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Thursday21st Nov 2024
News Helldivers 2 Dev Swears It Doesn't Playtest New Features in Live Games
The plot thickens
Looking back, we might have, along with millions of others, gotten caught up in that delightful wave of Super Earth propaganda when Helldivers 2 was released at the start of the year. We certainly did our part to defend Democracy from both bug and bot, and part of the magic of Sony's surprise multiplayer hit was how loose it all...
Friday15th Nov 2024
News Helldivers 2's Democratic Super Weapon Now Fully Operational
You may fire when ready
Helldivers 2's Death Star-esque Democracy Space Station is now fully operational, ready to deliver cosmic amounts of destruction to both bug and bot. This vaunted "Weapon of Mass Liberation" has already successfully been used to destroy "a small moon" and awaits new firing solutions. Super-patriots will be able to cast their...
Friday25th Oct 2024
News Xbox Fans Really Want a Port of PS5, PC Hit Helldivers 2
Arrowhead claims it "could" happen
There’s often this recurring sentiment within the gaming industry that whatever strategy Xbox is following, Sony must follow it too. Many of you will recall, at the height of Game Pass’ popularity, PlayStation was put under intense pressure to replicate the business model or risk losing its market position...
News Silence Dissenters with Helldivers 2's Truth Enforcer's Warbond on PS5, PC
You can't handle the truth
Helldivers 2 is seemingly returning to a more traditional style of Warbond with the imminent Truth Enforcers, which is all about enforcing Super Earth's will. Embrace your authoritarian side when this one arrives on PS5 and PC on 31st October. Truth Enforcers offers two primary weapons designed for efficient crowd...
Wednesday23rd Oct 2024
News PS5 Pro Patch Incoming for Helldivers 2
Console target acquired
Helldivers 2 has been added to the list of All PS5 Pro Enhanced Games, as the Arrowhead Studios community manager Twinbeard confirms via Discord there'll be "differences between the current PS5 and the Pro versions". However, it does sound like this PS5 Pro patch might not be ready for the console's release on 7th November...
Tuesday15th Oct 2024
News Helldivers 2 Concludes 60-Day Overhaul Plan with Latest Balance Update on PS5, PC
Restoring the balance
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has just dropped another substantial patch for its sci-fi co-op shooter, finishing its big push to improve the experience for all players. The new update is now available for both the PS5 and PC versions of the game, featuring an enormous list of fixes and changes. All of the patch...
Wednesday18th Sep 2024
News Helldivers 2's Big PS5, PC Update Arrives, Nerfing Difficulty and Reworking Armour
Once more into the breach
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead imposed a 60-day deadline on itself to address the myriad concerns and qualms of the riotous community. Well, times up, and Patch 1.001.100 is here, introducing sweeping changes to gameplay balance, weapons, stratagems, armour penetration, and difficulty across the board. Whether it will be...
Monday16th Sep 2024
News Inhale Dangerous Fumes in Helldivers 2's Chemical Agents Warbond on PS5, PC
Deep breaths
Helldivers 2's next Warbond has been unveiled, and like all those that came before it, it follows a theme. Chemical Agents will allow for the deployment of various kinds of noxious gas guaranteed to eradicate all but the most entrenched Bug infestations, and apparently it works on Bots, too. Chemical Agents will be out in time for the...
Wednesday11th Sep 2024
News Arrowhead Offers Peek at Helldivers 2 Patch Meant to Satisfy the Masses
Yes, but is it FUN yet?
We're almost halfway through developer Arrowhead's self-imposed 60-day plan to win back the affections of the notoriously raucous Helldivers 2 player base, and the developer has offered a sneak peek at some of the changes in store. Presumably, we can expect the game's next major patch to arrive around 14th October. As...
Thursday5th Sep 2024
News Helldivers 2 Illuminate Faction Sighted, Arrowhead CEO Calls Reports 'Fake News'
Nothing to see here, folks
Helldivers 2 players have been clamouring to face the Illuminate since the game launched earlier this year, with the technologically advanced civilization posing a serious threat to Super Earth in the original Helldivers. Briefly, scanners picked up the presence of an unidentified force on the Galactic War map, but...
