Author: [email protected] (Morgan Park)
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Game master Joel cuts an unprecedented deal with Helldivers 2 players: Pull off the ‘Martale Gambit’ and he’ll liberate two planets for the price of one
The Martale Gambit is on. As the Helldivers 2 community comes together to counter the Automaton’s latest advances in the Andromeda sector, an unconventional idea has emerged that utilizes a hidden mechanic in the galactic war simulation. If it works, Super Earth would be able to liberate two planets simultaneously, including one with an ongoing…
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The new Helldivers 2 gun that everyone immediately declared ‘garbage’ is actually a misunderstood masterpiece
While everyone in my circles booted up Helldivers 2 last week excited to unlock the exploding crossbow, grenade pistol, and the wild micro-missile-firing Eruptor, my eyes were locked on a different prize. Resting comfortably on the first page of the Democratic Detonation warbond is a new rifle that sticks out: the BR-14 Adjudicator. It’s the…
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Arrowhead is aware Helldivers 2 players are using an ‘undemocratic’ exploit to easily farm Super Credits, but doesn’t seem too worried about it
Give players free premium currency, and they will learn how to farm it. Helldivers 2 is set up like lots of other service games, with cosmetics and warbonds purchasable with premium Super Credits, but it’s unique in how easy it is to get its premium bucks for free. You’ll find Super Credits just lying around…
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Gigantic walkers are back in Helldivers 2 with a vengeance, and you’re gonna want to bring a 380mm barrage
Two weeks ago, the Helldivers 2 community was blindsided by a patch that sneakily added Gunships and gigantic AT-AT walkers to Automaton planets. It was a hectic 24 hours as players scrambled to react to the new threats and finally liberate Malevelon Creek. Super Earth prevailed, and while Gunships became a mainstay of Automaton missions,…
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Helldivers 2 dev warns players not to ‘fall in love’ with datamined content that might never come out: ‘Some are ancient leftovers, some are things that will pop up in the game’
The Helldivers 2 community has demonstrated a ravenous appetite for new stuff. Guns, stratagems, suits, helmets, boosters—Arrowhead has kept the update hose spraying these last two months, but that hasn’t stopped players from looking deep within the code to find stuff yet to come. Through datamining, players have discovered unreleased vehicles, guns, and armor pieces…
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Helldivers 2’s new mission type is the glorious Helm’s Deep holdout defense that I’ve dreamed of for months
Helldivers 2 is, generally, a game about taking the fight to the enemy by destroying nests, factories, and launching ICBMs. On the rare occasion that Super Earth is put on defense, it hasn’t always gone over well with players. During the first Automaton invasion in February, players quickly got tired of special escort missions that…
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They’re not all dead: Thousands of Helldivers 2 players are still fighting robot survivors, including me
Did you hear the news? The Automatons are all gone. Yep, the Helldivers 2 community defeated them—they’re scrapped, cooked, never coming back (according to Super Earth). We all suspect a story twist will bring them back eventually, but for now, half of the game’s enemies are really unavailable to fight. Except, the Helldivers 2 galaxy…
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Helldivers 2 cheaters are already playing with next week’s new guns, plus a wild new rocket launcher
A new Helldivers 2 warbond is coming next week, but if you’re one of the Helldivers 2 players accessing unreleased content through cheat software, Democratic Detonation is already here. Thousands are tuning in for an early look at the guns on offer, including a grenade pistol, explosive crossbow, and a scoped rifle that fires jet-assisted…
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Helldivers 2’s next warbond is all about ‘Democratic Detonation,’ adds a grenade pistol and explosive crossbow
It seems like only yesterday that Helldivers 2 got its last premium warbond, Cutting Edge. It seems that way because I’ve yet to finish it, and yet, another warbond is on its way next week—it’s called Democratic Detonation and it’s all about explosions. As documented by the PlayStation Blog, Democratic Detonation comes with four guns,…
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Helldivers 2 dev nerfed everyone’s favorite shotgun because it was ‘hands down the best sniper rifle’ in the game
Nestled on page eight of Helldivers 2’s free warbond is an assuming gun—the SG-85 Slugger. I didn’t pay much mind to the Slugger for a long time, or even bother unlocking it, because it’s a variant of the Punisher, a shotgun I don’t like. That changed when my friend informed me that the Slugger isn’t…