The new Helldivers 2 X Killzone crossover is here, bringing us the first of hopefully many collaborations that keep in theme with the game, and the new Killzone content is a perfect fit in Helldivers.
Today marks the release of the first page of the new Superstore content drop, featuring a new armor set, helmet, assault rifle, player banner, and title. The second page will arrive on December 23rd.
Additionally, a special community reward awaits, depending on how well we perform against the Illuminate. Get ready to dive in and make it count, Helldivers!
Though the new armor and weapons will set you back quite a bit of Super Credits, the new StA-52 Assault Rifle will set you back 615 credits alone.
Though we haven’t tested it yet, the new AR seems to be slightly better stats-wise than the AR-23 Liberator, but not quite as good as the Tenderizer.
The new armor is awesome, the AC-1 Dutiful features the “Acclimated” passive, which provides a 50% resistance to fire, gas, acid, AND electrical damage. This will make the armor one of the best sets to run versus the Illuminate, as you’ll be able to run Fire and Gas builds while also being resistant to the Illuminate’s arc attacks (towers, harvesters, watchers).
Official Post from Arrowhead
Greetings, Helldivers!
We hope you’re having an awesome time with Omens of Tyranny and are busy maintaining sweet liberty in a star system near you by offering the undemocratic Illuminate hordes another way of life: death.
To celebrate your heroics in liberating the Voteless from their tortured existence, we’re bringing to the table our first official crossover – and it’s a super cool one.
We decided a long time ago to do crossovers only if and when they make perfect sense for the game. So in that spirit, we’re hyped to announce our very first crossover: Killzone 2.
Helldivers 2 x Killzone 2 belongs to a new tier of special Premium content reserved for collaborations and other uniquely-themed work. Our plan is to offer you something distinct and special.
High Command informs us that beyond the Superstore content, there’s also an additional Killzone 2 reward for all Helldivers depending on your success in the Galactic War…
Meanwhile, on the subject of the Superstore: in the interests of relentless democracy, we regularly run surveys on discord and reddit. Based on your feedback, we feel we can improve how the Superstore currently works.
Right now, many of you feel the items are in rotation for too short a time, and that you sometimes miss out on that killer look you had your eyes on. At the same time, the more things we add to the store the longer it takes to come back into rotation.
As we’re not quite ready to roll out a full redesign, we’re going to temporarily test longer rotations with Killzone, which will stick around for 5 days per page instead (there will be two pages of items to explore).
After this, the page rotation will go back to its usual cadence and we will be asking for your feedback on our test. If you think this is too short, or you want us to look into bringing items back for longer periods, we’ll ask again in future surveys.
Have fun, turn back those Illuminate incursions and give ‘em hell, ‘divers!
PS. Here’s a peek at part one, which is out now! The second part will be landing in the Superstore on December 23.