Super Earth is under attack, and Helldivers 2's trouser-browning update is finally here—with weapon customisation, new Illuminate troops, and an inevitable battle on democracy's home turf

It turns out that the prophesied Helldivers 2 patch that would make you, erm, soil your breeches(?) was definitely still in the pipeline, no pun intended. Helldivers 2 just got a massive, hefty update that's shaken up the game's progression system in a major way and, for the first time, brought Super Earth under threat.

The Illuminate are back, and they're miffed. After a long, drag-out brawl with a Discord ARG, the Helldivers 2 community finally solved all the satellite's devious little puzzles, which led to… 11 hours of a static screen showing a slowly approaching singularity. The conclusion of the stream, though, was sick as hell.