HELLDIVERS™ 2 – Launching Devoid of Liberty: A Look Back

Summary

*From the desk of our Creative Director, Mikael Eriksson*

Helldivers,
The Void has been pierced and the Illuminate's latest shenanigans have been decisively dealt with! Well done!

The Devoid of Liberty launch has run its course and history has been written. Before we dive into whatever comes next, I wanted to take a moment and talk about how I personally think this update landed.

What We Were Going For

I consider Devoid of Liberty to be a ‘vertical slice’ of what we want this game to be every week. Not in terms of new content (we can’t keep up with that), but in terms of fantasy cohesion. The Void’s presence transcended the game: it was felt outside of the SE Destroyer windows and the Galactic War map. It was in what you read in the mission descriptions, what you saw on the battlefield, what you heard in the war reporting, and what you created as a community. The throughline was strong across the game and the community.

This is the future that we’re aiming for: a future where the Galactic War is this interesting and dynamic every day, and felt inside and out of the game.
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