If you’ve been playingHelldivers 2as of late, the odds are that you’ve caught wind of something known as “Liberty Day” taking place soon. This faux holiday is, in fact, a bit of an institution for the developer Arrowhead Game Studios, and we may end up celebrating it.
Precious little is known about how Liberty Day may or may not be celebrated inHelldivers 2at this time. In the originalHelldivers, however, this holiday usually marked the release of free new Stratagems, tactical gear, cosmetics, and even entirely new game modes. Here’s everything we know about it from the years prior!
What is Liberty Day?
Liberty Day is a fictional Super Earth holiday celebrated on October 26. Curiously enough, this is (possibly) in reference to two things:
The date appears to have some backstory, then, though I reckon it may just be a happy coincidence that Pilested’s birthday is on this very date. TheStarship Troopersparallel is more likely to have been the motivation on this front.
Back on track, 2024 marks the first time we get to see Liberty Day in action inHelldivers 2, as the game came out in February. There’s no precedent as to what might happen, then, though I am reasonably sure it’s going to includesomemanner of throwback to the oldHelldiverstitle. There isa bunch of content that Arrowhead might wish to port into the new game, after all.
One thing we can do, however, is to check out how Arrowhead celebrated Liberty Day inHelldivers, and that might give us an idea of what to expect inHelldivers 2this October 26.
What’s going to happen in Helldivers 2 on Liberty Day?
The firstHelldiversgame received four substantial content updates themed after Liberty Day:
Apart from these rewards, Arrowhead would also host annual AMAs (ask me anything), giveaways, and game-streaming events on Liberty Day, and I don’t see any reason why this wouldn’t be the case forHelldivers 2.
There have been unofficial murmurs of some classic Helldiver gear coming back. Possibly even the M2016 Constitution, which is basically a take on theSpace Garand M1 conceptthat evenDeep Rock Galactichas chosen to adopt. The baseline M1 Tactical armor set would be a good choice, too, though you obviously want to take all of this with a pinch of salt.
Helldivers 2‘s first Liberty Day is set and primed for celebration on October 26, so not too long to wait now. Let’s see what comes of it.
