Just below a month in the past, Saber Interactive released a free new update for its well-loved 2024 third-person shooter, Warhammer 40K: House Marine 2, and accompanied it with a $5 DLC that added a bunch of latest voice performing for a number of the sport’s characters. An harmless sufficient occasion, and splendid to see the sport nonetheless being supported two years in, however one which noticed its atrocious paid-for new dialogue taking all the eye away from the free addition of a model new Techmarine class and a brand new co-op mission. To attempt to make it proper (thanks, PC Gamer), writer Focus Leisure has introduced it’ll be refunding everybody who purchased the DLC pack, and re-releasing it totally free.
The Chapter Voice Pack 1 offered itself as if it had been going to re-enliven the expertise of taking part in, with all-new dialogue on your favourite characters, a purported 450 new traces, although peculiarly it was not included as a part of the sport’s season passes however solely as a standalone $5 DLC. Besides, as IGN reported on the time, it didn’t utterly revoice the dialogue of characters, which means that at many factors whereas taking part in, a personality would possibly shift again to their earlier voice, making the entire thing really feel farcical. Many claimed on Steam that it appeared to primarily consist of latest grunting noises, whereas others instructed that the 450 traces won’t be per language, however all languages mixed.
This led to an Overwhelmingly Negative rating on Steam for the DLC, which sticks to this very day. Solely 16 p.c of the 672 present person rankings are constructive, with gamers livid that this was clearly supposed to be the primary of a variety of such packs, because it solely re-voiced three of the seven lessons. As a response, albeit a particularly gradual one, Focus has now posted to X agreeing that it wasn’t adequate. “We heard your suggestions concerning the Chapter Voice Pack DLC and needed to handle it,” it reads. “It’s apparent the DLC has failed to fulfill your expectations and we’re sorry about that. Delivering high quality content material – free or not – is a precedence for us.” (It’s at all times so odd when corporations clarify how the factor they’re apologizing for not doing is a precedence of theirs. Additionally, this wasn’t free.)
That is why we have determined to supply a refund to all homeowners of the DLC, and to make it free any further. We’re presently organising the refund with platforms homeowners and can come again quickly with extra data.
All the time grateful on your dedication to our recreation.
Saber and Focus— Focus Leisure (@Focus_entmt) March 19, 2026
Consequently, everybody who purchased the DLC will get their 5 bucks again, and the voice pack itself might be made free. “We’re presently organising the refund with platforms homeowners and can come again quickly with extra data,” Focus provides. “All the time grateful on your dedication to our recreation.”
On the time of writing that swap to free has but to occur, and the pack stays on sale by way of Steam regardless of the problems. Fortunately, regardless of this misstep, House Marine II stays utterly good, and is currently 67 percent off in Steam’s Spring sale.