Monday19th Aug 2024
News Helldivers 2 Community Fractures, Traitor 'Chaosdivers' Want to See Super Earth Burn
There is no peace amongst the stars
With the always-rowdy Helldivers 2 community more upset with the state of the game currently than ever before, it really was only a matter of time before a splinter group of extremists would secede from Super Earth. Dubbed "Chaosdivers", this small but extremely vocal faction is mostly posting memes for now, but...
Wednesday14th Aug 2024
News Arrowhead Unveils 60-Day Plan to Placate Rebellious Helldivers 2 Fans
Surrounded, outgunned
Developer Arrowhead has announced a 60-day plan with which it hopes to calm the currently riotous Helldivers 2 community, a vocal number of whom are unhappy with the current state of the game. The recently released Escalation of Freedom update itself was supposed to be something of a make-good but has instead served as an...
Monday12th Aug 2024
News More Spicy Helldivers 2 Drama as Freedom's Flame Backlash Boils Over
Flamethrower nerf results in review bomb reprisals
None of us are truly happy, not really, but it seems Helldivers 2 players are even less so, judging by the predictably volatile response to balancing changes introduced as part of the anticipated Escalation of Freedom update. Nerfs to flamethrowers ahead of the release of the fire-focused Freedom's...
Thursday8th Aug 2024
News Helldivers 2's Next Stratagem Seemingly Revealed During Dev Livestream
Whoopsie daisy
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has seemingly leaked a fiery future stratagem during a PlayStation Access livestream. We love the sound of an Orbital Napalm Barrage and hope to deploy it against bugs liberally in the future. Chronicled by GamesRadar+, PlayStation Access hosted a livestream to mark Helldivers 2's big Escalation of...
Monday5th Aug 2024
News Horrifying Extent of Helldivers 2 Game Master's Power Revealed
Joel = J.O.E.L.
Helldivers 2 players have long wondered what the extent of game master Joel's powers to influence the game's ongoing meta-narrative truly is. In a horrifying piece of found footage that has emerged from developer Arrowhead Game Studios, it seems we've been underestimating this shadowy being all along. In the brief clip, it is...
Wednesday31st Jul 2024
News Pyro Builds Coming to Helldivers 2, Freedom's Flame Warbond Inbound
BBQ's back on the menu
Helldivers 2's next premium Warbond, Freedom's Flame, which Sony had previously leaked, has formally been revealed. Pyromaniacs, rejoice: that all-flame self-immolation build you've been wanting to run will finally be an option from 8th August. Fire-starved fans can do some cooking of their own with a new primary shotgun, the...
Tuesday23rd Jul 2024
News Biggest Helldivers 2 PS5, PC Update Yet Deploys on 6th August
More enemies, areas, and a new difficulty level
Arrowhead Studios has announced its surprise mega-hit Helldivers 2 will be treated to its largest PS5, PC content patch to date on 6th August 2024, introducing a new difficulty level, bonus enemies, and extra locations. Named Escalation of Freedom, the free update has been designed as a thank-you to...
Friday19th Jul 2024
News Sony Appears to Have Leaked Helldivers 2's Next Warbond
Wrap yourself in Freedom's Flame
The latest in a long line of publisher/developer snafus, it seems Sony has leaked the name and description of the next Warbond pack coming to Helldivers 2, whether Arrowhead was ready or not. Spied by IGN, players on Reddit have reported getting a PlayStati
Tuesday9th Jul 2024
News Relief as Helldivers 2 Players Unearth Anti-Tank Stratagem That Isn't Mines
RIP MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines
In the process of unearthing plans for an interplanetary battle station that could change the Galactic War's face forever, Helldivers 2 players have unwittingly stumbled upon a fearsome new anti-tank support stratagem. Early testing seems to indicate the MLS-4X Commando Rocket Launcher is quite a cracker, but mostly,...
Thursday4th Jul 2024
News Helldivers 2 Players Tasked with Restoring Interplanetary Battle Station to Full Operation
That's no moon...
Helldivers 2's intergalactic conflict continues to rage on, and an opportunity to secure something truly decisive has arisen. Having recently saved stranded and sick children and succeeded in sucking an entire planet into a black hole, the latest Major Order directs players to defend the planet of X45, where plans
Monday1st Jul 2024
News The Obligatory Helldivers 2 Isn't As Popular As It Was Headlines Have Started to Emerge
It's not a surprise, is it?
