Shams Jorjani, Chief Executive Officer ofHelldivers 2developer Arrowhead Game Studios, recently had some positive news for players, teasing the eventual release of the long-awaited Review Bomb Cape. With a design that pokes fun at an unfortunate incident inHelldivers 2history, the Review Bomb Cape was promised as a free add-on but has yet to be deployed in-game.
Perhaps appropriately for a game that heavily involves summoning air strikes on hostile targets,Helldivers 2has its own history with being “bombed.” Specifically, the game and developer Arrowhead Game Studios have, on multiple occasions, been the target of review bombing campaigns, where unhappy players express their disapproval of the game by posting negative reviews online. It’s gotten to the point thatHelldivers 2supporters even reverse-review bomb the game, posting glowing reviews in an attempt to protect its positive overall rating on store platforms like Steam.
Now, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani has shared a potential update on the status of the Review Bomb Cape, an in-game cosmetic that references one of the earliest and largest negative review bombing campaignsHelldivers 2experienced. Speaking on the officialHelldivers 2Discord server with another user, Shams appeared to confirm that the Review Bomb Cape is coming, though he didn’t mention a specific release window. The happy news comes just as publisherSony is in the process of rolling back the unpopular region locksthat effectively blocked many PlayStation-published PC games,Helldivers 2included, from being sold online in dozens of countries.
Helldivers 2 Developer CEO Hints That Review Bomb Cape Is Coming Soon
The update about the Review Bomb Cape came from Jorjani after he posted on theHelldivers 2Discord asking players to consider reversing their negative review scores in light of PlayStation’s change of policy. One user named Amaruak joked that they’d do so in exchange for the Review Bomb Cape, to which Jorjani responded “Deal!” He later clarified that he would “speak to the team” in the coming week, and mentioned that it was always Arrowhead’s intention to give away the cape only after the previously removed regions were “returned.” The statement explains why players have had to wait for theHelldivers 2Review Bomb Capefor more than a year at this point, as region locks have been in place for that long.
Given that the PlayStation region lock incident was one of the inciting causes of one of the firstHelldivers 2review bombing campaigns, the rollback of the region locks has been treated as a major piece of positive news by the game’s community. Alongsidethe victorious battle for Super Earthin the last update cycle,Helldivers 2has experienced a massive upswing in popularity, and the withdrawal of region locks holds the potential to help the game’s audience reach new growth milestones, bringing more Helldivers into the game’s galactic war.
