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Carnundrum | Helldivers 2's Illuminate are coming for your new wheels, and players are convinced it's a push towards Meridia's definitely not suspiciously revamped black hole

It's ok, Arrowhead says the purple circle's new appearance is nothing to worry about right now. People aren't buying that though.

Dec. 20, 2024 Mark Warren

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Super Santa | Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead comes up with a suitably festive solution to all that Killzone collab price backlash

"We will revisit this," the studio says of the item prices folks weren't fans of, while loading up the free gifts onto its sleigh.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Rock And Hard Place | As Helldivers 2's Killzone collab pricing backlash rumbles on, CCO Pilestedt says Arrowhead chose not to make it a warbond to try and avoid exactly this kind of thing

Either way, players don't reckon the price is right.

Dec. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Credit Crunch | "I hear what you're saying" Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead's CEO responds to backlash from players against the lofty prices of its new Killzone collab gear

"The more of this we sell - the more Illuminate type stuff we can keep dropping for free"

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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In The Killzone | Helldivers 2's first ever crossover is here, and it's good news for super credit flush Killzone fans

When two PlayStation-backed shooty things with armour that looks a bit fascist love each other very much...

Dec. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Street Shooter | Need more firepower to take on Helldivers 2's Illuminate? Well, the Urban Legends Warbond includes a flamethrower turret that can burn everything to death - including you

Hey, it'll only harm the user if its ammo canister gets hit. Surely the chances of that are lo-

Dec. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Good Omens | Helldivers 2 hits its highest Steam player number since May's PSN account linking backlash, and naturally all it took was Arrowhead finally unleashing the Illuminate

It's almost like this is what everyone had been waiting for.

Dec. 13, 2024 Mark Warren

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Mine-or Problem | Helldivers 2 players famously once saved kids just because they didn't care about mines, so of course Arrowhead's whipped out some more as the latest MO reward

"I'm convinced they have mine stratagems ready to go specifically to troll when the community starts begging for new content."

Dec. 6, 2024 Mark Warren

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Super News | Helldivers 2 is closing out its rollercoaster year with a nice awards season bump that's propelled its recent Steam reviews back to "Overwhelmingly Positive"

Maybe now things have turned around enough that the review bomb cape can finally be deployed, eh Arrowhead?

Dec. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Souper Earth | Still on Illuminate high-alert, Helldivers 2 players reckon Arrowhead's doing some deliberate Steam update trolling by telling them "pineapple_soup_is_delicious"

Or maybe the DSS is getting some nice hot meal dispensers in time for the holidays?

Dec. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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Super Salute | One of the Helldivers 2 team's post-release MVPs has ridden off into the sunset, as players battle to find out where the Jet Brigade came from

"The show goes on, just without me."

Dec. 2, 2024 Mark Warren

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Music To My Ears | Good job, Helldivers 2 players, as it's thanks to you that the composer of the game's banging soundtrack didn't give up making orchestral music all together

"For a traditionally-orchestral score, what I thought was impossible came true."

Dec. 1, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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Illumi-wait over? | Helldivers 2 just got a Steam update literally entitled "gameplay_illuminates", and players aren't sure if it's the real thing, or god-tier Arrowhead trolling

"Can't wait for it being an update on the lighting in the gameplay and everyone getting bamboozled."

Nov. 22, 2024 Mark Warren

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We're Not Live, Pal | Helldivers 2 devs shut down some live testing rumours, emphasising that Arrowhead folks playing it won't show off that they're a dev before getting up to "strange behaviours"

The studio is also still "looking into" armour colour customisation.

Nov. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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Chill Period | Helldivers 2's latest major order is all about using the Democracy Space Station, which is er, currently still on cooldown for the next half a day or so

Hey, at least that means you're definitely safe from being blown up by it for a bit.

Nov. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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DSScussions | Don't worry, Helldivers 2 folks, Arrowhead's working on the Democracy Space Station's team-killing tendencies, and it's already introduced a temporary tweak to help

"This is not the end of the DSS, we'll tweak and evolve."

Nov. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Oopsbital Barrage | Helldivers 2 players sour a bit on their lovely new Democracy Space Station, because it's turned out to be very good at killing, er, helldivers

"Finally, Arrowhead listened and gave the bots a stratagem to even the playing field..."

Nov. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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DS-Yesssssssssssssss | Wahey, Helldivers 2's Democracy Space Station is finally up and running, and in the words of one overwhelmed Super Earth stan: "It's so democratic omfg"

Democracy has been made manifest, after a month and a bit of hard helldiver grafting.

