The Halo 3: ODST warbond is now available in Helldivers 2, which means you can wear Shock Trooper armor and go join the fight for Super Earth. It turns out those Shock Troopers aren't just joining the fight for the hell of it either, as part of the Helldivers 2 new crossover includes protecting a city that was already destroyed once in Halo: Reach.
Now that Helldivers 2 is available on Xbox and its Halo update has gone live, there are new locations to protect from the ever-present threat of terminids and automatons. One of those locations is a Mega City called New Alexandria, spotted by Rebs Gaming. That name might not mean much to younger Helldivers players, but for Halo fans who have been around the block, it likely triggered some harrowing flashbacks.
For those to whom New Alexandria means nothing, the city is largely destroyed, or "glassed" by the Covenant in Reach, a prequel to the original Halo game, Combat Evolved. Without spoiling too much, things don't really pan out too well for the human race, hence the unannounced reappearance of New Alexandria, a city we lost in Reach, in Helldivers 2, potentially awakening something unwanted in...
