{"id":2089647,"date":"2026-08-12T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089647"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T10:48:09","slug":"out-of-nowhere-sony-confirms-that-2024-breakout-hit-helldivers-2-joins-playstation-plus-extra-and-premium-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2089647","title":{"rendered":"Out of nowhere, Sony confirms that 2024 breakout hit Helldivers 2 joins PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium today"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/helldivers-2\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Helldivers 2<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Out of nowhere, Sony confirms that 2024 breakout hit Helldivers 2 joins PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium today<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Grand theft automaton.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/helldivers-2-ps-plus.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Helldivers soldier over PS Plus sign\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"helldivers-2-ps-plus.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-12T13:48:09+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 12, 2026, 1:48 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-playstation-plus?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          10 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"92c48ce5-5823-460b-9a4c-d9394928a7b9\" data-name=\"Helldivers 2\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Helldivers 2\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Helldivers 2\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Helldivers 2\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Helldivers 2\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Helldivers 2\" title=\"Follow Helldivers 2\"><br \/>\n  Follow Helldivers 2<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Load your rifles and get ready to deliver some democracy to those heathen alien interlopers, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/helldivers-2\">Helldivers 2<\/a> comes to PlayStation Plus today. Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the game will be added to the roster of titles PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can access as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/08\/12\/helldivers-2-joins-playstation-plus-game-catalog-today-devoid-of-liberty-update-out-now\/\">August 2026 update<\/a> (sorry, Essential-tier subs). The game, developed by Arrowhead Studios, launched back in 2024 and has netted a decent 20 million sales since then.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the game to PS Plus ties in with the launch of Helldivers 2&#8217;s latest expansion, Devoid of Liberty. The new content tasks you with destroying Illuminate spires and gateways, completing data reconnaissance, and infiltrating Illuminate structures with your team. The new enemies are &#8220;ghoulish diversions wrought into existence by the Illuminate scourge to threaten our freedom&#8221;, obviously. You can now also unlock 300 ranks, with new &#8220;privileges&#8221; and rank titles.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Deep Dive: Battle for the Gateway Planet\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLTltwbS4KY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nLTltwbS4KY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Deep Dive: Battle for the Gateway Planet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nLTltwbS4KY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Getting into the Void presents a unique challenge. High Command has ordered reconnaissance missions to gather as much intel as possible in order to give us an advantage,&#8221; says a press release. &#8220;The planets within the Void&#8217;s reach have been altered &#8211; strange mutations have left a permanent mark on planets, and intelligence reports suggest that these changes are even more significant the closer the planets are to the Void itself. What lies inside?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of nice little community challenges going live with the PS Plus drop, too: namely, the Helldivers 2 community is being challenged to collectively eliminate 500 million enemies by 18th August in order to unlock four Helldiver PlayStation avatars.<\/p>\n<p>Helldivers 2 proved popular from the off, very quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-now-playstations-fastest-selling-game-ever\">becoming PlayStation&#8217;s fastest-selling game ever<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-has-performed-well-ahead-of-expectations-and-topped-more-than-8m-sales\">performing well-ahead of expectations<\/a> for the publisher. But it&#8217;s not just PlayStation fans that are hungry for the game; the title launched on Xbox in September 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-ps5-console-exclusive-helldivers-2-now-tops-xbox-sales-chart-as-sony-continues-to-dabble-with-its-multi-platform-strategy\">where it sold 926k copies in the six days after its release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Load your rifles and get ready to deliver some democracy to those heathen alien interlopers, because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/helldivers-2\">Helldivers 2<\/a> comes to PlayStation Plus today. Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that the game will be added to the roster of titles PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers can access as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.playstation.com\/2026\/08\/12\/helldivers-2-joins-playstation-plus-game-catalog-today-devoid-of-liberty-update-out-now\/\">August 2026 update<\/a> (sorry, Essential-tier subs). The game, developed by Arrowhead Studios, launched back in 2024 and has netted a decent 20 million sales since then.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the game to PS Plus ties in with the launch of Helldivers 2&#8217;s latest expansion, Devoid of Liberty. The new content tasks you with destroying Illuminate spires and gateways, completing data reconnaissance, and infiltrating Illuminate structures with your team. The new enemies are &#8220;ghoulish diversions wrought into existence by the Illuminate scourge to threaten our freedom&#8221;, obviously. You can now also unlock 300 ranks, with new &#8220;privileges&#8221; and rank titles.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Deep Dive: Battle for the Gateway Planet\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nLTltwbS4KY?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nLTltwbS4KY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Deep Dive: Battle for the Gateway Planet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nLTltwbS4KY\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Getting into the Void presents a unique challenge. High Command has ordered reconnaissance missions to gather as much intel as possible in order to give us an advantage,&#8221; says a press release. &#8220;The planets within the Void&#8217;s reach have been altered &#8211; strange mutations have left a permanent mark on planets, and intelligence reports suggest that these changes are even more significant the closer the planets are to the Void itself. What lies inside?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are a couple of nice little community challenges going live with the PS Plus drop, too: namely, the Helldivers 2 community is being challenged to collectively eliminate 500 million enemies by 18th August in order to unlock four Helldiver PlayStation avatars.<\/p>\n<p>Helldivers 2 proved popular from the off, very quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-now-playstations-fastest-selling-game-ever\">becoming PlayStation&#8217;s fastest-selling game ever<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-has-performed-well-ahead-of-expectations-and-topped-more-than-8m-sales\">performing well-ahead of expectations<\/a> for the publisher. But it&#8217;s not just PlayStation fans that are hungry for the game; the title launched on Xbox in September 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-ps5-console-exclusive-helldivers-2-now-tops-xbox-sales-chart-as-sony-continues-to-dabble-with-its-multi-platform-strategy\">where it sold 926k copies in the six days after its release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Helldivers 2 Out of nowhere, Sony confirms that 2024 breakout hit Helldivers 2 joins PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium today Grand theft automaton. 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