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Return Of The Jedi | Helldivers 2's Star Wars Clone Wars mod pack took "eight weeks of brute force" to make, and its creators aren't done
The end goal? It sounds like a total overhaul.
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Return Of The Jedi Helldivers 2's Star Wars Clone Wars mod pack took "eight weeks of brute force" to make, and its creators aren't done
The end goal? It sounds like a total overhaul.
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HELLDIVING-READY 11 things I wish I knew before starting Helldivers 2
We’ve rounded up a few basic, and very advanced Helldivers 2 tips for veteran divers, and newcomers alike.
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JOIN THE WAR EFFORT Thanks to Helldivers 2, tricking normal people into role-playing has never been easier
For now it's fighting for democracy. I'll have these chumps playing wizards and making goblin sounds in 3 months max.
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"These sounds don't sound very democratic to me..."
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VOID GAZING | Helldivers 2 players destroy Meridia, left staring into the void waiting to see if the Illuminate will arrive
"These sounds don't sound very democratic to me..."
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BUGGING OUT | UPDATE: Helldivers 2 Meridia Major Order sees players overwhelmed by bug hordes spawning right on top of objectives
Arrowhead is "aware of the issues", according to Discord moderator.
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ACCOUNT RE-OPENED | Why are people angry about God of War Ragnarok requiring a PSN account on PC?
Yup, after Helldivers 2 and Ghost of Tsushima's PC port, we're doing this whole thing with PlayStation again.
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STAT SPEAK | New Helldivers 2 CEO responds to calls for more stat "transparency" by reminding folks "it's not Arma at the end of the day"
"I think it's good that players have a good understanding of how things work - but some of it should be fuzzy IMO."
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HOLY MOLY | Helldivers 2 Major Order sparks more Illuminate speculation, may lead to a planet being spaghettified by a black hole
It looks like we'll get to see what'll happen to Meridia soon, too, given the progress Super Earth forces have already made on this directive.
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GOOD GRIEF | Getting sick of getting kicked out of a Helldivers 2 session right before a mission ends? Arrowhead is "working on a solution"
"No ETA on that, but it's coming."
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MECHING IT HAPPEN | Helldivers 2 players are on the way to earning a new mech, with a cool jet or bomb-based stratagem possibly to follow
Arrowhead's been taking pitches for an Eagle stratagem, and by god have folks been pitching.
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FRESH STRATEGEM | Helldivers 2 boss wastes no time outlining plans to improve game, starting with need to get more devs playing
"It's hard to make the right decisions if the eyes aren't on the road."
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SUPER EARTH SWITCHUP | Helldivers 2 boss Pilestedt steps aside as CEO in order to focus more on helping develop the game and its community
"It’s not only right for me, but it’s also right for the organisation."
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SHRAP THE CHANGES | Helldivers 2 devs taking "more time" to cook up its next weapon balancing patch, with an Eruptor revamp on many wishlists
Also, that spear tweak lots of folks have been after for a while looks like it'll be in the next big patch.
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NEW WAR, WHO DIS? | After Helldivers 2 players come up short in latest Major Order, Arrowhead casually declares that "The Second Galactic War" is upon us
Everything up until now was apparently "merely an elaborate special operation". There's no satire going on here.
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SPAWN SWITCHUP | Helldivers 2 devs plan to revamp enemy spawn rates again, as more baddies than intended continue to overwhelm folks
Things'll be going back to the way they were prior to a recent patch, possibly with a few tweaks.
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NUMBERS | Helldivers 2 sold 12 million copies in 12 weeks, its players have casually killed about 100 times as many bots as that in the past few days
It's now PlayStation's fastest selling launch game ever. Numbers.
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TENDER CARE | Helldivers 2 patch adds optional account linking to the game's settings and changes the Tenderizer's colour
Having a host leave your session should also now be less of a thing to worry about.
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STAR WARS TROOPERS | Helldivers 2 Star Wars mod will let you and your nerdy mates do some Clone Wars roleplaying while you kill bugs
Also, here's a mod that'll let you enlist Master Chief into Super Earth service.
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CLOSE CALL | Helldivers 2 is everyone's favourite live-service game right now, but it almost wasn't one
Arrowhead clearly made the right call in the end.
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SUCKER PANICKING | The Helldivers 2 PSN account linking backlash was so bad, Ghost of Tsushima devs have to clarify PC players won't need to do it for single-player
Sometimes, gamer outrage can result in some good.
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GOOD ENDING | Sony walks back PlayStation account requirement for Helldivers 2 following overwhelming community outrage
A good ending to the saga. The world can go back to defending Super Earth in peace.
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CHOICES WERE MADE | Uh oh, Helldivers 2 has been pulled from sale on Steam in over 170 countries following its PSN controversy
This can only go down well.
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HELLBOMBING | Helldivers 2 suffers Steam review bombing following controversial PSN account linking announcement
Yep, that's usually how people tell you they're not happy about a thing.
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ACCOUNT ANNOYANCE | Helldivers 2 PC players will have to link their Steam accounts to PSN just to play soon, and it's, er, not going down too well
Sony says it's bringing the "grace period" to an end.
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COOL RELOADINGS | Freeze, Helldivers 2's next Warbond is dropping soon, and the new guns and gear in it look pretty cool
Get ready to dress up like a Polar Patriot, and probably look really out of place on desert planets.
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QUICK FIX | Helldivers 2's latest hotfix is just a little fella, but it should get rid of some new-ish issues and crashes
Sure, you might be a bit sad that it doesn't feature the big fixes you're waiting on, but two patches in one week is pretty impressive work.
