A Helldivers 2 leaker has datamined the game and found incomplete versions of units from the Illuminate faction, giving us our first in-game look at the mysterious foes.
Although Helldivers 2 might not be 2024's biggest game anymore like it was at the start of the year, it still has a very dedicated community that is anxiously waiting for one big thing - the Illuminate. Arrowhead has been teasing the return of the terrifying squids ever since Helldivers 2 launched, and it seems that we might not be waiting too long.
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While we still have no idea when the Illuminate will be added into Helldivers 2, leakers have managed to find a bunch of evidence over the past few months that indicates that the Squi'ith are actively being worked on by Arrowhead. We've seen several leaked models of the Illuminate since Helldivers 2 launched, but a new datamine has given us our best look yet at how they'll function in-game.
Over on the Helldivers 2 leaks subreddit, reliable leaker IronS1ghts shared a few in-game screenshots of the Illuminate in action. IronS1ghts revealed that...