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Helldivers 2 creates its own holiday with free cape to honour fallen soldiers-Kenneth Andersen-Entertainment – Metro
Divers who fell on liberated Malevelon Creek are being remembered with a new cape in Helldivers 2, but it won’t help much against the enemy.
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A cool cape and a good idea, but it won’t help you on the battlefield (Picture: Twitter)
Divers who fell on liberated Malevelon Creek are being remembered with a new cape in Helldivers 2, but it won’t help much against the enemy.
Online shooter Helldivers 2 is still going strong two months after release, with an impressively large and loyal community, and a recent update has fans both satisfied and surprised by some of its contents.
The update included sandstorm and blizzard features and buffed guns, but surprised everyone by adding enemy combat vehicles similar to Star Wars’ AT-ATs.
Another surprise by developer Arrowhead is the creation of a new holiday, to honour fallen divers on a hard-fought, newly liberated planet, and a free cape to symbolise it.
Two days after Malevelon Creek, also known as Creek Vietnam, was liberated The Helldivers 2 Twitter account declared a holiday on 3 April, saying:
‘The President of Super Earth has officially recognised this day as Malevelon Creek Memorial Day.
‘This week, in remembrance, all Helldivers will be issued a special commemorative cape, so they may carry the memory of their fallen companions into battle.’
The cape can be equipped by anyone, but doesn’t have any additional bonus and is only has an aesthetic extra – like all capes in the game.
Fans will also have received a message in-game, saying:
‘Every year on this day, Super Earth citizens will unite for a full three minutes of their lunch break in solemn remembrance of those who gave their lives to free Malevelon Creek.’
Other than making jokes about not getting lunch breaks, fans like the idea, with Chris-DiCaprio on Reddit saying: ‘Such a nice touch, I feel like the team understands how to keep the community engaged.’
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Arrowhead’s simple gesture has helped its community bond further, and it’ll be interesting to see if they continue to add other features in the game just for the fun of it.
‘It’s great. It reminds me of how games used to be before the suits turned gaming into a wallet draining simulator,’ ChimkenNBiskets added.
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