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CULPRIT FOUND | As it turns out, Helldivers 2's self-killing spike has been due to shrapnel, not ricochets - don't worry, a fix is coming
Your streak of equally hilarious and frustrating insta-deaths should come to an end soon.
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WRONG TANGO DOWN | Helldivers 2's latest update comes under fire for ricochet changes, as players can't stop shooting themselves
The jury looks to still be out as to how exactly the change plays into this sudden spike in inadvertent self-democratisings, but folks certainly aren't happy.
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JUST A FEW CHANGES | Helldivers 2's huge latest patch tweaks 24 weapons and stratagems - and lets you spread democracy at higher difficulties
Also, victory poses will now only play for the extracted, so RIP to celebrating someone else's carry job.
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NOT ROCKET SCIENCE | Helldivers 2's latest Major Order forces players to choose between two weapons, and yup, the rocket launcher looks to be winning early
Sorry man, it's a rocket launcher, what are you gonna do?
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EVAC-CELLENT | After the Helldivers 2's community's latest victory, here's more good news - those "impossible" citizen evac missions will be adjusted soon
That said, folks reckon Arrowhead might well actually find a way to cheekily make their lives even more difficult.
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KLUTCH KILLING | Helldivers 2's latest Major Order looked a lost cause for days, but the battle has come down to one planet
The defense of Ustotu is on, and it might end up being a close-run thing.
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AUTOMAT-OLYMPICS | Helldivers 2's latest order might be a bit of a struggle, but at least players have discovered a new Olympic sport - Factory Strider parkour
Hey, if you're gonna get court martialed for making weapon suggestions, why not find a different hobby?
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TEAMWORK TROUBLE | Chill out, Helldivers 2 hardcores trying to get casual players to stick to the battle plan, Arrowhead's doing what it can to help out
"Short of handing you the win, there isn't a lot more we can do."
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TAKE IT SLOW | UPDATE: Good news, Helldivers 2 players, galactic war progress tracking is now up and running again, following a "minor outage"
Democracy's waited, and now it should be back on track!
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BOP TO THE TOP | What's next for Helldivers 2? Making it "the best live service game you've ever played"
"We just need to find our stride and balance."
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NUMBER OF THE BUGS-T | Helldivers 2 players have managed to kill two billion Terminids so quickly that people are, er, actually trying to do maths
Hang on, let me get my bug-squishing abacus out and ring the guy who used to give me detention.
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BATTLING FOR BALANCE | Chill out, Helldivers 2 players calling for fixes over new stuff, Arrowhead's "figuring it out" and plans to do a better job of delivering both
Your feedback's valuable, but maybe draw the line when you start to sound like a backseat dev, yeah?
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GROUND NOT BROKEN | Good news, Helldivers 2's latest patch ensures the Ground Breaker armour's no longer a victim of accidental false advertising
Given all you go through to earn those samples and requisitions, being able to avoid buyer's remorse is pretty important.
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DISCO INFERNO | Arrowhead knows how "ridiculous" Helldivers 2's fire damage is, working on a fix
Someone turned the thermostat up too high.
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BREAK THE BOX BANK | Helldivers 2 just got new ship modules and one will, er, let you pay a lot to teach your crew to pack boxes
Hey, you never know when the ability to stick things in a container well might come in handy.
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POOR PLANS | Helldivers 2's reward system will be overhauled soon, but some players’ automaton battle plans really aren’t that medal worthy
I mean, I get the idea of trying to get your enemies to turn on each other, but odds are they'll just somehow make robo-bugs.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO | Helldivers 2's intro just got a new behind the scenes look, and yes, there's a goofy close up of the guy screaming as his family gets murdered
To be fair, I think that's how I'd react if the Terminids rolled up on my idyllic neighbourhood.
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BOTS BACK | Don’t worry, your precious Helldivers 2 platinum trophy is now achievable again after all - probably
The bots are back, baby!
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SNOW JOKE | Wahey, Helldivers 2's latest patch fixes pesky mid-mission crashes - and snowball fights are allowed again
Just make sure you avoid picking up the "rogue item" that apparently isn't supposed to be on offer from the Ship Management menu.
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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM | Helldivers 2 players did a good job taking down the Automatons, but now the game is technically impossible to Platinum
Does this make the return of the bots all the more inevitable?
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BOT BYE | Helldivers 2's bots have been, er, "eradicated" by players, despite a wave of mission-concluding crashes that should be fixed "very soon"
The battle against the bugs is back on for now, but who knows what the future holds.
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BOOM BOOM BOOM | New Helldivers 2 Warbond arrives next week, includes explosive crossbow you'll blow yourself up with
Look, don’t worry about it, your teammates’ll get a laugh and it shouldn't lose us the war.
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SNIPER SHOTTIE | Wondering why Helldivers 2's Slugger got nerfed? Apparently it's because the shotgun accidentally ended up as "the best sniper rifle out there"
Also, there's another fresh patch for you to quickly grab, in order to avoid a crash introduced by, er, yesterday's patch.
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DARUDE NOT TO | As yet another Malevelon Creek campaign begins, Helldivers 2's latest patch adds in blizzards and sandstorms
The April Fools’ day assault was a success, but things never stay the same for long in space, cue lots more balancing.
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COMING HOME TROOST | As the assault on Troost begins, Helldivers 2's massive new Quasar Cannon is earning pretty stellar reviews
It's big, it's bad, it could probably one shot your Dad, and the machine gun looks decent-ish too.
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SNOW WAY | Terrible news, fun-loving Helldivers 2 folks, Arrowhead wants you to avoid having snowball fights for now
Pesky crashes have suspended your right to party without issues in the galaxy's winter wonderlands.
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