Helldivers 2 PlayStation Leak Suggests Players Will Fight Against the Illuminate on Super Earth Itself Next Week — and Now Gameplay of Super Earth Mega Cities Has Leaked, Too

Eagle-eyed Helldivers 2 fans person spotted what looks similar a leak from PlayStation that suggests players volition extremity up warring backmost against the Illuminate connected the streets of Super Earth.

This week, developer Arrowhead launched the afloat Illuminate invasion, adding caller force types successful the process. The in-universe wording of the penetration suggested the Illuminate were heading consecutive for Super Earth, and present a leak coming retired of the authoritative Czech Republic Threads relationship suggests that the Illuminate volition not lone marque it to our location planet, but we’ll person to combat them disconnected there.

Redditor xTekshi spotted the now-deleted post, which spoke of a "Heart of Democracy" update coming connected May 20. While Heart of Democracy is referenced successful the authoritative moving astir this week’s update, neither Sony nor Arrowhead person confirmed it successful narration to a May 20 release.

Adding further substance to the occurrence is the information a May 20 merchandise would acceptable with the timing of the extremity of the existent Major Order.

Official Playstation relationship for the Czech Republic dropped info connected the adjacent rubric update.
"Heart of Democracy" - May 20th#Helldivers2 pic.twitter.com/gelJbnYMqR

This each feels beauteous overmuch inevitable, and that’s the wording Sony and Arrowhead person utilized for this update (“High Command believes this Fleet's eventual nonsubjective to beryllium the penetration of Super Earth itself” and “Battle connected Super Earth is inevitable”).

So, fans deliberation the Czech relationship accidentally leaked Helldivers 2’s adjacent large update, and with it plans to combat connected Super Earth itself. If true, this would beryllium a important upgrade for the explosive third-person enactment game, which presently includes alien satellite maps only. Playing connected Super Earth would surely connection thing different.

Warning! Spoilers for Helldivers 2 follow:

Now, successful a caller development, gameplay of Super Earth Mega Cities has leaked online, via societal media relationship IronS1ghts and their YouTube channel. The gameplay shows Super Earth arsenic a destination successful Helldivers 2. You’re capable to take from a assortment of metropolis missions, arsenic you tin connected different planets (“York Supreme” is simply a metropolis successful North America).

On the aboveground we spot aboriginal Earth municipality areas, with the Illuminate penetration ongoing. SEAF (the equivalent of the nationalist defender oregon militia) soldiers are warring alongside the Helldivers. For me, this reminds maine a batch of Halo 3: ODST, with the Covenant invading Earth.

How is this gameplay possible? Apparently the Super Earth contented is successful the Helldivers 2 crippled files already, waiting to launch.

While we hold for an authoritative announcement, cheque retired the details of this week’s update.

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