Arrowhead Games Has Loads Of Future Plans For Helldivers 2, Will “Gradually” Reveal More About The Illuminate

Helldivers 2 completely exploded onto the scene when it launched this time final 12 months. Nobody anticipated it to be as huge because it was, not even Arrowhead Video games. A 12 months later, and loads of classes discovered alongside the best way although, Arrowhead has stayed on the ball via the whole lot.

In reality, Arrowhead appears to be operating a decent ship, that not solely has plans for what’s to come back the remainder of the 12 months, the group already has concepts for main future plans.

Based on sport director Mikael Eriksson, (per Polygon), the studio has a Helldivers 2 v5.0 deliberate, no matter which means. And naturally, a part of these plans consists of bringing updates to the sport’s newest faction, The Illuminate.

“We’re constructing this method to be extra attention-grabbing in many alternative methods. One of many important methods we’re increasing on the Galactic Conflict is the sport grasp, like the sport grasp in a tabletop role-playing sport – the individuals who have instruments at their disposal like management occasions, performance, particular enemies, particular missions, modifications to the sport guidelines, and so forth.”

Eriksson additionally went on to debate how Arrowhead will proceed enhancing community-led occasions, and random occasions, as two different factors of focus. When it got here to what’s subsequent for the Illuminate although, Eriksson did allude to extra coming – however in cryptic vogue.

“The Illuminate are extra superior than they may appear, they usually have a protracted historical past within the Helldivers universe. There’ll be much more coming with the Illuminate, and their intentions will change into progressively extra clear because the story progresses.”

With how Arrowhead has established its Galactic Conflict narrative, and established a video games grasp to all of it, like in tabletop video games, it seems like there’s a depraved diploma of potential with the way forward for Helldivers 2. In their very own means, Arrowhead has established a brand new approach to pilot a reside service sport. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see the way it continues that balancing act going into the sport’s second 12 months.

Supply – [Polygon]