After nearly two full days of prolonged and brutal fighting upon the scorching hot surface of the planet Pöpli IX — and coming off the heels of a huge win against the Illuminate — Helldivers 2 players have managed to repel what is undoubtedly the Automatons' deadliest invasion yet.
The battle began in the midst of the bots' ongoing week-long campaign to reach and retake Malevelon Creek — a dark jungle world dubbed "Space Vietnam" that became the site of the fiercest battles against the Automatons early in the Galactic War last year. The bots have to take Pöpli IX before they can then assault Mantes and eventually the Creek itself, but remarkably, players have held the line there against all odds.
