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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

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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.

PC Gamer

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

GamesRadar

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.

Windows Central

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

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

PC Gamer

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.

Windows Central

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?

PC Gamer

"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

GamesRadar

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.

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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.

TechRadar

Helldivers 2 fixes 'pesky bug' that made players' Super Credits disappear

Arrowhead Game Studios has fixed an ongoing Helldivers 2 bug that was making purchased Super Credits go missing.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 devs say no, farmers aren't handing planets to the Automatons on a silver platter—they just aren't helping

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Helldivers 2 celebrates victory over server capacity issues as devs move "to focus on improvements" like armored mechs: "Many exciting things upcoming!"

Following Helldivers 2's smooth server performance this past weekend, developer Arrowhead is shifting gears to focus on content updates.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2's first big war isn't suffering because of tough evac missions or medal-hoarding farmers—it's the pass-or-fail reward structure that's spoiling the fun

A case for positive reinforcement over punishment.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 CEO talks DLSS and FSR: 'When you are in a prio meeting and it's more awesome content vs more tech the decision is easy…'

You can't please all people, all of the time, but that never stops people from complaining.

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 dev now focused on improvements and returning to its "original plan" after the shooter celebrates its first weekend without server issues

Creative director Johan Pilestedt promises "many exciting things" are on the way

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 servers are being raised to support 800k players to tackle long queues: "How crazy is this message from a studio of 100?"

Arrowhead Studios CEO says there might only be some "light queues"

PC Gamer

Etsy is already overrun with bootleg Helldivers 2 merch

It's bad behavior that's bad for the gaming ecosystem.

Tom’s Guide

Latest Helldivers 2 patch raises server cap to 700,000 concurrent players to cut down on wait times

Arrowhead Game Studio raises server cap on Helldivers 2 to 700,000 concurrent players to make wait times "more bearable."

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