
Though it was initially scheduled to launch by the top of this yr, Helldivers 2 has been delayed till February 8, 2024.
To ease the sting of the announcement, Arrowhead Recreation Studios put out a model new trailer giving us round 3 minutes of gameplay footage, the most effective take a look at the sport we’ve needed to date. In it we see a workforce tackling a Bile Titan which I shall henceforth confer with as a Huge Ass Ugly Fucking Bug. The trailer truthfully makes the sport seem like heaps of enjoyable, so I’ll be enlisting on day one when it launches on PS5 and PC. Plus, the plain Starship Troopers inspiration actually tickles my fancy.
The trailer additionally gave us glimpses of another gameplay mechanics, reminiscent of upgrading your ship between battles, and what appeared to humanoid alien species with ships of their very own.
As its title so subtly suggests, Helldivers 2 is a sequel to the primary sport which got here out in 2015 for PS3, PS4 and Vita. It launched on Steam later that yr, too, giving it the honour of being the primary ever Sony sport revealed on PC. Whereas the point of view has shifted from a top-down perspective to a extra conventional over-the-shoulder digital camera, the core of the motion remains to be frantic co-op taking pictures the place pleasant fireplace is firmly turned on.
So, will you be enlisting to do your half? And whilst you wait, would possibly I additionally recommend testing Starship Troopers: Extermination which pits you and a load of different gamers in opposition to hordes of bugs?
