Arrowhead Boss Casually Reveals That a Helldivers 2 Roguelite Mode Is in the Works, and It 'Changes the Game Fundamentally'

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead is moving connected a roguelite mode, the studio’s brag has revealed, though there's nary warrant it volition really travel out.

Arrowhead CCO and Helldivers 2 originative director, Johan Pilestedt, responded to a instrumentality connected societal media to accidental “we person a prototype of a roguelite mode — it changes the crippled fundamentally!”

That casual uncover has already acceptable fans of the explosive co-op enactment shooter into overdrive imagining however a roguelite mode would enactment successful the game, which revolves astir unfastened and unopen missions restricted by clip limits.

“Going to beryllium america defending the Evac from endless patrols but the vertebrate ne'er shows up,” suggested 1 fan. “Wave complete. Choose a booster to add: Reinforcement budget, flexible budget, discount fund (reinforcing aggregate teammates takes up lone 1 telephone in),” suggested another. And here’s different take: “I deliberation it would beryllium chill to adhd that… a ngo that has nary helldiver limit, oregon nary clip bounds with a constricted magnitude of reinforcements… and conscionable support a fort from question aft question of enemies, and we get rewarded based disconnected of however galore waves of enemies we tin destruct earlier clip runs out, oregon the magnitude of reinforcements runs out…”

It’s worthy pointing retired that Pilestedt has lone truthful acold confirmed that a prototype for this mode has been built, truthful it whitethorn ne'er travel to fruition. But fixed Pilestedt mentioned it successful a station connected societal media — already viewed implicit 120,000 times — you’d similar to deliberation the developers are assured it volition yet spot the airy of day.

Clearly, Arrowhead volition proceed to update the crippled for immoderate clip to come. Helldivers 2 is conscionable coming disconnected its large 5.0.0 spot arsenic good arsenic its jungle-themed Python Commandos Warbond, which adds a fig of fan-requested weapons including a minigun. In September, the studio’s CEO confirmed Helldivers 3 is not successful immoderate program developer Arrowhead has close now, saying that alternatively it wants Helldivers 2 to support going for years and years, similar seasoned MMO RuneScape. And past there’s the Helldivers 2 movie, which is picking up steam.

In a consequent tweet, Pilestedt posted a representation of a gathering with the Helldivers 2 directors to sermon the game's adjacent 4 arcs, which 1 instrumentality joked would instrumentality a fewer years to enactment through. Of people determination volition beryllium plentifulness much coming to the crippled successful between.

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