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Austin Wood

Helldivers 2 propaganda hits a new peak as devs lie about flying bugs while players forge documents: "These traitors are working overtime to fill your heads with lies"

Helldivers 2 story trailer.

The undercurrent of propaganda that shapes Helldivers 2's obnoxiously yet endearingly democratic universe has truly boiled over in the wake of conflicting, definitely real reports from the game's community and developers alike.

The straw that truly broke the camel's back was the recent discovery of new flying Terminids, the reports of which were quickly dismissed as "propaganda from bug sympathizers" by Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers 2 game director Johan Pilestedt. Community and social manager Katherine "Baskinator" Baskin echoed Pilestedt, saying: "These traitors are working overtime to fill your heads with lies, soldiers!" 

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