Helldivers fires onto PS4, PS3, and Vita this summer

Arrowhead Studios has announced that their procedurally-generated shooter Helldivers will hit PS4, PS3, and Vita this summer.

Ozzie Mejia

May 19, 2014 2:30 PM

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Magicka creators Arrowhead Studios are preparing to launch their upcoming top-down shooter, Helldivers. The collaboration with Sony and Foster City Studios is set to blast off onto PS4, PS3, and Vita this summer.

Helldivers takes players into a dystopian future, placing up to four soldiers on procedurally-generated worlds. Players can aid themselves and teammates by calling down ammo drops, turrets, and replacement reinforcements with the left shoulder button and the D-pad. However, the principle of teamwork remains in place through the entire game, because friendly fire is enabled at all times.

"Arrowhead's decision to keep friendly fire on at all times forces players to stick together, play carefully, and think about positioning," said Social Media Specialist Ryan Clements on PlayStation.Blog. "These necessities lead to more interesting battles, since players can't kick back and shoot away with no concern for where they — or their teammates — are standing.

Helldivers will support both cross-play and cross-save across all three of the game's versions.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?