Helldivers 2 Players Will Now Need to Wait A Bit Longer For…

With the Redacted Regiment Warbond launch date approaching for Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios announces an unfortunate last-minute delay to the content drop. With 2026 now in full swing, players were anticipating the start of new updates for Helldivers 2 beginning with this Warbond, but as it turns out, the wait will have to be just a little longer. Fans are hopeful that Arrowhead will also share its plans, providing a roadmap of sorts to help set expectations for the next few months at least.

For now, fans have only heard various teases about upcoming plans from developers at Arrowhead. While there have been no concrete details, Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani teased the next big Helldivers 2 update in a Q&A session on Discord, ominously indicating that "a lot of Helldivers will die" to fans. While the subject of a roadmap did come up, Jorjani admitted that they'd like to put one together that focuses on features and quality of life improvements without potentially spoiling big story beats. For now, players will need to keep waiting, which was just made a bit harder due to upcoming content also getting pushed out.

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Redacted Regiment Warbond for Helldivers 2 Delayed

With everything still up in the air, the Redacted Regiment Warbond for Helldivers 2 was slated to be the first official release for the popular game in 2026. Previously announcing a launch date of January 20, the plan has taken a slight detour after Arrowhead announced that the Warbond hit a snag during the final testing phase. In an announcement over social media, Arrowhead confirmed that the Redacted Regiment Warbond has been delayed after a "key issue" was found, and extra time is now needed to fix it. At the time of publishing, a new launch date was not provided for the content.

Most of the comments on the post seem appreciative of the transparency, even if the news isn't the greatest. Making sure the focus is on quality is important for Arrowhead as Helldivers 2 is recently coming off of a tough stretch that was rife with technical and performance-based issues that left players more frustrated than anything. In fact, just last year, Game Director Mikael Eriksson indicated Helldivers 2 was starting to break at the seams, as Arrowhead changed its focus from making more content to instead focus on fixing the core issues impacting the game, including shrinking the game's surging file size for PC players.

While the game is now in a much better state than it was just a few months ago, fans appear ready for new content to dig into. Redacted Regiment was the first Helldivers 2 Warbond announced for 2026 and was set to introduce gear centered around special operations and covert actions. Players can get their hands on new weapons like the R-72 Censor precision rifle, AR-59 Suppressor assault rifle, and the P-35 Re-Educator dart pistol. A handful of new cosmetics, a C-4 backpack stratagem, and two armor sets will also be arriving as well, giving players a new way to tackle objectives in the game.

Player feedback remains a big piece of Arrowhead's process with Helldivers 2, listening and reacting to fans. In fact, the game's official Discord channel commonly features developers in chat, interacting with users and providing updates. One fan request has seemingly gained steam online, as Helldivers 2 players want Exosuits to last longer in the field. The comment received an official response from Design Director Niklas Malmborg, who teased that the studio actually has plans for vehicles in general and potentially extending gameplay with them. Nothing concrete, but it seems like Arrowhead has some big plans it's working on with vehicles in general.

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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