With server points resolved in Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Sport Studios has been going full throttle with new content material and teases. It just lately applied Planetary Hazards like meteor showers, the EX-45 Patriot Exosuit and a brand new Premium Warbond, Reducing Edge. Nonetheless, there have additionally been teases of flying Terminids and, extra just lately, mysterious blue lasers.
Gamers have reported seeing these lasers throughout fight and generally even dying from them. On Twitter, studio CEO Johan Pilestedt acknowledged, “Blue beams aren’t actual, it could’t damage you.” A brand new enemy faction might enter the fray quickly, and primarily based on datamining, it may very well be The Illuminate.
The Illuminate had been in Helldivers 1 and possessed highly effective weapons of mass destruction. Regardless of their absence within the sequel’s launch, they’re recognized for present for 1000’s of years. Time will inform what new threats they pose to Tremendous-Earth (and why they’re surreptitiously attacking gamers).
Helldivers 2 is offered for PS5 and PC. It’s estimated to have offered over eight million copies, per TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz. Take a look at our assessment right here.
Blue beams aren’t actual, it could’t damage you.
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) March 15, 2024
