Helldivers 2 adds Hive Worlds and Terminids in Into the Unjust update

Helldivers 2 received a major content update on Sept. 2 that adds subterranean Hive Worlds, new Terminid enemies and gameplay changes while the game continues to enjoy a blockbuster run on Xbox, where it sold roughly 926,000 copies in its first six days, according to data from Alinea Analytics. The Into the Unjust update and a rapid series of followup fixes have reshaped missions and combat just as the title expands beyond its PlayStation origins.

The Into the Unjust update centers on Hive Worlds, desert planets with randomly generated tunnel networks, destructible walls and new mission types, including cave objectives and escorting a mobile oil rig that must be defended from swarms. Surfaces on these worlds also allow players to tow large extractors, creating moving objectives that can be attacked by Terminids. New environmental hazards include hostile flora, acid lakes and towering Hive Lords, enormous sandwormlike creatures that several reports say are possible to kill but typically act as setpiece threats because of their vast health pools.

Arrowhead Game Studios introduced four new Terminid variants. Rupture Spewers burrow and spew corrosive acid, Rupture Warriors are...