Whereas Arrowhead Recreation Studios has slowed down its launch cadence of enormous updates for co-op shooter Helldivers 2, the studio has now revealed on social media platform X that extra content material is coming to the sport via a brand new Warbond. On X, the studio talked about the shortage of a serious replace and Warbond since March’s Borderline Justice Warbond in addition to asserting that the following Warbond might be unveiled on Could 8.
“We all know it’s been some time since our final replace, worry not—we’re cooking,” posted the studio on X. “You might have observed that the hole between our main updates and Warbond releases is a bit longer this time. However we’re glad to say we’ll be asserting our subsequent Warbond on Could 8, and there might be extra thrilling information to come back not lengthy after.”
The studio’s submit continues, stating that extra particulars in regards to the Warbond might be revealed quickly. “We gained’t stand on ceremony an excessive amount of in revealing what that Warbond is perhaps, however you’ll hear extra from us quickly,” it wrote. “Till then: arise straight, polish these boots and maintain that uniform in tip-top situation, Helldivers.”
The Borderline Justice Warbond introduced with it a number of latest Wild West-themed weapons, armour units, and emotes. Among the many weapons accessible via the Warbond are the LAS-58 Talon vitality pistol, and the R-6 Deadeye lever-action rifle. For the grenade slot, gamers can decide up the TED-63 Dynamite, and there’s additionally the LIFT-860 Hover Pack that gives gamers with higher mobility choices.
Medium and Heavy armours had been represented in Borderline Justice via the GS-17 Frontier Marshal and the GS-66 Lawmaker respectively. Each units, when outfitted, give gamers entry to improved reload velocity and weapon-swapping velocity, in addition to diminished recoil for secondary weapons via its Gunslinger passive potential.
Helldivers 2 has been an extremely profitable title for Arrowhead Recreation Studios. As of November 2024, the sport had managed to cross the 15 million gamers milestone.
Within the meantime, the studio has revealed extra particulars in regards to the improvement processes that went behind the creation of Helldivers 2. Throughout GDC 2025 again in March, CCO Johan Pilestedt revealed that the sport took nearly 8 years to make as a result of the studio opted to skip the pre-production section of improvement. Whereas the studio had initially anticipated needing 4 years to make the sport, it finally ended up taking nearly 8 years.
“We had been throwing round some concepts, after which we received a bit cautious as a result of we’ve been burned earlier than by making video games which might be a bit bit too sophisticated for what we’re able to, after which having to crunch. It takes a lot vitality,” Pilestedt mentioned. “So we mentioned, ‘This might be straightforward. We will in all probability do it in 4 years.’”
“We already knew the place the sport was going to go and headed straight into manufacturing—it was a extremely, actually, actually dangerous concept,” he continued. “All the time do your homework earlier than you begin spending tens of millions and tens of millions and tens of millions of {dollars} in making a sport.”
Helldivers 2 is obtainable on PC and PS5. Take a look at our overview from again when it launched for extra particulars.
