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A Helldiver looking at burning Super Earth in Helldivers 2.

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Superbad Timing | UPDATE: With Super Earth on the line, Helldivers 2's developed a glitch that's stopping speedy-inputting players' stratagems from working, but Arrowhead says it'll be fixed "ASAP"

"WE ARE LITERALLY FIGHTING FOR SUPER EARTH AND WE GET THIS!?"

May 30, 2025 Mark Warren

Some Helldivers fighting the Illuminate in Helldivers 2.

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More Hellbombing | With the Illuminate now on the verge of defeat, Helldivers 2 was just hit with a fresh barrage of Steam review bombing apparently rooted in a Galactic War comms mix-up

Some players seemingly got really into the battle for Equality-On-Sea, and I'd not like to be the person who informs them Super Earth's prez just died.

May 30, 2025 Mark Warren

Artwork for the mobile game Solo Leveling Arise, showing the game's main character Sung Jinwoo holding two swords.

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May 30, 2025 Amelia Zollner

Two Helldivers shaking hands on Super Earth on Helldivers 2.

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Best Bugs? | Only two cities are still standing in Helldivers 2's battle for Super Earth, and Arrowhead's kicked off an extra mission that might heal the player base's biggest divide

Unless it somehow ends up failing, in which case we might have to add an inter-Helldiver civil war to the mix.

May 29, 2025 Mark Warren

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Samuright On Track | UPDATE: Wahey, Cyberpunk 2077's sequel has entered pre-production, and is now being called Cyberpunk 2

The Project Orion codename has given way to to a new moniker, but CDPR says that fresh name's not the official title.

May 29, 2025 Mark Warren

A helldiver fighting alongside some SEAF soldiers in Helldivers 2 as the Illuminate invade.

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The Last Stand | "This is the endgame" Helldivers 2's battle for Super Earth has entered its "final phase", with agonising failure triggering an "all-out assault" on the final four cities

Meanwhile, the game's latest patch has delivered one of the most popular armour passive changes I can recall.

May 27, 2025 Mark Warren

A Helldiver fighting an Illuminate Fleshmob in Helldivers 2.

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Sad Eagle Scream | Eagleopolis has fallen despite Helldivers 2 players slapping up 2.5 billion squids for an opening victory in the battle for Super Earth, leaving six Mega Cities to defend

"To unleash the flames of Justice and triumph over Tyranny, we must battle through the inferno before us."

May 23, 2025 Mark Warren

The player character aims their gun at a deer in Once Human

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May 23, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

Some Helldivers in Helldivers 2 congratulating each other, opposit a Helldivers 2 player surfing on a leviathan.

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Surfer Earth | Helldivers 2 players struggled with Heart of Democracy's massive flying Illuminate Leviathans at first, so naturally they're now surfing them through Super Earth's skies

"They might as well give up now with all the aura we're farming."

May 22, 2025 Mark Warren

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The Last Braindance? | Cyberpunk 2077's sequel includes a new city that "feels more like Chicago gone wrong", and I'm now wondering how the USA's collapse might have affected Michael Jordan's legacy

Look, all I'm saying is that the declaration of martial law might have made that last three-peat a bit tougher to pull off.

May 21, 2025 Mark Warren

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Super Earth in Helldivers 2 opposite a Helldiver.

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Super Stonks | Helldivers 2's Heart of Democracy update delivers the game's highest Steam player count since its initial post-release hot streak began to wane, as battle rages on Super Earth

"It’s all you folks and your amazing support."

May 21, 2025 Mark Warren

An SEAF trooper in Helldivers 2's Heart of Democracy update.

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Number Twos | "Protec the lil' uns!" As Helldivers 2's CEO takes a victory lap around the latrines, players have already fallen in love with their new SEAF buddies

"What's the pant situation soldiers????"

May 20, 2025 Mark Warren

A Helldiver in Helldivers 2 putting their hands to their head as a diagram shows The Illuminate reaching Super Earth.

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Purple Alert | UPDATE: "All eyes now turn to Liberty's Heart" Helldivers 2's big battle for Super Earth is here, as the Heart of Democracy update brings an Illuminate "Great Host" invasion

At least the divers' latest heroic stand means there's been time to fortify the Mega Cities and call in some reinforcements.

May 20, 2025 Mark Warren

A bunch of The Witcher 3's main characters raising a toast.

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Party On The Path | "Cannot wait for what is yet to come" As The Witcher 3 turns 10, CD Projekt devs share the defining memories it created and look to the future

"I want to make you proud of us and excited again."

May 19, 2025 Mark Warren

Some players battling next a mech in Helldivers 2 alongside the guy from the game's intro.

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Mech or Break | Phew, Helldivers 2 just got an "emergency hotfix" to tackle a mission-ruining glitch that's been letting people spam crash-inducing mech swarms

Things had gotten so bad clips of the exploit had been banned from the Helldivers 2 subreddit.

