Helldivers 2 2024

About

Helldivers 2 came out on February 8, 2024 for PC and PlayStation 5, then for Xbox Series X|S on August 26, 2025. It is on PS Plus Extra, Premium. On Steam, 75% of 849,401 player reviews are positive (Mostly Positive). 30,081 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 71,898 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. It won 11 awards, including D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year and D.I.C.E. Award for Online Game of the Year.

Helldivers 2 is a cooperative third-person shooter in which squads of up to four players are deployed from orbit onto hostile planets to complete strategic missions. Players select loadouts of weapons, armor, and stratagems that allow them to call in orbital strikes, supply drops, vehicles, and turrets during combat. Friendly fire is always active, requiring coordination between teammates. The game features a persistent galactic war where community-wide performance determines which planets are liberated or lost.

Story

Set a century after humanity's victory in the First Galactic War, the Federation of Super Earth harvests a valuable resource called E-710 from insectoid creatures known as Terminids across colonized worlds. When containment of the Terminids is breached, they overrun multiple planets. Simultaneously, a mechanical army called the Automatons emerges with the goal of destroying humanity. Players serve as Helldivers, elite shock troops deployed from orbit to reclaim lost territory and repel both threats in an ongoing galactic conflict shaped by the collective actions of all players.

What is happening now

Helldivers 2 is a cooperative top-down shooter that launched in February 2024 across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X. The game has maintained steady engagement with its live-service model, though the premium currency progression has drawn player criticism. Recent developments show Arrowhead Game Studios addressing security concerns with new anti-cheat detection systems aimed at counters exploiters and suspicious account activity. On the content front, a Warhammer 40,000 crossover is coming, with a full reveal scheduled for late July featuring at least one confirmed weapon - the Bolt Pistol. The studio has also announced a free vehicle unlock set for October, though players who obtained it through earlier events will face a different availability window. Meanwhile, studio leadership changes and industry layoffs have drawn commentary from QA staff about the company's direction.