Helldivers 2 - News

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Helldivers 2 Tag Page Cover Art
Third-Person Shooter
Extraction Shooter
Action
Science Fiction
Systems
Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
Released
February 8, 2024
ESRB
Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
Developer(s)
Arrowhead Game Studios, Nixxes
Publisher(s)
Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Publishing
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WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL

The Galaxy’s Last Line of Offence. Enlist in the Helldivers and join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in a fast, frantic, and ferocious third-person shooter.

URGENT BROADCAST – SUPER EARTH ARMED FORCES
Freedom. Peace. Democracy. Your Super Earth-born rights. The key pillars of our civilization. Of our very existence. But the war rages on. And everything is once again under threat.

Join the greatest military force the galaxy has ever seen and make this a safe and free place to live.

BECOME A LEGEND
You will be assembled into squads of up to four Helldivers and assigned strategic missions. Watch each other’s back – friendly fire is an unfortunate certainty of war, but victory without teamwork is impossible.

LOADOUTS
Rain down freedom from above, sneak through enemy territory, or grit your teeth and charge head-first into the jaws of combat. How you deliver liberty is your choice; you’ll have access to a wide array of explosive firepower, life-saving armor and battle-changing stratagems… the jewel in every Helldiver’s arsenal.

REQUISITION
Super Earth recognises your hard work with valuable Requisition. Use it to access different rewards that benefit you, your squad, your destroyer ship and our overall war effort.

THREATS
Everything on every planet wants you dead. That’s what we’re dealing with. Each enemy has distinct and unpredictable characteristics, tactics, and behavior – but they all fight ferociously and without fear or morality.

THE GALACTIC WAR
Capturing enemy planets, defending against invasions, and completing missions will contribute to our overall effort. This war will be won or lost depending on the actions of everyone involved.

We stand together, or we fall apart. 

Genre(s)
Third-Person Shooter, Extraction Shooter, Action, Science Fiction
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Helldivers 2 Teases Future Potential Customization Feature

Arrowhead Game Studios teases a Helldivers 2 fan requested customization feature that could possibly arrive in a future update.

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Helldivers 2 Pulls Off Rare Sales Accomplishment in the UK

Helldivers 2 once again proves itself as it achieves yet another remarkable sales accomplishment, this time in the UK physical charts.

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Helldivers 2 Is Getting Another Server Cap Increase

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead increases server capacity once again, earning praise for its efforts to eradicate the issues in the game.

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Helldivers 2’s Latest Update May Help With Long Queue Times

Helldivers 2 releases a new update that makes a major backend change to help the long queue times players have been facing since the game's launch.

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Helldivers 2 Passes Another Massive Player Count Milestone

Even with ongoing capacity issues, the popularity of Helldivers 2 continues as the online game smashed another concurrent player milestone.

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Helldivers 2 Now Has 'Mixed' Reviews on Steam

Helldivers 2 Steam reviews take a major hit as Arrowhead continues to work on the issue of the game's servers remaining at full capacity.

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Helldivers 2 Releases Important New Update

Arrowhead Game Studios releases a new update for Helldivers 2 featuring fixes for matchmaking problems, game crashes, and much more.

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Helldivers 2 Dev Addresses Demand for More Servers

As the post-launch tweaking and polishing continues, Helldivers 2 CEO Johan Pilestedt takes time to respond to questions about servers and capacity.

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Some Helldivers 2 Players Aren't Logging Out to Keep Their Spot

Some Helldivers 2 users are exploiting a simple trick to avoid the game's long log-in queues, leading many others to call for a new feature.

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Petition to Bring Helldivers 2 to Xbox Is Blowing Up

As evidenced by a popular new petition, Xbox gamers really want to play the recently-released PlayStation console exclusive game Helldivers 2.

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Helldivers 2 Player's Eagle 500KG Bomb Attempt Goes Hilariously Wrong

One Helldivers 2 player attempts to use the Eagle 500KG bomb stratagem though the powerful airstrike quickly goes hilariously wrong for them.

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Helldivers 2 Is Outperforming Call of Duty and Fortnite on PSN

Helldivers 2 continues its surprising success, by starting to outperform the titans Call of Duty and Fortnite on PSN in the USA.

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Helldivers 2 Passes Destiny 2's All-Time Steam Concurrent Player Count

Helldivers 2 surpasses Destiny 2's all-time Steam concurrent player count, marking a notable achievement within a short span since its release.

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Helldivers 2 Adding XP Multiplier For Limited Time

Helldivers 2 adds an XP and Requisition multiplier for a limited time while players await a new update that will fix a bug affecting in-game rewards.

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Phil Spencer Addresses Lack of Helldivers 2 on Xbox

Xbox's Phil Spencer comments on Helldivers 2's exclusivity to PlayStation consoles following Xbox's announcement of some titles going multiplatform.

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Helldivers 2 Studio Is Looking to Hire More Developers Following the Game’s Success

Arrowhead Game Studios, the developer of Helldivers 2, plans to expand the size of its team following the shooter's successful launch.

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Helldivers 2 Community Devise List of Game's 'Unspoken Rules'

Players of Helldivers 2 are creating a list of best practices and etiquette to help teammates new and old do well in the team play-focused game.

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Helldivers 2 Releases New Patch for PC to Fix Bugs and Other Issues Impacting Players

Helldivers 2 releases a new update for PC users that aims to improve various stability and progression issues, and also hints at a future event.

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Helldivers 2 Has Mass Effect Easter Egg

Eagle-eyed fans notice a reference to one of the Mass Effect franchise's most popular memes tucked away in Helldivers 2's in-game item store.

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Some Helldivers 2 Issues Persist Following Latest Update

Arrowhead confirms that a few Helldivers 2 issues persist after the latest update and offers some band-aid advice until it deploys a permanent fix.