Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has launched its long-awaited ‘Evaluate Bomb’ cape as a free present for all gamers, commemorating final 12 months’s transient backlash when Sony tried to power PC gamers to hyperlink their PSN accounts.
Sony finally U-turned on its snafu after frightening a firestorm of fan fury, as effectively a lot of pointed feedback from Arrowhead’s personal boss, Johan Pilestedt. The outcome was seen as a win by Helldivers 2’s neighborhood, who acquired to work designing their very own variations of the sport’s commemorative capes sporting the sport’s then-plummeting Steam assessment rating graph.
Now, a 12 months later, Arrowhead has lastly launched an official model for all gamers — with the graph-like design now dubbed the “Pillars of Freedom”.
“In honor of their unquestioning dedication to the protection of Managed Democracy, the Helldivers have been awarded a commemorative cape,” Arrowhead wrote by way of a brand new, in-universe replace posted on social media. “The brand new uniform piece will likely be obtainable in all Tremendous Destroyer Armories as quickly because the rollout is full.
“This cape will likely be awarded to all present gamers. As with our earlier merchandise rollouts, please permit a while for the merchandise to arrive in your inbox.”
COMMEMORATIVE CAPE ISSUED
In honor of their unquestioning dedication to the protection of Managed Democracy, the Helldivers have been awarded a commemorative cape. The brand new uniform piece will likely be obtainable in all Tremendous Destroyer Armories as quickly because the rollout is full.
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— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) June 27, 2025
Whereas initially a second of actual frustration for the sport’s followers and developer, the incident is now simply one other a part of Helldivers 2 lore — and preliminary reactions among the many recreation’s neighborhood to the cape’s launch have all been constructive.
“Not solely is it a particular occasion, it appears to be like nice too,” one fan wrote. “I will be carrying this one for some time. For a recreation with no story there’s various tales.”
“One other day, one other instance of Arrowhead being the very best devs,” wrote one other fan. “The madlads really did it,” stated a 3rd.
Final month, Helldivers 2’s ongoing Galactic Battle appeared to have reached one other turning level, with the Federation declaring victory over the Illuminate. However, as ever, some in the sport’s vocal neighborhood have been as soon as once more aggreived as gamers fought to maintain the assorted Mega Cities of Tremendous Earth.
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