Arrowhead Game Studios releases a major new update for Helldivers 2 called Into the Unjust, adding new Hive Worlds and cave systems for players to explore and tons more. It's been an exciting few weeks for Helldivers 2 fans as not only has the game finally arrived for Xbox players, but Arrowhead also launched a new collaboration with the Halo franchise, adding ODST themed gear to the title.
The arrival of Helldivers 2 on Xbox has been a massive milestone moment for the game as it seemingly saw the player count triple, even pushing existing platforms like Steam back into numbers it hasn't seen since the game's original launch. The launch also represents a major shift in Sony's policy as Helldivers 2 is the first PlayStation-centric title to launch on Xbox. Many fans are hoping this is a sign of more things to come down the road, but for now, Arrowhead is making sure all players have plenty more to do inside the game.
Helldivers 2 CEO Comments on Adding Popular Co-Op Feature
Helldivers 2 CEO Shams Jorjani comments on the possibility of adding a popular co-op feature to the game.
A brand new major update has launched for Helldivers 2, known as Into the Unjust, and it adds plenty more content for players to dig into thanks to randomly generated cave systems. These new Hive Worlds also feature new flora and fauna, acid lakes, as well as adding all new units to the Terminid enemy faction in Helldivers 2. Specifically, players will be going up against the Rupture Spewer, Rupture Warrior, and Rupture Charger, all three of which can burrow underground and emerge to disrupt players. Finally, the Dragonroach is a massive flying Terminid that can also spit acid down on the players below.
Players will also experience new mission types while exploring The Gloom, including being tasked with destroying a Spore Lung, taking control of a mobile oil rig, and more. Arrowhead also previously teased that this Helldivers 2 content also limits player support, as being underground in the dark cave limits access to their Super Destroyer. Players will be pushed by a new tactical challenge in these dark caves, having to rely on each other and their supplies without being able to call down many of Helldivers 2's best stratagems without a hole in the roof to provide access.
Alongside the update, Arrowhead is readying the new Dust Devils Warbond, set to launch on September 4. Unlike the recently released Legendary Halo ODST Warbond for Helldivers 2, Dust Devils is set as a traditional premium version, meaning the price is a bit lower at only 1,000 Super Credits. The new Warbond comes with the AR-2 Coyote with incendiary ammo, a G7-Pinapple cluster grenade, three new stratagems, two armor sets, and more cosmetic gear.
Helldivers 2 Update 1.004.000 Patch Notes
🎮 New Additions
Hive Worlds
- Randomly-generated giant cave systems
- A new tactical challenge
- Discover disgusting flora and fauna and advanced Terminid life
- Hive World surface - acid lakes and advanced bug spires
- Holes in the cave roof will allow stratagems to be called down
- Destructible walls within the caves to navigate
- Bring a flashlight!
Missions
- Delve deep into the caves to destroy the Spore Lung and stop its infectious Gloom spread
- Take control of the GATER mobile oil rig and siphon the mysterious oily substance from the surface of Hive Worlds
- Undertake more missions to extract resources and destroy the enemy threat on Hive Worlds
- Have Super Earth approved levels of fun!
New Enemies
- Rupture Spewer; The foul Rupture Spewer bursts from the ground only to spew its undemocratic pestilence on the innocent. Upon returning to its dark warrens, it is believed to consume its own dead in order to generate more of its corrosive acid.
- Rupture Warrior; A product of Gloom-induced mutation, the Rupture Warrior has lost the UV-insulating chitin layer that would protect its internal organs from solar radiation damage. Captured specimens prefer burrowing to open-air movement, a pattern indicative of subconscious shame at their own undemocratic ways.
- Rupture Charger; When this armored beast senses the presence of Liberty, it buries itself underground to escape its light. Its Charger instincts compel it to tunnel through the ground at high speeds, emerging only to attack those who represent the Liberty that blinds it so.
- Dragonroach; This oversized affront to Free skies everywhere circles its would-be prey, swooping down intermittently to bespew them with air-combustible acid. A spineless tactic befitting an exoskeletal monstrosity.
⚖️ Balancing
Unified “none explosive Orbitals” so they have the same projectile damage and destruction values as the Orbital gas. This effects:
Orbital smoke
- Increased Projectile Damage 0 → 300
- Increased Projectile AP 0 → 7
- Increased Projectile Demolition strength 30 → 50
Orbital E.M.S
- Increased Projectile Damage 250 → 300
- Increased Projectile AP 3 → 7
- Increased Projectile Demolition strength 30 → 50
Unified Stun explosions work. They all apply the stun effect on the explosion and not only on the status effect volume. This effects:
- Orbital E.M.S
- Mortar E.M.S
Changed how all stun explosions work in that they now initially stagger the enemy they stun but also without ragdolling the player if hit by such an explosion
Throwables
Stun grenade
- Increased stagger strength 0 -> 50
Urchin
- Decreased stagger impulse 15 -> 0
Stratagems
Orbital E.M.S
- Increased stagger strength 10 -> 50
- Decreased stagger impulse 40 → 0
Mortar E.M.S
- Increased stagger strength 10 -> 50
- Decreased stagger impulse 40 → 0
Booster
Stun Hellpod
- Increased stagger strength 10 -> 50
- Decreased stagger impulse 20 → 0
🔧 Fixes
Crash Fixes & Softlocks
- Fixed a rare crash caused by multiple players having the MA5C AR equipped on the super destroyer
- Fixed crash that could occur during hot-joining
- Fixed a rare crash that could occur when dropping backpacks
Weapons & Stratagem Fixes
- Fixes for mute AX/LAS-5 'GUARD DOG' ROVER audio
- Audio fixes for multiple weapons not having reverb applied to them
- Fixed Hellpod payloads being targetable by guidance system
- GL-52 De-Escalator stratagem input code now begins with a down arrow, inline with other support weapon stratagems
- Motivational Shocks Booster no longer applies to enemies
- Fixed the StA X3 WASP Launcher firemode - it will no longer fire in Semi-Auto mode after switching from Artillery firing mode
- Fixed guidance system targeting Tanks incorrectly
Enemies
- Installed additional hydraulic leg supports on dropship Automaton units (they will no longer take damage when dropped from the dropships).
- Updated automaton city outpost to prevent broken pathing on the bridge
- Illuminate enemies are now less likely to warp on top of destroyed outpost ship rubble
Missions
- Updated the design of city evacuation objectives that will allow brave citizens to evacuate correctly
- Fixed a missions issue that caused ghost objectives to appear during the mission complete screen
- Fixed issue where the landed Automaton dropships in the Sabotage Airbase objective could be destroyed with LIFT-182 Warp Pack
- Fixed occasional Charger pathing issues around certain bug rocks
Miscellaneous Fixes
- Fix flickering VFX shadows in some areas.
- Fixed strange movement after falling while marching
- Fixed chat typing animations - Helldivers no longer suffer from fat fingers and will use their writing pads when typing chat messages.
- Fixed the Adreno-Defibrillator status effect not affecting Helldivers inside combat walkers
- Fixed an issue where the planetary hazard damaged Hellbombs will visually appear to explode twice when shot by GL-21 Grenade Launcher, from the shooter's POV
Helldivers 2
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OpenCritic Reviews
- 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
WHERE TO PLAY
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.
- Engine
- bitsquid
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- All platforms
- Franchise
- Helldivers
- Number of Players
- 1-4 players (online)
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, Extraction Shooter, Action, Science Fiction
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
