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Arrowhead says Helldivers 2's D&D style game master is 'something that a video game has never done before' and knew it would be 'divisive' with players

Arrowhead Game Studios says it knew that Helldivers 2's game master would be "divisive" with players.

TechRadar

Helldivers 2 uses its game master to stop the live service side from being 'just a calendar with automated events tied to major holidays'

"We knew it would be divisive!"

PC Gamer

It's not just mechs: Helldivers 2 leaks show Halo Warthog-style vehicles and APCs, too

Helldivers 2's upcoming mechs have appeared in various leaked gameplay videos, but they're not the only vehicles players have gotten their hands on.

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In a big win for democracy, Helldivers 2 sales keep rising 3 weeks from launch: "An honest-to-goodness inverse decay curve so far"

Arrowhead's co-op shooter is defying all expectations

GamesRadar

Good news: Helldivers 2 daily orders are finally back, so now everyone has a little something extra to fight for

Helldivers 2's daily orders have been MIA for a few weeks, but now they're back and available once more.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 needed its own D&D-type game master because the co-op shooter "is going to run for a long time, we'd love to see it go for many years"

Arrowhead's dungeon master was put in place to "keep the never-ending war engaging for players"

GamesRadar

Read Arrowhead CEO's epic response when a console fanboy tries to drag Xbox and Halo fans over Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is an awesome game, and so is Halo Infinite. They're not really anything alike, though. But that hasn't stopped some weird console fanboys attempting to draw comparisons.

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Helldivers 2 dev reveals how the game's most confusing mechanic works, but only kind of: "Honestly I don't know either"

Confused by Helldivers 2's armor penetration system? This new explanation of it from Arrowhead's CEO (mostly) clears things up.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 players are arguing over playing casually or sticking to the 'meta,' and they're both right

There is no one way to enjoy Helldivers 2.

PC Gamer

Big Helldivers 2 balance changes are on the way, so hopefully everyone can stop arguing about meta loadouts soon

Helldivers 2's meta is pretty set in stone right now, but Arrowhead says balance changes are coming to shake things up.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 has a balance patch coming, but 'it mostly consists of simple stat changes', says senior game designer

Un-breaking the Breaker.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 lights the way for AAA – by rejecting its norms

Opinion | How to win friends and influence people by embracing friendly fire

GamesRadar

Steam players warned over scam Helldivers 2 games with steep discounts

One player downloaded a fake that turned out to be a retro indie game

Evening Standard

Helldivers 2 boss finds Starship Troopers renaissance 'humbling,' says the game is that 'without the plot armour', and nothing captures that better than your frantic near-death videos

Next time you die to a brood commander, imagine Johan Pilestedt steepling his fingers and smiling.

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Helldivers 2 and Palworld teams call out "sad and frustrating" Steam copycats after fakes hit Valve's storefront overnight

Escape From Tarkov, Last Epoch, and other popular games have also been targeted

Windows Central

Several fake Helldivers 2 scam listings appear on Steam in the dead of night, prompting Arrowhead to call in 500kg bomb-sized takedowns

Multiple fake Helldivers 2 listings recently went up on Steam, but Arrowhead and Valve were quick to give them the boot.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 players become part Automaton by mapping stratagems to a Stream Deck

Those pesky stratagems codes can be automated, but should they be?

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 director explains the limits of Joel the Game Master's power: "The war fought and liberation of planets — that's all you"

The creative director behind Helldivers 2 has clarified exactly what Joel the Game Master can and can't do.

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Helldivers 2 Game Master Joel Influences Solar System-Wide War

Discover the unique role of 'Game Master' Joel at Arrowhead in managing Helldivers 2 gameplay, adding excitement and unpredictability to the solar system-w...

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Over 180,000 Helldivers 2 players are storming a single planet and are on track to liberate it in under 24 hours—unless Arrowhead's devious DM gets mean again

You wanna live forever?

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"Malevon Creek was literally an inside job": Helldivers 2 grunts in pieces after learning a real-life D&D game master is beating their asses in the Galactic War

Hi name is Joel, apparently

PC Gamer

Arrowhead CEO says the 'live service' aspect of Helldivers 2 has to be secondary to delivering a 'full experience' for $40: 'We view ourselves as a live service game because it's unfair to say anything else'

Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt is just a little bit reluctant about embracing the live service label.

PC Gamer

'We have an actual person with the title of Game Master': A single Helldivers 2 dev named Joel is pulling the strings on its galactic war like an all-powerful D&D dungeon master, war will become 'more and more sophisticated over time'

Arrowhead has noticed the "attachments" players have to planets and will make them more of a character in the future.

PC Gamer

Leaked Helldivers 2 video shows multiple mechs in live combat

We knew mechs were "coming soon," but they may be coming sooner than we thought.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2's Automatons just handed the community its first big L, and meager rewards and bad mission design are to blame

We just lost our first major conflict against Helldivers 2's Automatons, but it's not our fault. Here's why.

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