Nov. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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Gimme Fuel | Attention, Helldivers 2 players: it's finally time to fuel up your space station by killing five million bugs while also battling the Jet Brigade, because multitasking

Yep, it's another Major Order that'll have you thinking about how cool it'd be to clone your diver.

Nov. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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DSSoon | Helldivers 2 players reckon the Democracy Space Station saga is starting to drag a bit, cue speculation about exactly how final its "final phase" might be

Don't worry, now it's full of disenfranchised families, I'm sure it won't be long until Arrowhead's at the stage of wrapping the DSS up and affixing a 'To the divers' tag.

Nov. 11, 2024 Mark Warren

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Crossbowver Chat | After laying out the dream Helldivers 2 crossovers he thinks about in the shower, CCO Pilestedt says you'll have to "see what happens" when it comes to massive PVE battles

Starship Troopers, Terminator, there are big guns in there, even if Arrowhead's creative bossman wouldn't want to go bananas and do all of them.

Nov. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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Save Our Swooping | Helldivers 2's latest patch makes raising flags less terrifying, and cheeky mid-air medical care could be part of Arrowhead's solution to ragdolling "helplessness"

Also, that SOS beacon you'd put out about SOS beacons has been answered.

Nov. 5, 2024 Mark Warren

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Unexpected Moves | Helldivers 2 just told players to fill their nearly ready superweapon with "disenfranchised families" who'll staff it and live there, like Death Star British actors

Apparently Super Earth's decided to skimp on its labour costs, because of course it has.

Nov. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Over Super Salaries? | Helldivers 2's new Doubt Killer armour triggers a wave of doubt as to whether players are cool with paying almost the price of a full Warbond for one Superstore suit

250 Super Credits is a fair amount for a cape, no matter how nice its red lining may be.

Oct. 31, 2024 Mark Warren

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Plasma Punished | Helldivers 2 patch 01.001.201 sees Arrowhead ditch its previous Punisher Plasma tweaks and puts on a "dignified funeral" for a technician's goldfish

The studio's also "currently working on further solutions to address the ragdolling issues".

Oct. 29, 2024 Mark Warren

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Party Over | Helldivers 2's post Liberty Day MO basically looks like J.O.E.L lobbing the kitchen sink at Super Earth, so here's hoping you enjoyed your little Galactic War break

"WAIT, they forgot to say we need to choose one, WHAT!"

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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Knife One | Helldivers 2's Liberty Day celebrations see players inevitably fall in love with a crappy meme gun, mainly because you can stab tanks to death with it

"Ooh, so it's not a bayonet. It's a can opener."

Oct. 28, 2024 Mark Warren

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No Fibs Allowed | Can you handle the truth? Helldivers 2's next Warbond, Truth Enforcers, looks like it'll make damn sure you can when it drops with a new shotgun and SMG

Yep, this is one for the hardcore Super Earth roleplayers.

Oct. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Same Thing, Sort Of | Helldivers 2 community manager says potential Xbox port is up to "Sony and Phil to duke out", as latest MO forces players to choose between two different coloured things

The Jet Brigade threat may be over, but life for the divers is already on to the next fight.

Oct. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Enhance! | PlayStation's most important game this year and its most forgotten are both getting PS5 Pro upgrades

Two more great reasons to forego that holiday you've been planning in lieu of a PS5 Pro.

Oct. 23, 2024 Connor Makar

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Super Scare | As Helldivers 2 players battle for Marfark, Arrowhead looks to have just given them all a heart attack by momentarily showing a Jet Brigade assault of the whole map

Damn J.O.E.L, if this was another one of your tricks, you're a cruel master of the universe.

Oct. 21, 2024 Mark Warren

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It's Aaron Rodgers | Uh oh, Helldivers 2's latest big Galactic War twist is a massive Automaton onslaught fronted by some fancy "augmented" bots dubbed "the Jet Brigade"

Arrowhead definitely doesn't want you resting on the laurels of that last Major Order win.

Oct. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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OP about OPness | After getting giddy-upped in major fashion, Helldivers 2's Bile Titan-slaying six-shooter has now sent the community through every stage of the buff reaction Kübler-Ross model

It's ok, these cowboys will eventually hawk a consensus into the spittoon that is Reddit.

Oct. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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60 Days Done | Helldivers 2 Patch 01.001.104 wraps up Arrowhead's 60 and a bit day plan by aiming to make the Automatons "less frustrating to play against" and unleashing more fun weapon tweaks

"We listened, we learned, and we took action."

