Yesterday, Helldivers 2 officially revealed its first crossover skins collaboration: Killzone 2. But players immediately balked at the $20 price tag, and now the sci-fi shooter’s developers are trying to put down the fan rebellion with a holiday freebie. Read more...

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Helldivers 2 Giving Away Second Killzone Set For Free After Fan Backlash Over $20 Prices

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Helldivers 2 Boss Says Blame Us, Not Sony, For Killzone DLC Pricing--Free DLC And Other Changes Announced

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios has opted to give away a new array of cosmetics tied to the PlayStation franchise Killzone following backlash from players. In the past day, Arrowhead announced its first “premium” collab for Helldivers 2 that centered around new items related to Killzone. While players were initially excited to see Killzone represented in Helldivers 2, this excitement faded quickly once many realized how steep the cost w…

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Helldivers 2 Dev Makes New Killzone Items Free After Backlash

Helldivers 2 has decided to give away a planned collaboration with Killzone after backlash to the initial offering. 
READ MORE: ‘Helldivers 2’ review: ‘Starship Troopers’-inspired shooter is one hell of a good time  Inspired by first-person shooter Killzone, which was released in 2004 and spawned three sequels, the latest offering for Helldivers 2 players included weapons, skins and other cosmetic items. However, there was backlash to the cost o…

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‘Helldivers 2’ confirms free ‘Killzone ’ collab after price backlash

"This one is on us".Helldivers 2 has enjoyed a typically chaotic couple of news cycles this past week. Following the leak that a collaboration with Sony and Guerrilla Games would bring Killzone 2-themed content to the game, its subsequent, immediate release confirmed this. Unfortunately, developer Arrowhead appears to have set the price too high, which was met with backlash from the community. On this, it quickly backtracked, apologising, increa…

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Helldivers 2 Dev Arrowhead Takes Blame for Killzone Pricing Blunder

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Arrowhead Games' heart grows three sizes as it swerves away from its controversial crossover plans for Helldivers 2's Killzone collab, offers the second half for free

The developers addressed the backlash and offered the players a gift.

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Helldivers 2 x Killzone 2;s Second Wave of Content Will Be Free

In a surprise twist, Arrowhead announces that it's giving away Helldivers 2's second batch of Killzone items to all players for free.

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Helldivers 2 is giving away the second half of its Killzone crossover for free

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Since Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead deployed the opening bit of the game's first ever crossover - with PlayStation shooter Killzone - yesterday, the prices players are being asked to pay for this new stuff have been causing some serious backlash. Now, CCO Johan Pilestedt has confirmed that the gear was originally set to be released as a warbond, before the studio made the call for it to be individual superstore items instead.

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As Helldivers 2's Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing

The first crossover content for Helldivers 2 wasn't received very well by the community due to its high price and changes to the microtransactions store. Now, changes are being made. Read more...

Helldivers 2 Giving Away Second Killzone Set For Free After Fan Backlash Over $20 Prices

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