The wait is lastly over, Helldivers 2 of us! The Illuminate are right here in spite of everything that hypothesis, having arrived as a part of a giant new replace to the sport – Omens of Tyranny. It actually acquired everybody’s consideration, main the sport to right away hit its highest Steam participant quantity in about six months.
Yep, because it seems, Arrowhead cheekily updating a Helldivers 2 depot dubbed “gameplay_illuminates” final month – one thing which naturally triggered a heap of hypothesis and SteamDB watching – was price listening to in spite of everything. God, it seems like ages in the past that we have been all simply staring into the Meridia black gap ready for the massive bads from the unique Helldivers to come back crawling out.
Now, although, they’re right here, with Arrowhead having commemorating the event by deploying a particular emergency main order that is seeing gamers battle for the planet Calypso. You already know it is an essential order, as a result of the tweet about was in all caps.
Loads of of us have responded to it as properly – in accordance with SteamDB, Helldivers 2 hit a participant quantity peak of 133,324 on the platform final evening. That appears prefer it’s the largest quantity Steam-wise recorded since late April this 12 months, when the sport was hovering across the 139,000 mark, earlier than dipping under that as we acquired into Might – a month that kicked off with that PlayStation community account linking backlash which led to the sport being review-bombed.
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Now, it is essential to notice that whereas the PSN linking hoo-ha in all probability did not assist, round that point the sport was already within the midst of the pure gradual lower in participant depend on-line video games like this typically expertise after their preliminary flurry of recognition instantly following launch. So, it is not like Helldivers 2 has had an actual participant depend disaster within the months between then and now, issues had principally simply settled right into a rhythm the place a good quantity of hardcore gamers (usually between 70,000 and 25,000) have been sticking with it, whereas others took a break whereas they waited to be drawn again in by large, thrilling updates like this one.
Anyway, what are you able to anticipate if you be a part of this inflow of returning and new troopers on the entrance? Effectively, as detailed within the Omens of Tyranny replace’s PlayStation weblog and the trailer above, the Illuminate are “superior, highly-intelligent beings wielding highly effective know-how that seems to common residents like a sort of darkish magic”.
The tremendous residents they’re thoughts controlling are dubbed “The Voteless”, as a result of Helldivers 2’s undoubtedly satire in the event you did not know, and it will be your job to assist suss out the “darkish objective” behind this brainwashing. That will help you try this, the replace additionally introduces the Quick Recon Automobile or FRV – Helldivers 2’s first driveable automotive – which you’ll unlock via main orders and will allow you to plough via the hordes of enemies within the new city areas you may be battling in.
How glad are you that the Illuminate have lastly made their entrance in Helldivers 2? Tell us under!
