Publisher Sony and developer Arrowhead have announced a new Helldivers 2 Warbond by the name of Control Group, and as usual, this one’s packing plenty of new gear to help you give those troublesome Terminids, Automatons, and Illuminate what for.
As revealed in a PlayStation Blog post, Control Group launches across PC and PS5 on July 17th, which is next Thursday at time óf writing. The Warbond’s first major addition is the VG-70 Variable, a three-mode gun with seven barrels. You can fire on auto, choose to fire one barrel at a time, or discharge all of your ammo at once.
A new support weapon, the PLAS-45 Epoch, will also be added as part of this Warbond. It fires a plasma sphere that will explode if you overcharge it, so as with many of Helldivers 2‘s other weapons, you should be careful not to misuse this gun.
A new electric grenade will also be introduced in the form of the G-31 Arc grenade, which discharges electricity that hits everything in its proximity. That includes your fellow Helldivers, so once again, be careful when it comes to friendly fire.
If you’re one for turret deployment, then you may want to give the new A/LAS-98 Laser Sentry a try. It’ll continuously fire a laser beam to devastate your enemies, but it will overheat and explode if it isn’t put on cooldown, so you’ll have to watch for that as well.
Most excitingly, the LIFT-182 Warp Pack allows you to teleport short distances without needing to jump. You should, however, be aware that the singularity you’re generating with the pack will deteriorate with each jump, and you may “experience death should the singularity fully collapse”. Uh-oh.
As always, the new Warbond also brings some new armor for you to kit yourself out with, as well as new capes and other extras. Let it never be said you’re not being given the opportunity to express your individuality within the Super Earth ranks.
Elsewhere in Helldivers 2 news, an Xbox Series X|S version of the game was recently confirmed; it’s launching in August, on the same day as both Gears of War: Reloaded and Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II land on the PS5.
You can check out Helldivers 2 right now on PC and PlayStation 5, and you can refresh your memory of what our very own Dan thought of it right here.