Helldivers 2 crossed over with Killzone 2 earlier this week, however the hit shooter’s first collaboration was struck with complaints over exorbitantly priced microtransactions. As an apology for the excessive worth tags and to proceed its streak of goodwill gestures, developer Arrowhead Game Studios is now providing the crossover’s second batch of goodies without cost.
To shortly catch you up, Helldivers 2’s first official collaboration is with fellow PlayStation shooter Killzone 2. The first wave of things consists of an assault rifle, a helmet, armor, a cape, a participant card, and a participant title that prices gamers nearly 2,000 Super Credits – slightly below $20 and double the price of conventional Warbonds – and is simply accessible for 5 days.
To seize each beauty or tools within the Helldivers 2 Killzone collaboration, together with regardless of the second batch consists of, would then price gamers practically $40 or nearly the worth of the complete recreation, which clearly brought on a ruckus in the neighborhood, prompting Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani to confess that the studio needed to “discover the candy spot of individuals loving the content material AND the worth and purchase the bajeesus out of it,” although “this clearly did not hit that mark.”
Arrowhead and Killzone stewards Guerrilla Games have now reached a compromise, although. “As this was our first crossover providing, we have been listening to the response, and the suggestions we have acquired from our group surveys is that crossover content material is de facto excessive up in your wishlists,” the developer wrote on Discord. “At the identical time, a few of you aren’t proud of the costs of the objects and we’ll revisit this. Many of you have been additionally involved that objects wouldn’t be in rotation for lengthy sufficient, and there was a little bit of concern round how this stuff exist outdoors of our normal Warbond releases, that are at all times themed in our personal universe.”
The studio’s feeling the festive spirit and is “within the season of vacation cheer,” so it is giving the second set of Killzone-themed objects to all gamers later as we speak, utterly freed from cost. “The distribution of these objects will start shortly, in two waves.” Arrowhead can be extending how lengthy the present Killzone objects can be found from 5 days to 10 days, and are engaged on a option to “convey this stuff again completely sooner or later.”
“If we do stuff you want, we’re in a position to maintain the enterprise and make extra stuff that you simply hopefully like,” CCO Johan Pilestedt wrote on social media, “after which that continues till it does not work, at which level the story ends.”
Helldivers 2 has largely been doing an excellent job of creating “stuff you want” because it touched down earlier this yr. The Omens of Tyranny replace just lately made good on a bunch of group requests, bringing autos, melee weapons, cities, and even a 3rd alien-squid faction to the sport for the reasonably priced worth of $0/£0. But with dwell service video games, how a studio responds to backlash is simply as necessary because the cool new newness, so I do not assume this story will finish anytime quickly.
Helldivers 2 lead says, sure, the sport is enjoyable since you “play because the unhealthy guys” and shout “freedom” whereas squashing bugs.
