Helldivers 2 first crossover event has been announced by Sony, featuring content from Guerrilla Games’ 2014 Killzone 2. News of the crossover broke over the weekend when images leaked online but were reportedly taken down after requests from Sony. The console manufacturer has since posted its own formal announcement showing new skins and other content from the last Killzone entry are now available in the Superstore.
Per Arrowhead Game Studios (via Steam):
“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.”
Arrowhead Game Studios has said that Helldivers 2 first crossover event will release in two parts with part one now available and the second part set to arrive on December 23. It has also shared that there are additional rewards for awaiting players engaged in the Galactic War. The developers have also acknowledged feedback from the community to make improvements to the Superstore by shortening content rotation cadence and possibly bringing back older items for longer durations. This crossover will be the first to incorporate a longer duration with a 5-day rotation per page with 2 pages of items for it.
Per Arrowhead Game Studios:
“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!”