Space Marine 2's latest patch adds a death ray laser pointer

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You won't need time to cook with this.

A marine uses a Neo-Volkite pistol to cook a tyranid hive warrior at range
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Following patches that have spent more time walking back unpopular difficulty changes than adding new things, Space Marine 2's 4.5 patch finally gets to add something shiny: the Neo-Volkite pistol.

A classic sci-fi raygun that sets people on fire, after which they explode, the Neo-Volkite pistol has been added to the loadouts of assault, bulwark, and vanguard marines in the PvE Operations mode, and will be added to PvP Eternal mode in a subsequent update.

Jody Macgregor
Jody Macgregor
Weekend/AU Editor

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