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48-470: Helldivers received positive reviews from critics and sold over 4 million units by May 2024. A sequel, Helldivers 2 , was announced in May 2023 and was released on 8 February 2024. In Helldivers , the player needs to coordinate their actions during chaotic combat to complete objectives and avoid friendly fire casualties. The game pits the players against three different enemy species and tasks them with ensuring

96-457: A PlayStation Network (PSN) account, allowing players to skip the integration despite a line on boot up stating that a PSN account is required. On May 3, 2024, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the PC version of Helldivers 2 on Steam would mandate users to sign in with a PSN account, taking effect for new players on May 6, 2024 and required for existing players by June 4, 2024. SIE stated that

144-874: A battle pass system called Warbonds that never expire. As of October 31, 2024, nine Warbonds have been released: "Helldivers Mobilize", "Steeled Veterans", "Cutting Edge", "Democratic Detonation", "Polar Patriots", "Viper Commandos", "Freedom's Flame", "Chemical Agents" and "Truth Enforcers". Players can find various types of in-game currencies during gameplay: Warbond "Medals" and "Requisition Slips", which are also awarded for completing Operations, missions and game objectives; while "Super Credits" can either be found during missions or purchased via microtransactions . As players gain experience and progress in levels, they unlock different weapons and Stratagems to use during missions. Players can also collect "Samples" (common, rare, and super rare) during gameplay which may be used to unlock and upgrade "Ship Modules" which alter and increase

192-432: A "Booster" which affects the whole team. Helldivers 2 features cooperative multiplayer with up to four players, but does not include a dedicated single-player campaign. It also provides optional cross-play between PlayStation 5 and Windows. Friendly fire is always on. In the initial days of release, gameplay involved staff at the studio observing players and influencing gameplay in real time. The game features

240-531: A PSN login is necessary to "[uphold] the values of safety and security provided on PlayStation and PlayStation Studios games", and that this requirement was not implemented at launch due to technical issues. The announcement was met with criticism. Additionally, many players called out that official documentation from Sony claimed that PSN accounts were optional for games on PC, with this statement changing to an ambiguous "some games" statement after players were directed to contact Sony support by Pilestedt. On 4 May,

288-440: A new project for PlayStation 5 . It was confirmed that the game would be a third-person shooter . Like the first game, Helldivers 2 runs on the discontinued Autodesk Stingray game engine (originally known as Bitsquid). Arrowhead Game Studios founder Johan Pilestedt confirmed on social media that "The project started before [Stingray] was discontinued," adding, "Our crazy engineers had to do everything, with no support to build

336-594: A new threat emerges in the form of the Automatons, a mechanical army intent on destroying humanity. The game begins with a recruitment video for the Helldivers, who are elite shock troops dropped from orbit to reclaim the colonized planets. Environmental storytelling is prevalent throughout the game, with various logs, notes, and propaganda messages available for players to find during gameplay. On December 3, 2020, Arrowhead Game Studios revealed that work had started on

384-557: A percentage displayed on the Galactic Map. In November 2024, the "Democracy Space Station" (DSS) was added to the game after the player base successfully completed various Major Orders. The DSS orbits a different planet daily as voted on by the players. Players can choose the booster provided by the DSS, which impacts combat on the planet. The booster is funded by players contributing an allotment of Samples and Requisition Slips. Helldivers 2

432-424: A premium currency known as "Super Credits"). A core gameplay feature carried over from the first game is the use of "Stratagems" - powerful equipment which must be called in by executing a sequence of D-pad (PlayStation 5) or arrow key (Windows) presses and throwing a beacon to signal to the player's Super Destroyer in orbit. Players may select up to four Stratagems to take into the mission with them, as well as

480-431: A second player to help reload, and some resources can be pooled for the group to access. In online play, it is possible to allow random players to join a mission in progress through optional matchmaking . The dystopian universe of Helldivers has humanity ruled by a " managed democracy ", an alteration of contemporary democracy where the outcome of elections are more predictable. The pseudo-democracy has become more than

528-403: A sequel titled Helldivers 2 . Unlike the first game, the sequel is no longer a top-down shooter , but instead is a third-person shooter . The game was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on 8 February 2024. Helldivers 2 Helldivers 2 is a 2024 cooperative third-person shooter game developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for

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576-854: A streamed event at the beginning of the show. Opening Night Live has served as a platform for many trailer launches and game announcements. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the discontinuation of E3 , Gamescom has been the largest event of its kind. Gamescom Latam, first held in Brazil in 2024, is also the largest event in the Americas. Gamescom 2009 was held 19–23 August. 245,000 people attended that year's visit. 2K Games Atari Capcom Electronic Arts Konami Microsoft Namco Bandai Sega Sony Square Enix Ubisoft Wednesday, 18 August: Thursday, 19 August: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced

