This week, Helldivers 2 has seen a glut of gameplay leaks exhibiting off formally unavailable stratagems, together with of the upcoming mechs and, extra not too long ago, of a car reminiscent of Halo’s well-known Warthog. However what’s occurring right here? The group has a quantity of explanations.
#Helldivers2 Car Gameplay 🤯⁉️🔥 https://t.co/dtdPtXvCw1 pic.twitter.com/AsptmJxhfS
— JayTechTV 𝕏 (@TheRealJTV4K60) February 29, 2024
Amid claims developer Arrowhead is randomly letting choose gamers name in these unannounced stratagems, or leaping into the reside recreation itself to take a look at these new options, a maybe extra doubtless rationalization has emerged: it’s the work of cheaters.
The devs are evidently enabling strats for choose of us to attempt. Good advertising tbh. These aren’t leaks. 🤣 https://t.co/uCzqbHOomj
— Gothalion (@Gothalion) March 1, 2024
5 days in the past, redditor stodal posted a listing of recreation file names they uncovered whereas digging by way of the sport’s innards. It included reference to a possible third alien faction dubbed the Illuminate, mechs, the power to name in AI-controlled troopers, weapon customisation, new weapons, one thing known as ‘ship bowling’, and even names of upcoming enemies.
Now, as extra and extra gameplay movies exhibiting obvious leaked footage emerges throughout social media, the group is pointing the finger at cheaters who’re working round Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat to unlock the use of some of these usually unavailable options in reside lobbies.
In a single day, redditor Old-Improvement7331 said a participant joined their recreation and had entry to mechs and a car for sooner journey. “I can solely assume he was dishonest due to having the ability to spawn mechs for everyone from the get together,” Outdated-Improvement7331 mentioned. Posting screenshots of the incident, Outdated-Improvement7331 mentioned they gave a mech a go, saying it “positively” made the sport simpler.
A rising debate about datamining equating to dishonest inside Helldivers 2 has additionally emerged, which in flip sparked (*2*), who supplied helpful context for what’s taking place. Apparently unavailable stratagems such because the car are already in the sport itself, however not formally enabled. Understanding this, some gamers are going into the information of the sport to unlock their use in any foyer. Flighterist warned extra of these sorts of movies will emerge in the approaching days as extra gamers unlock mechs and the like.
The query now’s whether or not Arrowhead will take motion to forestall this from taking place, or whether or not it’s even in a position to. Cheating has been an issue for Helldivers 2 ever because the recreation got here out earlier this month. This week, IGN reported on how cheaters had been utilizing hacks to add infinite ammo, improve velocity, and, maybe most worrying, get hold of a whole lot of samples from missions.
In the meantime, there’s lots to be getting on with (formally!) in the world of Helldivers 2, together with the continuing galactic battle in opposition to the bugs and bots. As revealed this week, Arrowhead employs a “recreation grasp” who runs the Helldivers 2 marketing campaign like a D&D dungeon grasp.
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