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Helldivers Adds New Planet Type In Hot New Expansion
Arrowhead Game Studios has released a new Helldivers expansion, which lets teams liberate volcanic planets from hostile alien forces. The update is accompanied by several paid character packs that add new units and weapons to the game.
According to the studio's post on the PlayStation Blog, the update includes the following:
- Increased rank cap from 25 to 27
- New Trophies
- New environment: Volcanic planets, full of dangers
- New Bug enemy: The Bug Impaler
- New Cyborg enemy: The Cyborg Hound
- New Illuminate enemy: The Illuminate Obelisk
- Three new objective types: Repair and Fire Artillery, Disarm Unexploded Ordnance, and Geological Survey
- New customization outfit: The Volcanic Camouflage set
- New perk: Strong Arm, allowing you to throw further
Take a look at the gallery below to see the new reinforcements, which include specialists, demolitionists, hazard ops, and pilots. Each character pack is available for $2.99, with the latter three available as the Reinforcements Pack 2 for $5.99. For complete details on what each pack gives you, check out Arrowhead's post.
Our Take
This is a pretty clever way to handle DLC. Give players an incentive to return to a game by introducing free new content, and then offer a few paid DLC packs as well. Either way, you get people talking about the game, and, more importantly for a game with such a multiplayer focus, you revitalize the player base.
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