624-658: A way of electing a government, it has become a creed by which the inhabitants of Super Earth fight for—without fully acknowledging what it means. Super Earth, the fictional futuristic Earth is beset on all sides by three hostile enemy races (the Bugs, the Cyborgs and the Illuminates) that, according to the government, in one way or another need to be subdued. And while the Helldivers are a pure combat unit, they are often tasked with retrieving technology, activating oil-pumps or other activity that

672-456: Is a shooter game , primarily played in the third-person, but players can enter a first-person point of view while utilizing certain weapons. Players take the role of the titular "Helldivers", elite shock troops dropped from orbit onto hostile planets in bullet-shaped "Hellpods" launched from the player's "Super Destroyer" starship . Gameplay consists of "Operations" where players must complete missions (one to three per Operation, depending on

720-453: Is deemed important by the government to preserve freedom and the Super Earth 'way of life'. Helldivers received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to the review aggregator website Metacritic . In Japan, where the game was ported for release on March 5, 2015, Famitsu gave it a score of two eights, one seven, and one eight for a total of 31 out of 40. IGN played

768-675: Is kind of a lot deeper. I thought it was going to be a shoot'em-up, it's more of a strategy based-... It's a, it's a stratem-up! A "strate-shmup". Because it's not just shoot at things and dodge bullets, there's more to it than that. Helldivers was nominated for " Action Game of the Year " and won for " Handheld Game of the Year " at the 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards held by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Helldivers had sold over 4 million units by 22 May 2024. In May 2023, Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment announced

816-490: Is set a century after the triumph of "Super Earth", a self-described managed democracy , over the Cyborgs, Bugs, and Illuminate during the events of the first game . It is discovered that the Terminids' blood contains a unique and highly valuable resource known as E-710. Terminid farms are established on human-colonized worlds, but containment is eventually breached, releasing them and causing chaos and destruction. Simultaneously,

864-588: The Games Convention in Leipzig from 2002 to 2008, which was briefly the largest games trade show in the world. However, Leipzig was becoming unsuitable for such a large event owing to limited transport links and hotel accommodation. The BIU and Koelnmesse announced a new event circuit in 2008, to be held in Cologne beginning in 2009. The Leipzig Trade Fair opposed the move and intended to continue Games Convention without

912-501: The Koelnmesse in Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany . Gamescom is the world's largest gaming event, with 370,000 visitors and 1,037 exhibitors from 56 countries attending the event in 2018. The event is used by many video game developers to exhibit upcoming games and game-related hardware. The “gamescom - Opening Night Live” (ONL) show takes place every year on the evening before

960-904: The PlayStation 3 Slim , a smaller and lighter model of the console and a release date of 1 September 2009. Firmware 3.0 for the PlayStation 3 was also announced, adding new features to the PlayStation Network . Sony announced that the European Video Store would launch in November 2009. Sony also announced that the PlayStation Portable would get smaller games (under 100mb) in the form of 'minis' and that comics would also be available to download in December 2009. A "free game" registration promotion

1008-417: The PlayStation 5 console and Windows . The game is the direct sequel to Helldivers , a 2015 top-down shooter . Helldivers 2 was released on February 8, 2024 and received positive reviews from critics. The game sold in excess of 12 million copies within three months of its release, becoming PlayStation's fastest selling title of all time, as well as Sony's most successful Windows title. Helldivers 2

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1056-752: The PlayStation Store . Various gaming websites offered live-blogging of the respective press conferences. Gamescom 2010 was held 18–22 August. 254,000 people attended that year's visit. 2K Games Activision ArenaNet Capcom Codemasters Disney Interactive Studios Electronic Arts Konami Microsoft MTV Games Namco Bandai Neowiz Nintendo RedSpotGames Sega Sony Square Enix Ubisoft Valve The two main announcements this Gamescom came from Insomniac Games , who announced two sequels from two of their franchises: Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One , by revealing some gameplay from

1104-406: The 60-day plan, which aimed to fix many of the performance issues as well as rolling back a whole slew of unpopular changes to weapons and gameplay. The changes were positively received by the player base, which increased to over 100,000 and reviews once again become more positively aligned. Gamescom Gamescom (stylized as gamescom ) is a trade fair for video games held annually at

