Two Playable Characters – Play because the formidable Malum Caedo or battle-hardened Nyra Veyrath, every with their very own playstyle.
Explosive FPS Gameplay – Obliterate foes in high-octane fight.
Branching Marketing campaign – Select your personal path by way of the marketing campaign with every department that includes distinctive ranges.
NEW Enemies – Face never-before-seen foes from totally different factions.
NEW Weapons – Eviscerate hordes of relentless heretical scum with devastating weapons.
NEW Places – Uncover a spread of worlds and biomes.
Navigation Information – Effortlessly navigate the battlefield so that you’re all the time on the heart of the fight.
AND MORE!
