Yesterday was a big day in Helldivers 2, with Arrowhead finally pulling the trigger on the massive Illuminate invasion it’d spent days building to with teases. However, it looks like there’s a chance yet another big update could be just around the corner, if an alleged PlayStation leak proves on the money.
If you were living under a super rock on May 12, Arrowhead deployed this fresh Illuminate push towards Super Earth alongside a bunch of new enemies and mechanics like weapon customisation. There was also a whole patch full of weapon balancing, just in case you didn’t already have enough change to be getting to grips with.
Naturally, this meant the social media accounts of both the studio and its backer PlayStation were pretty busy posting about all this stuff, and some players are claiming that they spotted one of them accidentally revealing that another update is set to drop on May 20.
A player with the handle xTekshi has posted an alleged screenshot of PlayStation’s official Threads account for the Czech Republic sharing the game’s latest trailer with a caption that a big update dubbed “Heart of Democracy” will be dropping on May 20. We’ve checked the timeline of the Threads account in question, and if it existed, this post has seemingly been scrubbed – which to be fair doesn’t mean much as you’d expect such a move to be taken if the update had been accidentally blabbed about.
We’ve also reached out to both PlayStation and Arrowhead for comment.
Naturally, players have been quick to question Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani via the game’s Discord server. “SHAMS JORJANI TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEXT UPDATE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS” one of the demanded of the exec, who stood firm and simply replied: “Never!”
On a slightly tangential note, Jorjani did reply to another player asking if there’s any information about a “performance update” to the game by saying: “Blog post will come on this.”
Potentially lending some credence to the alleged update leak is the fact that, as xTekshi points out, Helldivers 2’s current major order to defend Widow’s Harbor, Pilen V, and New Haven is set to finish in six days time, which would be May 20. Plus, Arrowhead’s briefing about it ended with the line “battle on Super Earth is inevitable”.
Meanwhile, Arrowhead has tweeted as I was writing this: “Attention, Citizens of Super Earth: Remain calm. Do not spread panic. The Illuminate, in their desperation, have launched their final assault. Rest assured, our brave Helldivers are fully prepared to neutralize this threat. Stay safe, stay vigilant, and await further updates. Victory and liberty are within our grasp.” No confirmation, but an advisory to look out for more updates…hmmmm.
Do you think May 20 will bring a fresh update as the battle for Super Earth kicks off? Let us know below!
