It’s an thrilling time to be a Helldiver, with Arrowhead just lately including city maps, a recon automobile, and a 3rd enemy faction to the sport. At first, it appeared just like the story of the Illuminate returning to the galaxy could be one and completed, informed over the course of a weekend. The Illuminate arrived instantly after an announcement at The Recreation Awards and hit the planet of Calypso, and Helldivers narrowly defended Calypso with solely moments to spare. Now the dastardly house squids have their sights firmly set on one other goal: the black gap the place Meridia was.
This requires slightly little bit of clarification. The sport’s first two enemy factions are the Terminids and the Automatons. The Terminids specifically have confirmed to be a well-liked foe; even when Main Orders from Tremendous Earth direct gamers to go struggle robots, a piece of gamers stay in Terminid house to reside out their Starship Troopers fantasies. A short time in the past, the Terminid risk responded to this consideration with a sequence of quick, potent evolutions. And Tremendous Earth intel recognized that one world specifically, Meridia, was a Supercolony.
Arrowhead ran a enjoyable, limited-time occasion the place gamers needed to pump Meridia filled with Darkish Fluid, holding off the forces of the Supercolony in an effort to pull off this daring gambit. It succeeded, turning Meridia right into a black gap. There’s the previous trope of Chekhov’s Gun: If you happen to present a gun within the first act, it higher fireplace earlier than the top of the play. It appears that evidently Helldivers are actually encountering Arrowhead’s Black Gap — when you open a bizarre gap in house, it’s going to draw the eye of some sinister squids.
Now the Illuminate, not like their fellow enemy factions, haven’t claimed a everlasting portion of house. As an alternative, they’re partaking in hit-and-run assault on Tremendous Earth worlds, beginning with Calypso and shifting eastward. At first, there wasn’t a lot notable about that sample… after which followers observed some bizarre stuff about Meridia. The black gap is now extra purple, brighter, and appears to be sucking in particles at an alarming charge.
Up to now, Helldivers have defended Terminid territory from the Illuminate — which is a bizarre place to be in after spending months squashing bugs — and have spanked the squids again. As of the top of Operation Squid Recreation, which ended at round 4:30 p.m. ET on Friday, the Illuminate have vanished off the map once more. However I don’t suppose this unfolding story is over fairly but. It appears obvious there are some holes within the Illuminate’s roster, and I count on them to be crammed with some new terrifying bio-organic horrors quickly. A minimum of gamers can now buy the automobile as a Stratagem and hit the street at any time. You gotta depend your blessings whereas embroiled in a three-front intergalactic warfare for democracy.