The highly anticipated Siege Mode update for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 arrived last week, bringing excitement alongside frustrating crashes and disconnects.

Siege Mode is Space Marine 2's version of the classic Horde mode. Teams of three players battle increasingly difficult waves of Tyranid and Chaos enemies to earn exclusive rewards.

Players have welcomed Siege Mode and its accompanying Patch 8, leading to a noticeable surge in players on Steam. However, connection issues occasionally ruin the experience, particularly when they strike during later waves of a match.

As recently as July 2nd, complaints continued to surface. "I feel incredibly frustrated," vented a user named Justusowesme on the Space Marine subreddit.

"I just spent almost three hours in a Siege round. I FINALLY found a good squad who knew what they were doing. It was the most epic experience I've had in a long time. I was so looking forward to the rewards and the feeling of accomplishment after finally beating it. BUT NO—right in the middle of the final fight before evacuation, the servers just gave up. NO money, NO experience, NO skins, and NOT EVEN a satisfying conclusion to the glorious fight my brothers and I had. I had fun, yes, but essentially, I just got robbed of almost three hours of progress. That feels so incredibly insulting, I can't take it...

"Please, to anyone in charge, I know you're already working on it, probably with great haste... BUT STILL, BY THE EMPEROR, WHAT IN THE WARP."

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In response, developer Saber Interactive and publisher Focus Entertainment have released the 8.1 hotfix, now live on all platforms. It resolves various crashes and connectivity problems, including a bug that prevented the reward for completing 25 waves in Siege Mode from unlocking.

The hope is that this hotfix stomps out the reported Siege Mode issues as decisively as a Space Marine crushing a xenos skull, but it's still early to declare victory.

Looking ahead, Space Marine 2 has a lot of exciting content on the horizon. While Patch 9 will focus solely on balance changes, Patch 10 introduces a new Chaos vs. Chaos PvP mode, the Power Axe melee weapon, and the Techmarine class. You can find all the details for Space Marine 2 Patch 10 here.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 8.1 Hotfix Patch Notes:

Fixed several crashes. Fixed several issues causing disconnects. Fixed Siege Mode rewards for completing wave 25 and beyond. Implemented numerous small fixes to Siege Mode map geometry. Fixed a bug causing random enemies in infinite waves to become powerful too quickly, leading to random one-shot deaths. (Note: Enemies will still grow stronger, but the progression will now be consistent and predictable, not random). Fixed a Siege Mode bug where a player joining a game in progress would cause the game to apply difficulty modifiers incorrectly. Fixed a UI bug that prevented players from changing their color presets. Minor localization fixes.