The next Helldivers 2 warbond is going superscience sicko mode with a seven-barreled assault rifle, a plasma cannon, and a wormhole-generating backpack that lets you warp around the battlefield

After spending months in the field using Helldivers 2’s explosive crossbows, lightning-throwers, and orbital railguns, “reserved” is never a word I would think to use to describe the armaments of the Super Earth military. And yet, after seeing the sheer amount of nonsense tech packed into the next HD2 warbond, Control Group, I can’t help but feel like Super Earth R&D has been holding back.

Based on a blog post detailing the next batch of Helldiver battle goodies, it feels like Arrowhead’s said “screw it” and is disabling whatever limiters it still had active on its scifi weapon absurdity. As proof, consider the VG-70 Variable, the warbond’s new, seven-barreled primary weapon that’s less assault rifle than it is gatling gun.

While it’s equipped with the full auto you’d expect, the VG-70’s also got two other firing modes to choose from. There’s the “volley” mode, which puts all seven barrels to good use by firing simultaneous shots from each of them. And then there’s the “total” mode, which simply expends all its remaining ammo in an instant for a moment of singularly devastating, medically inadvisable firepower.