1152-579: The BIU, which led to a five month "standoff" between the two groups. As Leipzig did not allow the Cologne event to be called "Games Convention", the BIU instead adopted "GamesCom". The two events were due to take part on the same weekend, and were each competing to be seen as the "authorative" German trade fair for the industry. In the end, after a deal between Gamescom and GDC, Leipzig announced that Games Convention would be cancelled, and replaced by an online only event that focused on mobile and casual gaming. Gamescom

1200-497: The PC player base dropped significantly, with a reported loss of up to 90% of players on Steam, peaking at roughly 35,000 players. The player drop was attributed to the PSN account controversy, the worsening of weaponry against increasingly tougher enemies, as well as glitches and performance issues. In response, Arrowhead announced a 60-day plan to address these issues. In September and October 2024, two major patches were released as part of

1248-568: The character Johnny Rico in the film, reacted positively towards the game. On February 11, 2024, Johan Pilestedt, then-CEO of Arrowhead Games, announced that Helldivers 2 had sold approximately 1 million units. Helldivers 2 was the largest launch of any PlayStation Studios game available on PC. Arrowhead stated that the game's success has greatly exceeded their expectations. Following its initial success, Arrowhead Studios announced its intention to scale its studio and team to accelerate its post-launch content plans. Pilestedt reacted to

1296-421: The demo version of Helldivers at the 2013 Gamescom , and reviewed the demo positively. Game Informer also gave the demo a positive rating, commenting that it "isn't easy, but this throwback to classic top down shooters is still a good time." GameSpot ' s reviewer Cameron Woolsey noted that the PlayStation 4 version has "fantastic cooperative action" but "missions and story are lacking." IGN said of

1344-622: The difficulty level) in procedurally generated levels while fending off hordes of enemies, after which they can attempt to call in a transport ship (a "Pelican") to extract themselves and their team to their Super Destroyer. Players may choose the difficulty level of their Operations ranging from level 1 (Trivial) to the currently highest available difficulty level of 10 (Super Helldive). Players must unlock each consecutive difficulty by completing an Operation on each level. Completing higher difficulty missions results in larger gains of experience points and of an in-game currency known as "Requisition" (and

1392-491: The effectiveness and mechanics of various Stratagems. By completing Operations, which are missions within specific sections upon a planet, players also contribute to the progress of "Major Orders" issued from Super Earth. These orders are related to the Second Galactic War, of which the outcome is highly player-driven. The players collective contribution is calculated as "Liberation" or defense levels/points of planets,

1440-428: The first two weeks of release. By the third week of release, the player cap was increased to "a whopping 700,000 concurrent users" according to Wesley Yin-Poole of IGN . Aaron Bayne of Push Square described the game as "a riotous affair, offering up best-in-class gunplay" and a "truly epic and often cinematic experience, mixed in with one of the best co-op gameplay romps currently available." However, he criticized

1488-523: The game for the server issues and crashes that players experienced after release. Helldivers 2 has been compared favorably to the 1997 science fiction action film Starship Troopers ; both are a satirical comedy featuring a militaristic regime fighting against a race of large insectoids, and are both owned by Sony . The popularity of Helldivers 2 has also led to a resurgence of interest in Starship Troopers . Actor Casper Van Dien , who played

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1536-443: The game to parity with other engines." On September 13, 2021, Helldivers 2 was mentioned in a GeForce Now leak. The game was teased in a TikTok post showing Arrowhead's social media manager starting their workday, which is followed by a series of posts from fans demanding them to release the game. On August 18, 2022, a 12-second clip of gameplay was leaked on Twitter , but was later removed. On May 24, 2023, Helldivers 2

1584-507: The game was estimated to have sold over 3 million units and became the most actively played game on the PlayStation Network , surpassing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 and Fortnite . By 15 March 2024, Helldivers 2 was estimated to have sold 8 million units and reached 450,000 concurrent players on Steam . By 5 May 2024, 12 million units of the game had been sold, making it PlayStation's fastest selling video game of all time. At launch, Helldivers 2 did not require PC players to log into

1632-420: The game would release on February 8, 2024. Pre-orders became available on 22 September 2023. On February 8, 2024, the game was released on the PlayStation Store and Steam . Helldivers 2 received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic . Upon release, the game experienced a large influx of players, leading to widespread server and login issues for

1680-410: The game's many chaotic combat sequences or take preventive measures to mitigate these risks. Options include upgrading turrets to stop shooting when players enter the line of fire or choosing weapons that fire over allies. There are tangible benefits to multiplayer as teammates can help a downed ally recover, as well as provide healing or ammunition. Several heavy weapons come with a backpack that allows

