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Helldivers™ 2

Sony Interactive Entertainment
Available on
PS5PC
  • PS Plus required for online play
  • In-game purchases optional
  • Online play required
  • Supports up to 4 online players with PS Plus
  • Remote Play supported
  • PS5 Version
    Vibration function and trigger effect supported (DualSense wireless controller)
Blood and Gore, Intense Violence
In-Game Purchases, Users Interact

What is Helldivers 2?

Fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in this frenetic third-person co-operative team shooter.

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.1

Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.

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Editions:

Standard Edition

  • HELLDIVERS™ 2

Super Citizen Edition

  • HELLDIVERS™ 2
  • ‘DP-53 Savior of the Free’ Armour Set.
  • ‘Will of the People’ Cape.
  • ‘MP-98 Knight’ Weapon.
  • Super Citizen Status.
  • Stratagem Hero Ship Game.
  • ‘Steeled Veterans’ Premium Warbond.

Play Helldivers 2 on PC

Battle to win an intergalactic struggle to rid the galaxy of the rising Alien threats in this 3rd person squad-based shooter for PC.

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Why you should play Helldivers 2

Dive into freedom

Fight for Super Earth!

Freedom. Peace. Managed Democracy. Your Super Earth-born rights. The key pillars of our civilization are under attack from deadly alien creatures conspiring to destroy your planet and its values.

The Helldivers must take on the role of peacekeepers in this Galactic War and protect their home planet, spread the message of Democracy and repel the hostiles by force.

Wield overpowered weapons!

Decide how to take down each enemy surge using a multitude of offensive and defensive tools. 

Need to take out a massive onslaught of Terminids in one go? Call in a hellpod drop a 500KG bomb, leaving behind only liberated bug corpses. Need to lay down a defensive perimeter? Bring in an Anti-Personnel Mine Deployer to boobytrap the battlefield. 

As you complete missions, you can upgrade your ship and build an even more impressive arsenal. Everything from shield generators, to turrets, to large-scale airstrikes can be used to give your team the upper-hand.

Aim carefully!

They say everything is better with friends, especially when it comes to raining destruction down on the enemies of Liberty! Be warned though: for maximum challenge and collaboration, friendly fire is always on. Communicate with your squadmates and make sure your arsenal only takes down your adversaries.

1PlayStation®Plus required for online multiplayer. PlayStation Plus membership subject to recurring subscription free taken automatically until cancellation. Age restrictions apply. Full terms: play.st/psplus-usageterms.

Battle overwhelming threats

Know your enemy

OK, here’s the reality: everything, on every planet, wants you dead. This is the life of a Helldiver. School yourself on the diabolical Terminids and the nefarious Automaton Collective.

Terminids
Automatons

Terminids

The ravenous Terminids are guided solely by an instinctive urge to reproduce, spread, and destroy Democracy. They are a fast-evolving plague, a shapeshifting infestation that threatens to devour and disenfranchise every single child on every single planet.

Scavenger

The brainless Scavenger is the lowliest of Terminids. Upon encountering an agent of Liberty, it emits a piercing scream that attracts nearby bugs in a reflexive attempt to destroy Freedom.

Warrior

Warriors are the natural end result of a species optimized for mindless expansion. In controlled environments, they have eviscerated innocent baby cows in under a second. One can only imagine what they would do to innocent baby humans.

Hunter    

The pesky Hunters are known to dodge incoming fire with swift leaps. Scientists note that while this behavior might appear intelligent, it is merely a base instinct, akin to a housefly avoiding an incoming swat.

Stalker

A side effect of Terminid gene splicing research, Stalkers can camouflage themselves almost to the point of invisibility. But nothing can hide from the cleansing light of Freedom forever.

Bile Spewer

Bile Spewers appeared following unavoidable spills of toxic chemicals on Terminid E-710 farms. The Bile Spewer’s thorax is bloated with several metric tons of corrosive acid, which it vomits in revulsion upon encountering Democracy.

Bile Titan

The largest known Terminid strain, a single Bile Titan can destroy an entire SEAF platoon on its own. Engagement is not recommended without the support of heavy duty Orbital Stratagems or a high personnel replacement budget.

Charger    

A rushing Charger is nearly impossible to stop, thanks to its meter-thick exoskeleton. Therefore, the recommended response protocol to this situation is the prompt execution of a Rapid Lateral Movement (RLM).

Brood Commander

Directing its foul brethren with a mixture of pheromone-like spores and authoritarian shrieks, the bloodthirsty Brood Commander is a rare and deadly strain known for its undeniable hatred of the right to vote.

The Automaton Collective

The Automatons are mindless, bloodthirsty robots, coded for nothing but murder and socialist violence. Their origins are a mystery, but their unthinking hatred of Freedom makes them a threat to all citizens of Super Earth.

Trooper, Raider, Marauder

Troopers are little more than guns with legs, base caricatures of consciousness fused to machine guns and rocket launchers. Unlike Super Earth, the bots seem to believe that strapping heavy weaponry to expendable cannon fodder is the solution to every problem.