May 16, 2025 Mark Warren

Some soldiers wearing Masters of Ceremony Warbond gear in Helldivers 2.

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Bright Future | Helldivers 2 is still Arrowhead's "main focus", as its CEO suggests work on its next game will kick off "later this year" with "freedom to explore some really cool concepts"

"A very, very small team will spin up something later this year and go at it sloowly."

May 15, 2025 Mark Warren

John Helldiver in Helldivers 2 opposite a helldiver saluting next to an FRV.

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Every Little Helps | As Super Earth beckons, Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead is making a key Galactic War system change to help out "the casual diver who only has time for a mission a day"

Also, there's a new character in the Super Earth drama - Major Truth.

May 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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They Always Do | Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy, which inexplicably skipped PC when it came out last year, finally returns home this month

It never made sense why the Stalker: Legends of the Zone Trilogy kind of pretended the PC platform doesn't exist when it was released last year.

May 14, 2025 Sherif Saed

The Meridian Singularity's path to Super Earth in Helldivers 2 opposite a helldiver's helmet.

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Illumi-nother One? | Helldivers 2's upcoming battle for Super Earth might be part of another big update, alleged PlayStation leak suggests, but Arrowhead's CEO is keeping his lips sealed

May 20 could be another seismic day in the Galactic War, if this apparent leak turns out to be accurate.

May 14, 2025 Mark Warren

A Helldiver firing a gun in Helldivers 2 while wearing Masters of Ceremony Warbond armour.

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Hot To Go | Helldivers 2's massive Illuminate invasion day patch, 01.003.000, brings a bunch of fresh weapon balancing as Arrowhead totally revamps gun accuracy and flamethrower damage

A patch so beefy that HD2 director Johan Pilestedt's made mid-sabbatical cameo just to go through the notes.

May 13, 2025 Mark Warren

The guy screaming in Helldivers 2's intro.

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It's Happening! | Fetch the loo roll: Helldivers 2's next big twist is here, as "the full Illuminate fleet is emerging from the Meridia Singularity"

"Nothing is safe - not even the Heart of Democracy itself."

May 13, 2025 Mark Warren

A helldiver overlooking the Galactic War tavble in Helldivers 2 opoosite Barry B Benson in the Bee Movie Game.

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Honeydivers | Helldivers 2 code-crackers are still desperately grappling with Arrowhead's Station-81 mystery, but at least they've got a "Bee Theory"

"Satcom has lost all hope in the Helldivers".

May 12, 2025 Mark Warren

A helldiver looking over the Galactic War map in Helldivers 2 opposite the guy screaming in the game's intro.

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It's Happening | Action stations: Helldivers 2's next big Galactic War twist looks to be kicking off with a huge "STATION-81" tease and livestream

It finally seems to be that brown trousers time that Shams Jorjani teased.

May 9, 2025 Mark Warren

Some helldivers wearing Masters of Ceremony warbond armour.

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Bayon-ehhh... | Helldivers 2's latest Warbond, Masters of Ceremony, breaks Arrowhead's own ruling on helmets with hats, but it's still left a pretty lukewarm initial impression

"Is it cool, yes. Does it look cool, yes. Is it what I expected, no. Is it underwhelming, yes."

May 8, 2025 Mark Warren

Master Chief from Halo and the Quake symbol behind a character from Eve Vanguard

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Unreal Cool | The 00s is back, baby: EVE Vanguard, CCP Games' ambitious MMOFPS, channels some of the best bits of Quake, Unreal Tournament and classic Halo

A Flak Cannon, a Beam Rifle, and a charge pistol… why players of a certain age are going to lose their minds over Vanguard’s throwback weaponry.

May 7, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

A character and ship firing a missile in Starfield's Watchtower creation.

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Watch Out | Bethesda drops a Starfield update with no DLC news, unless you count a whole new faction from the folks behind Fallout 4's Sim Settlements arriving this month

It's a Creation Club thing, so that'll probably dictate how good this news is in your book.

May 7, 2025 Mark Warren

John Helldiver getting ready for battle in Helldivers 2 opposite a Voteless enemy.

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Hold Stations | "They are coming" Helldivers 2 players reckon their latest mission is the "epilogue" to this act of the Galactic War, and they're ready for another big twist

Some Super Earth soldiers reckon Arrowhead's next press of the LIBCON ONE button could come midway through this order.

May 6, 2025 Mark Warren

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Master Hoarder | The pet rooster in Arc Raiders is one of its most endearing characters, but only one player managed to upgrade it to max level

Talk to anyone who played the recent Arc Raiders tech test, and they'll tell you that Scrappy is a real homie.

