
What is it? The sequel to 2015's Helldivers, an online squad shooter inspired by Starship Troopers. It switches the original's top-down perspective for a fully 3D, over the shoulder view.
Expect to pay £35/$40
Release date Out now
Developer Arrowhead Game Studios
Publisher PlayStation PC
Reviewed on RTX 2070, i7-10750H, 16GB RAM
Steam Deck Playable
Link Official site
Picture the scene: Four soldiers make a desperate scramble for their dropship on an alien planet, pursued by enormous, dagger-clawed bugs. Machine gun fire rattles, green goo erupts, the landing pad teems with beasts as the quartet piles through the boarding hatch and their ride blasts off at the last available second. It could be a Hollywood action sequence, but in Helldivers 2 it's merely the end of another mission.