Sony and developer Arrowhead Recreation Studios have introduced a significant new Helldivers 2 replace, and it is introducing a brand new issue stage, new enemy varieties, and way more.
The Escalation of Freedom replace lands on August sixth, and in contrast to among the sport’s earlier patches, this one’s fairly large, so it ought to provide you with an excellent motive to go again to the entrance should you’re a type of filthy deserters that has deserted the reason for Tremendous Earth.
First up, a completely new tenth issue stage has been added, and it will throw extra enemies at you than you have ever confronted earlier than. Arrowhead says the bounce from stage 9 to stage ten is meant to really feel important, so you need to discover the distinction.
You are additionally getting new enemies to combat. On the Terminid facet, you’ll be able to sit up for the introduction of the Impaler, a returning enemy from Helldivers. Its huge tentacles sprout up from the bottom and reduce off potential escape routes.
A brand new variant of the Charger, the Spore Charger, is consistently surrounded by visibility-lowering fog, and a brand new Brute Commander variant can be deadlier and extra “brutal” (ahem) than you are used to, in addition to spawning totally different sorts of bug allies.
The Automatons, in the meantime, are gaining access to an honest-to-god artillery tank, which can hearth straight at you should you’re shut and hearth into the air to scupper you and your teammates should you’re distant. Frankly, this one sounds completely terrifying.
New, bigger kinds of outposts are being launched, and whereas they’re going to be an enormous problem to take down, Arrowhead is promising “nice rewards” should you handle to take action.
There may also be new map variants and aims so that you can tackle, together with a larva retrieval mission, and Arrowhead is teasing a brand new route for Helldivers 2‘s story involving ramped-up Automaton manufacturing and altering Terminid migration patterns.
This can be Helldivers 2‘s first important replace since chief artistic officer Johan Pilestedt stepped down as CEO, and it will even be the primary because the infamous PlayStation Community controversy. Hopefully, the replace helps Arrowhead put that unpleasantness behind it and give attention to the sport.
You’ll be able to try Helldivers 2 proper now on PC and PlayStation 5. Keep tuned for extra.
