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Andy Chalk

Helldivers 2 players get all wound up as galactic map briefly reveals the presence of the Illuminate, but Arrowhead CEO dismisses it all as 'fake news'

Helldivers 2.

Helldivers 2 players have been waiting a long time, and through multiple teases, for the arrival of the Illuminate, the technologically advanced civilization that, along with the Terminids and Automatons, provided the three enemy factions in the original Helldivers. The Illuminate still haven't made their big appearance, but a fresh new tease suggests they could be getting closer.

As reported by Forbes, the most recent sign of someone new to shoot at came by way of the Helldivers 2 map, which for a brief moment displayed several sectors of space occupied by an unidentified force. Multiple divers captured images of the map and shared them to Reddit:

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