It appears like some Helldivers 2 gamers are accessing the hotly anticipated mechs early — and this time it might be official.
This week, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead seemingly locked the discharge of mechs behind the liberation of a planet, sending a whole bunch of hundreds of gamers off to battle again in opposition to the Automatons on Tien Kwan.
Whereas the battle to liberate Tien Kwan rages on, some gamers have supplied footage on the Helldivers subreddit and Discord displaying what appears like mechs on the planet. They’re in a position to then bounce in and mess around with Helldivers 2’s new exosuits, though based mostly on the stories from gamers who declare to have discovered the mechs, they’re extraordinarily uncommon.
Now you can discover mech fits in Helldivers 2 pic.twitter.com/AY5pcXlYcx
— HELLDIVERS 2 Updates (@Helldivers2HQ) March 8, 2024
I discovered a mech , it did not final lengthy.#Helldivers2 pic.twitter.com/I8WbjMSxuI
— Helldivers Alerts (@HelldiversAlert) March 8, 2024
It’s onerous to discern what’s legit and what’s dishonest in Helldivers 2, after a glut of gameplay leaks revealed formally unavailable stratagems, together with of the upcoming mechs. The group had a quantity of explanations for this, together with that cheaters have been accessing datamined stratagems and bypassing Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat to name them in on dwell lobbies.
However the newest stories are in step with Helldivers 2’s lore. A recent in-game message had mentioned the Automatons (Helldivers 2’s evil alien robots) had captured Tien Kwan, the planet solely liable for the manufacture of the mechs. So it is sensible that a couple of can be laying round.
The query now’s whether or not Arrowhead will unlock mechs for common use when Tien Kwan is liberated — and it very a lot appears like a query of when, not if, with the planet over 90% liberated on the time of this text’s publication.
If not, maybe mechs will go dwell on March 14, when Helldivers 2’s new premium Warbond, dubbed Slicing Edge, comes out. It contains new armor units, new weapons, new capes, and new emotes, all with high-voltage vibes.
It’s been a tumultuous week on this planet of Helldivers 2, which noticed the sport’s first steadiness patch nerf its finest loadout, an related backlash, and a subsequent response from Arrowhead. Helldivers 2 has develop into one of the shock hits of 2024 since launching in February, topping the charts on Steam and reportedly selling around three million copies. In accordance with at the very least one analyst, it is nonetheless rising. Take a look at IGN’s Helldivers 2 evaluate to seek out out why it is happening so effectively, as effectively as the finest loadouts.
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