Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Castellan's Creed Legendary Warbond Fully Revealed, Weapons and Armor Shown Off, Release Date Confirmed

As promised, we person the afloat uncover of the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond today, a archetypal look astatine the weapons and armor it volition include, and a merchandise date.

“Roll the dice to interruption the traitorous enemies of Super Earth successful this historical crossover Legendary Warbond,” developer Arrowhead said. “Fight for Liberty without measuring distance, line-of-sight oregon your target’s chances of endurance with potent weapons, formidable armor, and truthful overmuch more.”

In a station connected Steam, Arrowhead said the Warbond is inspired by the Astra Militarum regiment, the Cadian Kasrkin, which astir fans had predicted.

“This deployment of precocious firearms, armor, patterns and more, has been recreated successful grant of the valiant Helldivers who gave their lives successful a heroic past basal to support the peaceful satellite of Chara during the First Galactic War,” Arrowhead continued, referencing Warhammer 40,000’s astir celebrated destroyed world, Cadia.

“Now you person the accidental to unleash a devastating caller benignant of Freedom connected the battlefield successful their eternal memory.

“Dive in. Deploy out. Spread Managed Democracy each about.”

You tin spot each the items successful the slideshow of images, below.

The warbond includes the R/40-K Hot-Shot Marksman Rifle:

Primary - This limb is simply a testament to Charan craftsmanship, deadly astatine adjacent range, deadlier astatine agelong range. Engineered for precision connected the battlefield, each changeable fired is simply a declaration of intent. This volition marque a worthy summation to immoderate Helldiver's arsenal.

The P/40-K Bolt Pistol (this was teased past week):

Sidearm - A sidearm which has withstood the trial of time. Known for its versatility and earthy stopping power, it causes adjacent the astir hardened enemies to quiver successful its presence. Never permission your Super Destroyer without one.

The 40-K Meltagun stratagem:

Stratagem- Firing a short-ranged, superheated beam of thermal vigor susceptible of reducing alloy to slag. Effective astatine melting distant immoderate traces of undemocratic values from adjacent the toughest of foes.

And the G/40-K Meltamine:

Throwable - A proximity activated burst excavation that is unsafe to person and foe alike, said to pain brighter than the prima itself. Place wisely, Helldiver. Mind your step.

Armor wise, we person the TG-8 Sharpshooter:

Medium Armor - For the worker who does what needs to beryllium done, nary substance the cost. The TG-8 is not armor for survival, it is armor for obedience. Spread Managed Democracy astatine immoderate cost.

Armor Passive - True Grit

+20 limb handling, +30% reload velocity for enactment weapons

And the TG-122 Demo-Trooper:

Heavy Armor - The Ministry of Defense has faithfully recreated this storied Charan armor for a caller question of Helldivers. Built to endure the harshest warzones known to mankind. Wear the history, transportation connected the legacy, and champion Freedom.

Armor Passive - True Grit

+20 limb handling, +30% reload velocity for enactment weapons

Other items include:

• Cape/Player Card: Camo Cloak
• Cape/Player Card: City Fighter's Resolve
• Title: Still Standing
• Pattern: Castellan’s Green

The Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Castellan’s Creed Legendary Warbond launched August 12. It’s worthy noting that you volition not beryllium capable to assertion the warbond with a Premium Warbond token.

Even earlier the Warhammer 40,000 crossover was announced, fans had spoken astir however it would beryllium the cleanable acceptable for Helldivers 2, which sees groups of 4 soldiers fundamentally play the relation of cannon fodder successful the endless galactic warfare against horrible alien monsters. You tin rather easy equate Helldivers’ alien bug race, the Terminids, to Warhammer 40,000’s Tyranids, for example. The Automatons aren’t a cardinal miles distant from the mindless mechanical Necrons, either.

Warhammer 40,000 is thing Arrowhead was often asked astir successful interviews, and by that I mean that I had asked the squad astir it successful interviews due to the fact that I emotion this stuff. In April past year, I asked Alex Bolle, accumulation manager connected Helldivers 2, astir a imaginable Warhammer 40,000 collab, and helium said discussions were being had. "Obviously Warhammer 40,000 is thing that a batch of guys internally emotion to death," helium said astatine the time. "So the devs are discussing, the devs are proposing stuff, and the hype is building. So these are discussions internally that we are having. Warhammer 40,000, I can't truly archer you. Maybe. Who knows? We'll see!"

Indeed, successful 2024, Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt published an extended database of IPs helium “really would emotion to bash a instrumentality on," and Warhammer 40,000 was close up determination alongside the likes of Aliens, Starship Troopers, and Terminator.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].