1728-566: The game's ongoing success by stating that he hopes to see Helldivers become considered as iconic as PlayStation's other intellectual properties such as Uncharted , God of War , and Horizon . In Europe, the United Kingdom, and Canada, Helldivers 2 was the best-selling game of February 2024. Helldivers 2 remained the best selling game in Canada in April 2024 too. By February 24, 2024,

1776-409: The given objectives, then escape via a dropship. It is possible to fail some of the given objectives without immediately losing. It often benefits the player to avoid direct combat if possible, as the enemy has infinite reinforcements, and there are no in-game rewards for simply killing enemies. The game keeps many of the mechanics common to the genre, like Fog of War and a map that shows any enemies

1824-401: The listing on Steam was updated to disallow sales to 177 territories where PSN is not available. Pilestedt apologized for the sudden change, stating on Twitter that "I hope we will make it up and regain the trust by providing a continued great game experience". Developers inside Arrowhead Game Studios stated that they were on the side of the players and one community manager even called for

1872-513: The opening. The show presents the latest trailers and announcements from the international games industry and is hosted by Geoff Keighley . Alongside the public areas, there is also a closed area for professional visitors, such as publishers , journalists and developers . Shortly before Gamescom, the associated conference Devcom takes place at the same area and is specifically for the game development sector. The Federal Association of Interactive Entertainment Software had previously hosted

1920-449: The player base to negatively review the game on Steam, leading to players review bombing the game; as of 4 May, nearly 53% of all posted reviews were negative, with over 84,000 negative reviews on Steam. As a result of the negative feedback, Sony announced on May 5, 2024 that it will currently not be moving forward in requiring account linking and was working with Arrowhead to find alternate solutions to protect players. By July 2024,

1968-432: The player may choose stratagems that focus on providing additional firepower or mobility, or give themselves supportive abilities such as calling in precise airstrikes. The game has a single difficulty option, though the player can then choose a hard or easy planet for their missions. This changed over the course of development. In each mission, the player must fight or sneak through enemy-controlled territory to complete

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2016-615: The player or by fleeing the area. Once all mission objectives are successfully completed or failed, the player is then required to call in a dropship and escape with all their remaining units. This takes 90 seconds and draws enemy attention to the landing zone, resulting in heavy fighting. Entering the dropship completes the mission. Friendly fire is always active. This includes the players' personal weapons as well as other, less direct sources such as air support and deployed turrets. Supply drops or vehicle deployments can also crush allies, requiring players to carefully plan their actions during

2064-451: The player(s) can currently see. The enemy will patrol their territory, impeding the player's attempt to complete the given objectives. Enemy units that come in contact with the player(s) will try to raise an alarm, which will result in continuous waves of enemy reinforcements for as long as the alarm remains active. The player can prevent an alarm by avoiding enemy patrols if possible, and can cancel one by defeating all units currently aware of

2112-405: The same PS4 version, "Brutal, focused, and mechanically rich, Helldivers is one of the best co-op action experiences you can have." In a review-based web series Previously Recorded , Rich Evans described the game as "stratem-up": At face value one when I saw the video for this, it looked like it was just a twin stick shooter. I expected something extremely dumb but kind of fun, and what you get

2160-410: The survival of Super Earth. Players engage with procedurally generated missions where players must accomplish a series of objectives. At the start of each mission, players can choose their loadouts (sets of weapons, equipment, and gear) and deployment positions. They can also use the game's stratagem mechanic to enhance their options, catering to the map layout or their individual playstyle. For example,

2208-480: Was announced during the 2023 PlayStation Showcase, with a slated release of sometime in 2023. On 6 July 2023, a trailer showcasing gameplay was released. On 30 July 2023, the game received an M rating by the Entertainment Software Rating Board for "blood and gore" and "intense violence". On September 14, 2023, gameplay was shown in a PlayStation State of Play event, and it was announced that

2256-729: Was announced for the PSP Go . Microsoft Game Studios announced Fable III , along with a release date of 2010. Also, Microsoft announced their intention to release Fable II on the Xbox Live Marketplace in five episodes, the first of which would be free to download. While most press conferences were not available for live streaming , Electronic Arts streamed its press conference on EA.com. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe also showcased its press conference on its online community-based service PlayStation Home shortly afterwards. Sony also made its press conference available for download on

2304-546: Was first held in August of 2009, and was extremely successful, while Games Convention Online was discontinued after 2010. The BIU continued to support and administer the event until 2018, when it merged with the industry body GAME. Their successor organisation the German Games Industry Association  [ de ] has continued in the same role. Geoff Keighley began hosting Opening Night Live from 2019,

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