Sony's said that it plans to release 20 exclusive games for the PlayStation 4 within its first year on the market, but we still only know about four of them. While that’s likely to change at GamesCom next week, online sleuth Superannuation has already uncovered evidence of a potential next generation release named Helldivers.
The platform holder registered the domain ‘helldiversgame.com’ last week, but it currently resolves with a rather drab holding page. The title – which shares its name with a World War II bomber – is likely to be the product of one of its North American studios, as SCEE tends to handle the websites for European developed releases.
Given the name, there’s some speculation that this could be an air combat game of some kind. It would certainly make sense, but we reckon that a more literal interpretation is more likely. Sony Bend, Naughty Dog, Sony Santa Monica, Zindagi, and many more are all working on unannounced titles at the moment, so this could be by any of them. Maybe we’ll find out next week.
[source whois.domaintools.com, via kotaku.com]
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As War Thunder is already coming to PS4, I doubt it will be a WW2 airplane game, but you never know.
Maybe its just an online air combat game. Could be fun....?
"Helldiver" somehow reminds me of the ODSTs from Halo (Orbital Shock Drop Troopers). The title sounds promising...I wouldn't even mind a WW2 air combat game...but still hope it's something else.
Probably a vita title.
I think it'd be really cool to have a WWII bomber pilot sim where you're always the same character (making it personal) and you always have the same plane (that actually has a name). Pilots in that era especially had hugely strong connections with their 100% abalog[ue] planes, but every air combat game has a fighter's character select screen. Han Solo flew one ship and had a deep relationship in which it meant everything to him. I'd love to see that sentiment in a player character (not just "damage control!" like Starfighter lol). The plot could be as intricate as Shattered Skies, even if there are no cutscenes and its all real time first person. You wake up, get dressed, get breakfast, talk to friends, get briefed, get suited up, find your copilot, find your plane, check it over, climb in, turn the engine over, taxi out, follow the tower's instructions, take off, etc. just everything they had to do back then, which is finite and known.Vita would be really cool, but PS4 could really bring it to life. Maybe not a true "flying sim" but maybe a true pilot sim, if that makes sense (hard but not requiring actual real world expertise lol)
I miss air combat games. They were underrepresented this gen.
@charlesnarles That sounds like an awesome idea!
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