Developer Arrowhead Sport Studios mentioned previous to Helldivers 2’s launch that it will be receiving pilotable mechs as a part of a free post-launch replace in some unspecified time in the future, and it appears that evidently time is close to. Simply final week, a datamining leak discovered proof pointing to Helldivers 2 including mechs and reintroducing the Illuminate faction from the primary recreation, and now extra proof has emerged for the previous.
Over on Reddit, gamers have been posting off-screen gameplay recordings exhibiting absolutely pilotable mechs within the recreation, and the gameplay proven really seems fairly polished already, suggesting that Arrowhead could be gearing as much as provides mechs to the sport imminently.
Positive sufficient, that’s what a developer from the studio has recommended on the sport’s official Discord server as properly (caught by GamesRadar), saying that mechs have been “good to go for some time”, although they nonetheless proceed to obtain some sprucing ending touches by members of the event staff who can’t help with the sport’s server points (which, as of final weekend, have began easing up considerably).
It stays to be seen precisely how lengthy it’ll be earlier than we begin seeing new content material in Helldivers 2, whether or not that’s mechs, a brand new Faction, or the brand new enemies, goals, biomes, and story updates that had been promised earlier than launch. With server points Arrowhead has mentioned that, in mild of the sport’s sudden scale of success, it’s beefing up and accelerating its plans for post-launch assist.
Helldivers 2 is obtainable on PS5 and PC. Learn our overview of the sport by right here.