May 6, 2025 Sherif Saed

A clone stands and looks at a shelf full of weapons on a war barge (all pale light and yellow highlights) in Eve Vanguard.

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Also Van | EVE Vanguard, the MMOFPS that promises to “truly respect your time”, finally has a release date (of sorts): it’s coming to Steam Early Access next summer

Taking cues from Helldivers 2 and other persistent-world shooters, EVE Vanguard will finally show you its chops in 2026.

May 2, 2025 Dom Peppiatt

Some helldivers gathered around a console in Helldivers 2.

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Get Some Air | Helldivers 2 director Pilestedt pops up mid-sabbatical to reveal that dropping onto planets is more terrifying than any of us realised, because of a missing animation

"Wait, I didn't have to hold my breath until I landed?"

May 1, 2025 Mark Warren

Split image featuring a helmeted soldier in Arc Raiders, and a helmeted soldier in PUBG.

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Arc Battlegrounds | Arc Raiders does so much to remind me of classic PUBG, and I can’t possibly think of a more flattering compliment

I’ve played around 10 hours of Arc Raiders, and the only thing I kept thinking of is how much classic PUBG-coded its best moments are.

April 30, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Helldivers battling in front of the Meridian Singularity in Helldivers 2.

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Illumi-no-scoped | Wahey, Helldivers 2 players have finally stopped the Meridian death ball's advance towards Super Earth, and the Illuminate have responded by rage quitting the war for now

I'm sure everyone's about to get an OG Xbox Live-style message full of squid swearing.

April 30, 2025 Mark Warren

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Iron Sights | Arc Raiders is already one of the most polished and immediately satisfying extraction shooters, and it’s not even out yet

There’s a lot to love about Arc Raiders, but more than anything, I admire how well thought-out many of its mechanics are.

April 29, 2025 Sherif Saed

A Helldiver in Helldivers 2 opposite the Super Earth flag on a desert planet.

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Updates Incoming? | "You’ll be needing them for the fight to come" Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead reveals when it'll announce its next Warbond, and teases "more exciting news" soon

"We know it’s been a while since our last update, fear not - we are cooking!"

April 29, 2025 Mark Warren

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April 25, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

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Play in the Sandbox | Dune Awakening preview: a loving recreation of a beloved sci-fi property that offers more questions than answers, but it's a good start

Dune Awakening is about as loving an adaptation of the Herbert's universe as you could get, to a fault.

April 25, 2025 Connor Makar

An Illuminate in Helldivers 2 opposite a helldiver at the Galactic War table.

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2 vs 1? No Prob | Helldivers 2 players just fended off an attack right on Super Earth's doorstep, but they're still begging Arrowhead to let them fight Illuminate/Terminid tag teams

Also, a dataminer claims an "Illuminate Invasion of Super Earth" is being tested.

April 22, 2025 Mark Warren

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April 20, 2025 Kelsey Raynor

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Arcing Towards TT2 | Arc Raiders will show off how much has changed when the next tech test begins later this month

Embark is bringing Arc Raiders back online for another tech test ahead of the game's official launch later this year, and this is your chance to play it.

April 16, 2025 Sherif Saed

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Elden Ring Best Ashes of War: How to use and duplicate Ashes of War

Ashes of War in Elden Ring are powerful special moves which bind to your equipment. Here's how to equip them.

April 15, 2025 James Billcliffe

A Helldiver wearing Borderline Justice Warbond gear in Helldivers 2 opposite an Automaton base.

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Tech Turnaround? | Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead is "100% aware" the game's performance "ain't great now", but it has "numerous things in motion" and should share details soon

Shams Jorjani also teased that the big Democracy Space Station "has barely scratched its potential" so far.

April 14, 2025 Mark Warren

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Players wearing gear from Helldivers 2's Chemical Agents Warbond sprinting through a cloud of gas.

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No Mist Opps | Helldivers 2 players have just been given a chance to "finally stop the Meridian Wormhole" from exploding more planets, but it means going back into the spooky bug fog

A return to the gloom beckons, and folks seem pretty up for it.

April 11, 2025 Mark Warren

A helldiver looking out on the galactic war table in Helldivers 2.

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Illumiwaiting Again | With Malevelon Creek saved again, Helldivers 2 players aren't really mourning another planet having gone pop in the process because they reckon a big update could be imminent

Sorry, Ivis. Hopefully at least a couple of people poured one out for you on Friday night.

April 7, 2025 Mark Warren

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Expect A Payday | Unlike GTFO, Den of Wolves will have both microtransactions and DLC, but that doesn’t mean 10 Chambers is going to put any “manipulative stuff” into its next game

With a growing studio to look after, 10 Chambers is reappraising its approach to monetization. But don’t worry, the dev knows you will ‘vote with your wallet’.

April 1, 2025 Dom Peppiatt