Terrible news, Helldivers 2 players. You've got a big Major Order choice to make, and if you're planning to stick to the form established the most well-known time a call like this had to be made last year, you'll have to do some good for the universe.
Helldivers 2 players had a plan. It was ambitious and it was going well. However, it looks like Arrowhead's Galactic War overseer wasn't a fan, as the divers have ended up being rapidly pushed back to nearly square one on a key planet they'd previously captured. Read more
By Mark Warren
Never separate a nerd from their big spreadsheets, or there'll be consequences. It's a lesson all of us need to learn sooner or later, and Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has now had to deal with it, with what looks like a pretty benign proposed change regarding the sharing of datamined content on the nerdiest, spreadsheetiest channel of the game's official Discord server having caused a bit of a ruckus. Read more
By Mark Warren
UPDATE (28/02/25, 3:50 PM GMT): Arrowhead has now resumed the Galactic War. "We have deployed a fix to our backend which we believe has solved the issue with liberation rates. Players can now make contributions to planet liberation and engage with the Galactic War again," it tweeted. Read more
By Mark Warren