HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Helldivers 2's Illuminate are coming for your new wheels, and players are convinced it's a push towards Meridia's definitely not suspiciously revamped black hole

It's been easy to forget that Helldivers 2 has still had an Illuminate invasion going on over the past couple of days, as everyone's been distracted by the pricing backlash against the game's Killzone crossover gear. But, the aliens are still doing their thing in-game, and the next step in their warpath could delay yopu getting your hands on a new ride.

While the likes of Fortnite and Call of Duty can collaborate with pretty much any celebrity, brand, or IP they want and come out the other side untroubled, for the majority of games, caution is required. A crossover needs to be cool or authentic enough to win players over, and even then, it needs to be sensibly priced and obtainable. With Helldivers 2's new Killzone crossover, it nailed step one - the cosmetics look great and don't feel totally out of place. Plus, the hankering for anything Killzone related is always strong, given we'll probably never get a new game in the series. Step two, however, was a different story. As a result, it is now giving away the second wave of its Killzone collection for free.

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Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead comes up with a suitably festive solution to all that Killzone collab price backlash

Since Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead deployed the opening bit of the game's Killzone crossover, the prices players are being asked to pay for this new stuff have been causing some serious backlash. Now, after working to respond to unhappy players, the studio's made the decision to give away the gear coming as second part of the collab for free.

A Helldivers x Killzone Update: Season's Greetings

Seasons greetings, Helldivers!

We’re here to talk to you about our crossover with Killzone, which added new premium items to the Superstore.

As this was our first crossover offering, we’ve been listening to the response, and the feedback we’ve received from our community surveys is that crossover content is really high up on your wishlists.

At the same time, some of you are not happy with the prices of the items and we will revisit this.

Many of you were also concerned that items wouldn’t be in rotation for long enough, and there was a bit of concern around how these items exist outside of our usual Warbond releases, which are always themed in our own universe.

Because of all this, in partnership with our friends at Guerrilla (and as we’re in the season of holiday cheer), we’ve decided to offer a gift to all players.

Firstly, we are gifting to everyone the planned second wave of the Helldivers x Killzone collaboration items today, free of charge. The distribution of those items will begin shortly, in two waves.

As such we're also going to extend the duration of the items currently in the Superstore from 5 days to 10 days so that you have a chance to get hold of it and reduce the risk of missing out.

We’re also investigating solutions for how we can bring these items back permanently in the future.

The W.A.S.P. stratagem will be available for you all to unlock via a major order shortly.

We hope you have a great holiday period, and continue to enjoy spreading managed democracy in Omens of Tyranny!

Merry Christmas,
Arrowhead Game Studios & Guerrilla Games

As Helldivers 2's Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing

Since Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead deployed the opening bit of the game's first ever crossover - with PlayStation shooter Killzone - yesterday, the prices players are being asked to pay for this new stuff have been causing some serious backlash. Now, CCO Johan Pilestedt has confirmed that the gear was originally set to be released as a warbond, before the studio made the call for it to be individual superstore items instead.