Whereas it possibly doesn’t make as many headlines because it as soon as did, Helldivers 2 remains to be doing very properly for Sony. It usually peaks at over 30k concurrent gamers on Steam day-after-day, plus nevertheless many are on PlayStation. However now, it has tripled these numbers.
Only a few hours in the past, Helldivers 2 broke 100k concurrent gamers for the primary time since December 2024, though it did get shut earlier this yr in February.
The rationale for this surge in reputation is that the sport simply declared a galactic emergency. Why? A large Illuminate fleet has appeared, threatening Tremendous Earth. I might be mistaken, however that looks like it may be a nasty factor.
Consideration, Helldivers: It is a Galactic Emergency,” stated a publish on the Helldivers 2 Twitter account. “The true Illuminate invasion has begun. In a sudden and fully unprovoked offensive manoeuvre, the total Illuminate fleet is rising from the Meridia Singularity. Nothing is protected – not even the Coronary heart of Democracy itself.”
Gamers have been battling the Illuminate now for some time, together with participating in an augmented actuality sport on Discord, however their efforts have seemingly been for nothing because the squid have begun pouring via a wormhole.
As a part of the emergency, Helldivers are getting a bunch of adjustments, updates and additions. A number of new Illuminate are set to enter the fray, together with the flying Stingray. The weirdest are Fleshmobs, a kind of Frankenstein’s monster that staggers throughout the battlefield.
In a weblog publish, there was additionally mentions of “sightings of different, even bigger ships,”. What new threats may they carry? Though, in fact, the most important risk in Helldivers 2 continues to be different gamers and their over eagerness to blow all the things up.
To assist cope with the brand new threats, gamers are getting a weapon customisation system. Weapons can now be levelled up by finishing missions, which then unlocks attachments and patterns you should purchase and equip utilizing requisition.
The in-game retailer can be being expanded in order that as a substitute of things biking, you’ll now be capable to purchase no matter you need everytime you need it.
Lastly, in a couple of days (Might 15) the brand new Warbond (season go) can be launched, bringing with it information weapons and armour. That needs to be helpful for decimating some Illuminate.
All this does make me need to choose up a controller once more and go defend Tremendous Earth. I haven’t touched the sport since a couple of months after it launched, however I preserve planning on returning at somepoint.
