Today 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

Look, pretty much everyone loves Helldivers 2, even if things have looked a bit shaky on that front on a few occasions this year, and sometimes the best way to show that is by demanding Arrowhead fill it with crossovers. We’re not talking about official crossovers, and Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt’s just run down his … Read more

Today 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”

It’s Helldivers 2 patch time, and right off the bat, I’m sad to reveal that this latest one – unlike last week’s update – doesn’t include a fish being sent to the great beyond. Feel free to vent your disappoinment for a couple of minutes before reading on. Done? Good. Now, what does this patch … Read more

Today 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

Do you like the idea of moviong house? Well, here’s hoping some residents of Helldivers 2’s terrifying universe do, because the latest Major Order has tasked players with paving the way for some “disenfranchised families” to shift their stuff into the Democracy space station, so Super Earth can avoid hiring staff properly. Classic Helldivers, eh? … Read more

Today 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

Helldivers 2’s latest Warbond, Truth Enforcers, arrived in-game earlier today, bit it looks like the armour set that’s dropped via the Superstore just after it that’s arguably attracting even more player attention. Some of that’s for good reasons, as it looks nice, but it’s also causing a lot of folks to question whether it should … Read more

Today 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

Helldivers 2 just got a fresh patch, patch 01.001.201, and while it’s not quite as beefy as those released as part of Arrowhead’s just over 60 day plan, it’s still got a lot of stuff in it. For example, there are a heap of fixes to bugs involving bugs and a big change to the … Read more

Today 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

Did you enjoy celebrating Liberty Day over the weekend in Helldivers 2? Well, if the answer’s no, you’ve missed out on being part of a horde of players falling in love with the deliberately slightly terrible in sheer performance terms gun that Arrowhead gave the divers as part of its in-game festivities. Liberty Day, if … Read more

Today 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

Er, Helldivers 2 folks, you might want to start emplying some of the more dramatic post-Liberty Day hangover abatement techniques in your arsenal, if you’re still suffering from the effects of freedom overindulgence. Why? Because Arrowhead’s just dropped a fresh Major Order and it looks pretty damn tough. Yep, after granting everyone some nice free … Read more

Today 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

Helldivers 2’s latest update, Patch 01.001.104, brought with it a lot of tweaks to weapons, but few have seen more chatter this week than the buff to the P-4 Senator, a double-action revolver – after being supercharged – has turned a lot of Super Earthers into would-be John Waynes. As part of the patch, the … Read more

Today 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”

Helldivers 2’s just gotten afresh Major Order, and I’m sad to say you’re not getting any rest after coming out on top in the one that preceded it. Why? Well, there’s a massive horde of bots headed for Matar Bay, lead by a special baddie brigade. If you’re out of the loop, the last few … Read more

Today 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

Things’re never too routine for long in Helldivers 2, and the latest twist appears to have come in the form of this Major Order’s new baddies – the automaton Jet Brigade – momentarily being shown as assaulting every bug and bot-controlled sector on the map. Thankfully, they weren’t actually doing so. If you’re out of … Read more