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Tyler Wilde

Illuminates invade! Helldivers 2's biggest update yet drops today with a new alien faction and four-person vehicle

Helldivers 2 illuminids.

Super Earth needs us more than ever: Joining the Terminids and Automotons, Helldivers 2's much-teased third faction has just been added in a surprise update called Omens of Tyranny, which was announced during The Game Awards. The mind-controlling Illuminates are "back with a vengeance" after previously being exiled from the galaxy, and Helldivers 2 creative lead Johan Pilestedt says that even experienced defenders of Super Earth should expect the new alien threat to give them trouble.

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