If you were excited about the ongoingHelldivers 2andKillzonecrossover items but couldn’t afford to splurge on them willy-nilly, I’ve got some excellent news for you. Arrowhead has just announced that it’s giving away a bunch of these items totally for free, and you can claim themnow.
That’s right, folks: Arrowhead Games has seemingly takenthe recent outburst of criticism over theKillzonecrossover itemsto heart. Virtually everycommunity member was up in arms recently after it became clear that the planned price for the sum of allKillzonecrossover items would beabout $40 in total. In other words, the price ofHelldivers 2.
In what may be the fastest turnoverHelldivers 2has ever had from bad to good, as far as the community is concerned, Arrowhead is now looking to correct its approach to crossover content. This means the planned second batch ofKillzoneitems has been pushed ahead of its scheduled release as a free content drop for all players. If that’s not the holiday cheer at work, I don’t know what else it could be.
Log in to claim your fancy batch of Helldivers 2 x Killzone crossover items
You can log intoHelldivers 2right now to get a frankly phenomenal selection ofKillzoneitems at no additional charge. Here’s the full list:
If you haven’t been keeping track, that’s a meaningfully larger content drop than we received as part ofthis year’s Liberty Day. It’s also about $20’s worth of Super Credit value, which is nothing to scoff at. This entire roundup of items will be free to claim foreveryplayer, even if they never logged into the game up until now. There’s been no mention of how long this promotion will last, but that’s no problem. As per Arrowhead’s Reddit post featured above,Killzoneitems won’t be relegated to Super Store rotations forever: “We’re also investigating solutions for how we can bring these items back permanently in the future,” they said.
The original batch ofHelldivers2andKillzonecrossover items (namely the AC-1 Dutiful armor set, the StA-52 rifle, and other assorted cosmetics) will stay in the Super Store for five more days than it was initially planned. The FOMO around them is thus somewhat reduced, though you obviously won’t be able to claim these for free, too.
It’s a solid showing, all in all, and not something I expected to see from Arrowhead at this time. Whereas StA-52 is a side-grade to the base Liberator at most, the explosive sniper rifle and the Bizon SMG expy are far more interesting in practice, so I’m thrilled to see everyone getting access to those for free. It still remains to be seen how Arrowhead intends to permanently incorporate such crossovers into the game’s Super Store, however. Clearly,more crossover promotions are on the way, but it’s likely they will be handled with a tad more grace than what theKillzonepromo was initially afforded.