There are fewer people playing Helldivers 2 now than there were when the game absolutely exploded to an unprecedented level earlier in the year – but probably still more than anyone initially expected. A slew of headlines about the game’s supposed decline started circling on social media during the slow summer weekend...
Thursday27th Jun 2024
News Helldivers 2 Director Defends Elden Ring Difficulty: 'Always Cater to a Select Audience'
Gluttons for punishment
The topic of difficulty inevitably crops up whenever FromSoftware drops a new release, and we once again find ourselves knee-deep in that old discourse. The director of one of the more mechanically unforgiving PS5 games of 2024, Helldivers 2, has defended the design choices made in Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion...
Tuesday18th Jun 2024
News Helldivers 2 Players Save Sick Kids, Developer Arrowhead Donates to Save the Children
"We'll always be grateful. Now, we can grow up to become Helldivers, too"
Helldivers 2 players selflessly chose to save a group of sick children stranded on Vernen Wells in the last Major Order, opting for this heroic act over unlocking the offered Anti-Tank Mines stratagem (again). In recognition of this charitable act, developer Arrowhead has made...
Friday14th Jun 2024
News Major Helldivers 2 Balancing Patch Buffs Just About Everything
Democracy in action
A constant piece of feedback we've seen from Helldivers 2 players is the state of the game's many weapons and stratagems, with some pieces of war gear falling behind others. Thankfully, developer Arrowhead has been listening and has issued a major patch, which, along with the release of the Viper Commandos Warbond, should make...
Wednesday12th Jun 2024
News Helldivers 2 Trolley Problem Forces Players to Choose: Save Sick Kids or Anti-Tank Mines?
Won't SOMEONE think of the children?!
Helldivers 2's latest Major Order presents something of a moral quandary. With limited time on the clock and an army of bots bearing down, players must choose between saving the thousands of civilians trapped on Vernen Wells, inside "Super Citizen Anne's Hospital for Very Sick Children", or liberating the rare...
Friday7th Jun 2024
News Helldivers 2's Close-Quarters Viper Commandos Warbond Goes Rambo on 13th June
They drew first blood
Developer Arrowhead has revealed the next premium Warbond Helldivers 2 players can look forward to dumping time into, bringing an assortment of jungle-themed war gear designed for close-quarters combat. Prepare to get up close and personal with Viper Commandos from 13th June. Along with nifty camo armour sets that leave your...
Monday3rd Jun 2024
News Unease as Helldivers 2 Players Succeed in Sucking Planet of Meridia into Black Hole
Another victory for Super Earth
Helldivers 2 players have succeeded in the Major Order set by Super Earth, deploying enough of the alien liquid known as Dark Fluid on Meridia to destabilize the entire planet, causing it to collapse into a black hole. Predictably, developer Arrowhead is positioning this as another victory, but an uneasy sense of...
Friday31st May 2024
News Helldivers 2 Major Order Directs Players to Destroy Supercolony-Infested Planet of Meridia
Exterminatus
Helldivers 2 players have been issued a new Major Order, focusing the community's ongoing Galactic War efforts in a specific place, towards a particular end. However, this time, the Meridia Superhive situation will require a more permanent solution, with the planet slated for permanent destruction. Super Earth has decreed that the time...
Wednesday29th May 2024
News Helldivers 2 Director: Live Service Is Good for Gaming, But Only If It's 'Done Right'
Hell yeah?
'Live service' has become something of a dirty term over the years, but as is often the case, there are both good and bad examples of the model — it's just that we all tend to focus on the negatives. But Helldivers 2 director Johan Pilestedt would rather talk about the positives — and that's exactly what he did at the recent Nordic...
Friday24th May 2024
News Helldivers 2 Players Teased with Twin-Linked Autocannon EXO-49 Emancipator Exosuit
Sweet Liberty
Helldivers 2 players have a new Major Order, which, if successful, will result in the deployment of the EXO-49 Emancipator Exosuit, something we've been anticipating since at least March when we first got our grainy glimpse of the machi
