Helldivers 2 wins Console Game of the Year at the Golden Joystick Awards 2024
Nov. 21, 2024Another victory for Super Earth
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Helldivers 2 follows the managed democracy of Super Earth, as it sends out endless waves of troops to drop from orbit onto surrounding planets and protect their interests from all enemy threats. By fighting off the Terminid bugs and robot Automatons, players can watch the battlefield evolving in real time on their maps of the Second Galactic War.
Initially players weren’t sure what to expect from a sequel almost a decade after the original top-down shooter launched, but as word spread it quickly rocketed to becomeSony’s fastest-selling title ever, shifting 12 million copies in just 12 weeks and meaning there were already more Helldivers enlisted online than Swedes in developer Arrowhead Game Studios' home country.
In ourHelldivers 2 reviewback in February we praised it as a “fiercely challenging and visually breathtaking cooperative shooter where failure is funny and success feels magnificent,” while acknowledging that launch instabilities and server issues did initially frustrate.
While those have been largely resolved, the evolving battlefield continues to throw out new challenges, and it’s hard to tell if the recent situation where thenew Democracy Space Station is killing so many Helldivers that the devs are giving out free shields and extra livesis actually parody or a genuinely unforeseen consequence of bombarding the planet you’re currently fighting on with friendly fire. With no end to the Galactic War in sight, and increasing rumors of third faction theHelldivers 2 Illuminatejoining the battle in the future, there’s plenty more fighting to be done in the name of managing democracy.
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