Summary
Arrowhead Game Studios reveals the next premium warbond forHelldivers 2known as Freedom’s Flame, a fire-centric content pack filled with weapons, cosmetics, and more. In comparison to the first few months ofHelldivers 2, the summer has been relatively quiet as developer Arrowhead Game Studios chose to start slowing down on releases to focus more on quality and stability for the game’s longterm health.
However, after a relative lull through June and the early part of July, Arrowhead revealed a massive newHelldivers 2update called Escalation of Freedom, essentially serving as the result of months of community feedback. Arriving on August 6 for all players, Escalation of Freedom also comes packed with new content including a Combat Rating 10 option, new hybrid enemies like the Spore Charger, more environmental hazards and mission objectives, as well as tons of quality of life enhancements. While the announcement was met with tons of excitement from the community, it wasn’t the only announcement Arrowhead was preparing, as a new Premium Warbond is also on the way.
A week after the Escalation of Freedom reveal, Arrowhead confirmed the arrival of Freedom’s Flame, a newHelldivers 2Premium Warbond joining the ranks of the previously released collection. The theme for this warbond is fire, and as expected, the premium content adds a variety of new toys to the sandbox including two primary weapons, like a pump action shotgun with incendiary phosphorus pellets and a lightweight flamethrower. Players can also equip the Crisper flamethrower handgun as a secondary weapon, as well as two sets of armor called the Heatseeker or Draconaught which come with a 75% resistance to fire damage as well.
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However, weapons and armor are not the only additions in thispreviously leakedHelldivers 2warbond, as players will also gain access to some gameplay modifiers, like the Fiery Drop booster, which ignites the Hellpod dropsite as it lands, burning anything standing in the way. Players can also repaint their Shuttle, Hellpod, and Exosuit with a Safety Orange color, equip the Fire Safety Officer title, “The Breach” card, or the Purifying Eclipse cape. Finally, Freedom’s Flame features three emotes as well, including Big Stretch, Deep Reflection, and the dual co-emote known as Thoracic Collision Exultation Manoeuvre.
The addition of new content should reinvigorate the community, which has seemingly been leaving the game asHelldivers 2player numbers have continued to tumbleafter a wildly successful launch period earlier in the year. Specifically, PC player count numbers hit an all-time low in July, dropping below 13,000 concurrent players, which is still a solid number, all things considered. However, the drop could be linked to a lack of new content over this time period, so the announcement of both the massive new free update as well as the premium warbond could see those player numbers rise once more.
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Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
