Helldivers 2 may never get a Destiny 2-style social hub, but the good news is Helldivers 3 could: "It's on the feature list for the next one"

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Sounds like Arrowhead is at least thinking about a potential Helldivers 3

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Freedom fighters, I come bearing good news and bad news: Starting with the bad news, the Destiny 2-style social hub you've all been asking for is probably never coming to Helldivers 2. The good news is Arrowhead has seemingly confirmed the massively unsurprising news that Helldivers 3 will eventually be a thing, and that a social hub is on the "feature list" for a potential sequel.

As captured in a Reddit thread, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani recently responded to a player request for "a social hub space station (like the tower in Destiny.)"

For the uninitiated, social hubs are super common in online games, and in particular MMOs like Destiny, Final Fantasy 14, and Guild Wars 2. Sometimes, they're dedicated centralized hubs designed to host aimless wanderers looking to show off their new gear or buy stuff, and other times they're just ordinary in-game cities people like to frequent, like Moonglow in Ultima Online (I am one thousand years old.)

helldivers from r/Helldivers/comments/1nbmucr/helldivers_3_will_get_social_hubs_feature

Anyway, don't expect the same sort of thing to come to Helldivers 2 any time soon... or ever. Jorjani replied to the fan request for a social hub by saying, "It's on the feature list for the next one," seemingly referring to Helldivers 3.

"See you in 6 years in HD3," reads the Reddit thread's top comment which has more than 400 upvotes. "That's an optimistic prediction," reads a reply with almost 200 upvotes.

Realistically, with just how massively successful Helldivers 2 has been, you can just about bet your life savings on there being a sequel of some form eventually. When that'll be is anyone's guess, especially with successful live-service games often stretching into decades of active development, but we already know one thing about it: it'll probably have a social hub where you can celebrate wins and mourn losses with your fellow Super Earth defenders.

Helldivers 2 players were already getting obliterated, so now it just feels like game master Joel is taking their lunch money, kicking their teeth in, and spitting in their eyes

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Jordan Gerblick
Jordan Gerblick

After earning an English degree from ASU, I worked as a corporate copy editor while freelancing for places like SFX Magazine, Screen Rant, Game Revolution, and MMORPG on the side. I got my big break here in 2019 with a freelance news gig, and I was hired on as GamesRadar's west coast Staff Writer in 2021. That means I'm responsible for managing the site's western regional executive branch, AKA my home office, and writing about whatever horror game I'm too afraid to finish.

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