Commissar

A crude simulation of military leadership, the Commissar is augmented with slightly faster processing and a crude command subroutine. The Commissar stays out of combat if possible, as despicably cowardly as it is unequivocally non-sentient.

Scout Strider

The Scout Strider is a machine operated by a machine, a walking turret guided by the limited intelligence of an Automaton Trooper. Another fruitless attempt to ape true intelligence, in this case by exercising mastery over a machine even more primitive than themselves.

Berserker

A primitive actualization of barbarity, the Berserker has CPUs in each chainsaw that are programmed to solve one problem: closing the space between saw and target as quickly as possible.

Devastator

The ironclad Devastator seeks to crush opponents of the Automatons’ totalitarian worldview with a diverse array of heinous weaponry: arm-cannons, arm-shields, arm-machineguns and arm-rocket-launchers. Variants: Armcannon (Base), MG/Heavy, Rocket.

Hulk

As with all Automaton units, the plodding Hulk is brainlessly optimized to do nothing except deliver heavy firepower. If encountered, the recommended protocol for Helldivers is to immediately call in the largest orbital bombardment available. Variants: Autocannon/Rocket, Flame, Rocket.

Tank

Shamelessly copied from Super Earth tank designs, the Automaton Tank is clearly inferior in such a multitude of aspects that it would be impractical to list them here. Variants: Heavy Cannon, Quad HMG.

Dropship

Packed to the brim with robotic infantry, Dropships conduct rapid deployment of mindless, mechanized despotism.

Invest in freedom, peace and democracy on Super Earth.

Warbonds explained

Invest in Warbonds!

Warbonds are your in-game ticket to fighting this galactic war in style.

Buy these in-game catalogues and unlock all of their featured items so that you’re prepared for whatever hits the frontlines. Each one includes in-game weapons, armors, capes, emotes, stratagems, utilities and more.  

And that’s not all: each Warbond is not time-limited! Once you buy it, you’re free to go ahead and reap its rewards whenever you like.

How to obtain Warbonds

  1. Buy Super Credits (your virtual in-game currency) from the in-game “acquisitions ” store or PlayStation Store.
  2. Head in-game and browse the Warbond catalogues – check out all that gear you could unlock.
  3. Buy your Warbond of choice with your purchased Super Credits.
  4. Complete missions to earn Medals (your in-game reward currency).
  5. Spend those Medals to unlock more content from the Warbond catalogue.
Discover the latest Warbond

Innovative PS5 features

Experience the full fury of the fight for galactic liberty

Adaptive triggers

Get to grips with each alien-busting weapon as you discover varying levels of recoil, rate of fire, and weight of the firearms you take into battle.

Haptic feedback

Step into the unknown and discover the mysterious worlds come to life in your hands through immersive environmental and weather effects.

Built-in microphone

Warn allies of impending sneak attacks, swap tactics in the chaos of combat, and make plans for celebrating another job well done.

Tempest 3D AudioTech on compatible headphones

Listen out for alien footsteps, incoming attacks, and distant, desperate screams for help from Helldivers wandering away from their squad mates.1

Fast loading

Can’t wait to get into the action? That’s the Helldiver spirit. Dive straight into the next thrilling battle for freedom with lightning-fast load times.

13D audio via built-in TV speakers or analog/USB stereo headphones. Set up and latest system software update required.

A beginner's guide to Helldivers 2

Deliver the galaxy the freedom it deserves with some expert tips to help you on your glorious mission to defend Super Earth.

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Captured on PS5

Helldivers 2 screenshots

Helldivers 2 FAQs

Well, Helldivers 2 isn’t the continuation of an on-going storyline, so you don’t need to have played the original game released back in 2015 – but we’d definitely recommend taking a look, as it scored very highly with critics.

You sure can. Helldivers 2 supports both cross-play features. This means you can team up with friends playing on PS5 or PC.

Yeah, internet access and a paid for PlayStation Plus membership are required for PS5.

Helldivers 2 is an online multiplayer team shooter where you join a squad with up to three friends, so there is no offline or single player game mode.

Oh yes. The Super Citizen Edition is available for both PS5 and PC, and features a bunch of bonus content. Check it out on PlayStation Store and Steam.

You have the option to make in-game purchases for warbonds and other items

We are planning to bring you fresh seasonal content to continue your fight for galactic freedom. Stay tuned for details.

Arrowhead Game Studios, a highly talented team of creative thinkers based in Sweden.

So far they’ve launched Magicka, The Showdown Effect, Gauntlet, and the original Helldivers.

In their own words…

"We’re dedicated to creating intensely thrilling and hilarious game experiences for our players. Through games as a medium, we are on a mission to cure loneliness and build bridges, one friendly-fire co-op session at a time. We are a value driven company that strives to become the best co-op studio in the world."

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Platform:
PS5
Release:
2/8/2024
Publisher:
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Genres:
Action
Voice:
English, French (France), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico)
Screen Languages:
English, French (France), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico)
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