Oct. 15, 2024 Mark Warren

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Toddaly Unexpected | After a minor calendar mix-up, Helldivers 2's next big patch drops soon and it's already inspired jokes about Skyrim being ported to some bullets

To be fair, I doubt you'll have much time to play DOOM on your rifle while you're in the middle of a firefight.

Oct. 14, 2024 Mark Warren

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Miner Task | With Turing secure, Arrowhead reveals the next step in building Helldivers 2's planet-to-planet warping space station: nicking a mining complex from the bots

Hey, it's ok, I'm sure they've got plenty of others lying about the galaxy, so this one won't be missed.

Oct. 4, 2024 Mark Warren

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Brasch Action | Helldivers 2 players, a big final battle to hold Turing in your space station MO is on, and here's a video of General Brasch suplexing a tank you can only watch if you win

Seriously, it's a fan-made animation, and the tank doesn't stand a chance in Super hell.

Oct. 3, 2024 Mark Warren

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Saving PSN Ryan | "Hold the line!": Helldivers 2's latest MO ends up seeing Super Earth face a surprise foe they can't just blow to bits, as PC folks pick up AWOL PSN players' slack

Nope, it's not the Illuminate, it's something even more terrifying - a service outage.

Oct. 1, 2024 Mark Warren

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Gallivare You On It? | Construction begins on Helldivers 2's new space station after players liberate the Arrowhead boss' hometown, but the next step requires "scientific breakthroughs"

A random planet, a town in northern Sweden. Same thing, basically, and Pilestedt's cracked out the bubbly.

Sept. 30, 2024 Mark Warren

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Back On Track | "It feels as if we've fought our way back": with Helldivers 2's recent updates having turned around player sentiment, the mood at Arrowhead is "much, much better"

"We're on a better path now in a lot of ways long-term."

Sept. 27, 2024 Mark Warren

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Bug The Builder | To action, Helldivers 2 players, the latest Major Order tasks you with choosing where a space station that "could change the course of the war" gets built

"The DSS will be a powerful strategic tool for reshaping the Galactic Map—democratically directed by the Helldivers themselves."

Sept. 25, 2024 Mark Warren

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Stealth Switches | No, you aren't losing it: Helldivers 2's last patch seemingly did come with some changes that didn't quite make it into Arrowhead's notes

Hey, when you're delivering so many tweaks, it's easy to miss or not quite fully explain a few.

Sept. 24, 2024 Mark Warren

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Come On Innnnn | After the last one left it behind a bit, Helldivers 2's next patch will be letting the Purifier into the buff party, Arrowhead boss confirms

"We already have it on the internal build."

Sept. 23, 2024 Mark Warren

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Super Earth Supermen | Helldivers 2's latest patch looks to have accidentally given players the ability to fly, leading Arrowhead's boss to respond the only way you could: via Simpsons meme

Never before has how you interpret a Homer GIF mattered so much.

Sept. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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Tooter Earth | UPDATE: Helldivers 2's next Warbond, Chemical Agents, will let you douse bugs in noxious gas as "galactic pest control" and comes with a fart emote

Look, I'm sure this stuff's just as safe for the wielder as all the other stuff you've had to breathe in for Super Earth.

Sept. 19, 2024 Mark Warren

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A Bit Too Easy | UPDATE: Helldivers 2's shield generator melee invincibility bug has been fixed, but you'll have to wait until the next patch for jump pack tweaks

Damn Arrowhead, that was rapid.

Sept. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Yep, We're Hellback | As Helldivers 2 gets a nice player number bump following "the best patch ever", Arrowhead challenges them to outdo both the bugs and bots

"Super Earth High Command has ordered an evaluation of Helldiver Force Readiness", so get ready to make use of all those buffed guns.

Sept. 18, 2024 Mark Warren

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Changing The Game | Helldivers 2's big update, Patch 1.001.100, is finally here, bringing a bunch of highly requested buffs and changes

The wait is over, here's the thing that sounds like it should go a long way to restoring faith in Super Earth.

Sept. 17, 2024 Mark Warren

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Boom, Boom, Boom... | With that big Helldivers 2 patch now imminent, Arrowhead's dropped the bomb, the 500KG's blasts will finally be as powerful as they look

Plus, the Orbital Napalm Barrage stratagem's available right now due to some MO success.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren

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No longer Shrapped | Helldivers 2's next patch will finally bring back the eruptor's shrapnel, but hopefully without causing an explosion in accidental self-insta kills

Arrowhead is also aiming to return the arc thrower to something resembling its "former glory" with some buffs.

Sept. 16, 2024 Mark Warren