Helldivers 2 was one of the biggest successes of 2024, and developer Arrow Head Games is gearing up to release its most significant update yet. Escalation of Freedom is an upcoming update that adds new missions, new dangers, and of course, new bugs.
Launching on August 6th, Escalation of Freedom will give players a new level 10 difficulty level and introduce new mission objectives, such as finding and extracting the howling larvae that attract Terminids. The game will also feature a new, larger outpost, like a fortress, for players to capture. The swamp biome has been made more terrifying, and the acid storm now reduces the defenses of both players and enemies, causing greater damage to both sides. With new Terminids and Automatons to clash with, Arrow Head Games teases that Escalation of Freedom will offer more surprises for players to discover on their own. Check out the trailer for a look at what’s to come.
Escalation of Freedom also brings quality of life improvements, including an update to address Grief kicking. According to the PlayStation Blog, the game will introduce a system where “when a player is kicked, they will spawn in a new session as the host with all of their team’s loot from the previous session. All items can now be picked up by the player before extraction. The kicked squad will see a message in the chat widget informing them that the player has been kicked, but their loot has not changed.”
To learn more about Helldivers 2, check out our review.
