Arrowhead should get an award as the game studio that does everything possible to be on the good side of its community. After several players aired their concern that the first Helldivers 2 X Killzone 2 crossover was overpriced, the studio announced the next wave of content would be free for all.
Arrowhead and Guerrilla Games released a joint statement on Steam talking about the crossover and how they have been listening to community feedback. The collaboration added new premium items to the Superstore.
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“As this was our first crossover offering, we’ve been listening to the response, and the feedback we’ve received from our community surveys is that crossover content is really high up on your wishlists,” read the statement. “At the same time, some of you are not happy with the prices of the items and we will revisit this.”
“Because of all this, in partnership with our friends at Guerrilla (and as we’re in the season of holiday cheer), we’ve decided to offer a gift to all players. Firstly, we are gifting everyone the planned second wave of the Helldivers x Killzone collaboration items today, free of charge.”
The statement released on Thursday, December 19, 2024, said the distribution of the items would begin shortly and in two waves. Therefore, at the time of writing this, many players (if not all) should have gotten their gift.
Arrowhead addresses the FOMO accusation
In one of the comments spotted on X after the collaboration was announced, one user accused Arrowhead of inducing FOMO in players by making the items available for a very short period. The joint statement from Arrowhead and Guerrilla also addressed this issue.
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“Many of you were also concerned that items wouldn’t be in rotation for long enough, and there was a bit of concern around how these items exist outside of our usual Warbond releases, which are always themed in our own universe,” read the statement.
“As such we’re also going to extend the duration of the items currently in the Superstore from 5 days to 10 days so that you have a chance to get hold of it and reduce the risk of missing out. We’re also investigating solutions for how we can bring these items back permanently in the future.”
The content of the second wave includes a PLAS-39 Accelerator Rifle, the AC-2 Obedient armor set, a StA-11 SMG, a Defender of our Dream player banner, and a Defender of our Dream cape.
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