The PlayStation-exclusive twin-stick shooter, 'Helldivers', arrives on March 3 in the US and March 4 in Europe as a cross-play title, the 'Magicka' developer, Arrowhead Game Studios has announced.
Gamespot reportedly revealed that the game takes place in a "satirical dystopian" future where mankind or "Super Earth" rages war against an intergalactic alien threat and its gameplay centers on the top-down action that Arrowhead has made itself popularly known for from the first Magicka and Gauntlet video game.
Similar to Magicka and Gauntlet, Helldivers features both the singleplayers and a four-player co-op mode where the team has to work together to win against the aliens and also fight over weapons and other special abilities.
At the official PlayStation YouTube page, the teaser trailer opens with a narrator encouraging players to unite with the 'Helldivers' soldiers of freedom and promising a travel to the galaxy to explore unknown worlds and discover rare life forms.
The player's mission as a Helldiver is to promote democracy and ensure safety, prosperity and justice throughout the universe that other game critics see as rather similar to Paul Verhoeven's dystopian sci-fi 'Starship Troopers' saga.
Other segments of the trailer reveals four 'Helldivers' in an aggressive negotiation with robots, giant bugs and rock-like aliens.
The reported hands on preview read, "Despite how difficult Helldivers is in its early state, this brutal shooter will get players laughing. And that's a real accomplishment when those players are being eviscerated by giant insects."
IGN wrote that Arrowhead co-founder Malin Hedstrom that more information will be revealed in the following weeks.
'Helldivers' release date is set for a digital only release this March exclusive to all Playstation platforms with a cross-play support that allows players to play it on the PS4,PS3, and PSVita after buying the game.
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