If you were excited about the ongoing Helldivers 2 and Killzone crossover items but couldn’t afford to splurge on them willy-nilly, I’ve got some excellent news for you. Arrowhead has just announced that it’s giving away a bunch of these items totally for free, and you can claim them now.
That’s right, folks: Arrowhead Games has seemingly taken the recent outburst of criticism over the Killzone crossover items to heart. Virtually every community member was up in arms recently after it became clear that the planned price for the sum of all Killzone crossover items would be about $40 in total. In other words, the price of Helldivers 2.
In what may be the fastest turnover Helldivers 2 has ever had from bad to good, as far as the community is concerned, Arrowhead is now looking to correct its approach to crossover content. This means the planned second batch of Killzone items has been pushed ahead of its scheduled release as a free content drop for all players. If that’s not the holiday cheer at work, I don’t know what else it could be.
Log in to claim your fancy batch of Helldivers 2 x Killzone crossover items
You can log into Helldivers 2 right now to get a frankly phenomenal selection of Killzone items at no additional charge. Here’s the full list:
- AC-2 Obedient light armor set
- PLAS-39 Accelerator sniper rifle
- StA-11 SMG
- Defender of Our Dream cape
- Defender of Our Dream player banner
If you haven’t been keeping track, that’s a meaningfully larger content drop than we received as part of this year’s Liberty Day. It’s also about $20’s worth of Super Credit value, which is nothing to scoff at. This entire roundup of items will be free to claim for every player, even if they never logged into the game up until now. There’s been no mention of how long this promotion will last, but that’s no problem. As per Arrowhead’s Reddit post featured above, Killzone items won’t be relegated to Super Store rotations forever: “We’re also investigating solutions for how we can bring these items back permanently in the future,” they said.
The original batch of Helldivers 2 and Killzone crossover items (namely the AC-1 Dutiful armor set, the StA-52 rifle, and other assorted cosmetics) will stay in the Super Store for five more days than it was initially planned. The FOMO around them is thus somewhat reduced, though you obviously won’t be able to claim these for free, too.
It’s a solid showing, all in all, and not something I expected to see from Arrowhead at this time. Whereas StA-52 is a side-grade to the base Liberator at most, the explosive sniper rifle and the Bizon SMG expy are far more interesting in practice, so I’m thrilled to see everyone getting access to those for free. It still remains to be seen how Arrowhead intends to permanently incorporate such crossovers into the game’s Super Store, however. Clearly, more crossover promotions are on the way, but it’s likely they will be handled with a tad more grace than what the Killzone promo was initially afforded.
Published: Dec 19, 2024 12:26 pm