Summary
New rumors about future additions to hit cooperative shooterHelldivers 2suggest that the Super Earth Armed Forces may see a new transport vehicle arrive soon. The reveals come courtesy of data miners - players picking through theHelldivers 2game files to find clues about developer Arrowhead Game Studios' future plans.
Though the darkly parodic science fiction future envisioned byHelldivers 2posits a Galactic War stretching across whole sectors of interstellar space, the forces of Super Earth usually have to hoof it to get where they’re going. Until relatively recently, the only vehicleHelldivers 2players could ride in combat was the Hellpod they used to arrive at the battlefield from orbit. That changed when Arrowhead debuted thePatriot Exosuit stratagemin early March 2024. The Exosuit gives a single player a heavy, protective armored walker from which to lay waste to the foes of Super Earth.
Helldivers 2 Leaks Suggest A New Playable Transport Vehicle May Be Coming
The latest rumor to come from the front lines involves the potential addition of a new playable vehicle that is focused on transporting a Helldiver squad swiftly across the battlefield. IronS1ghts, a user on theHellDiversLeaks Reddit community, posted images extracted from the game files of a vehicle called the “Colony Rover.” The Colony Rover is a four-wheeled off-road vehicle that can be seen on some battlefields inHelldivers 2. That said, the visible Colony Rover models in the game are in a destroyed state, much like the wayPatriot Exosuits were seen as wreckage before they were released.
IronS1ghts stated in their post that though there are no Colony Rovers in the game that can be interacted with at this tme, the game files show that the models have “driving properties” and placeholder animations assigned to them, suggesting that Arrowhead did or is doing some of the groundwork development needed to implement those models as pilotable in the game. This isn’t the first time players and data miners have speculated about the addition of new, wheeled playable vehicles forHelldivers 2. Just before the arrival of the Patriot Exosuits, someHelldivers 2players were seen driving an incomplete version of the Recon Vehicle, a fast, all-terrain wheeled transport.
Comparisons between the Recon Vehicles shown earlier and the Colony Rover reveal some differences, though. While the Recon Vehicle resembled a buggy or aHaloWarthog, carried three players, and mounted a turret, the Colony Rover is larger, with a box-like silhouette and no visible weapons. Some players in the community speculated on the vehicle’s role, suggesting that it might be an armored transport vehicle designed to help squads cross maps and avoid enemies rather than fight them.
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Do you believe in freedom? Can you stand in the face of oppression – and defend the defenceless? Wage war for peace. Die for democracy.Join forces with up to three friends and wreak havoc on an alien scourge threatening the safety of your home planet, Super Earth, in this multiplayer co-op shooter for PS5 and PC from Arrowhead Game Studios.Step into the boots of the Helldivers, an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest and most explosive tools in the galaxy.Helldivers don’t go planet side without proper backup, but it’s up to you to decide how and when to call it in. Not only do you have a host of superpowered primary weapons and customizable loadouts, you also have the ability to call on stratagems during play.Helldivers 2 features Arrowhead’s best cooperative gameplay yet. Collaboration will be vital: Teams will synergize on loadouts, strategize their approach for each mission and complete objectives together.1Enlist in Super Earth’s premier military peacekeeping force today. We are heroes… we are legends… WE ARE HELLDIVERS.
