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Crashing servers, flame wars, and a 60-day path to redemption—the utterly chaotic first year of Helldivers 2 has been a democratic doozy

The passion of liberty burns hot and cold.

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Helldivers 2 galactic war timeline: Every major event that's happened so far

The first year of the Second Galactic War was legendary.

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'The guns weren't doing what it says on the box': Johan Pilestedt reflects on Helldivers 2 balance changes that disrupted the positive vibes

Arrowhead wants to better cater to both social players and those who play for "mastery."

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Helldivers 2 boss hopes Illuminates will be a 'tremendous challenge' for hardened vets of the galactic war

We're gonna need a lot of medals to send to a lot of families.

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Arrowhead boss sees Helldivers 2 players pulling off 'gambits,' loves it, and 'wants to keep investing in' community war tactics

"That's where the galactic war shines."

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'Joel is now a team of people working together': Helldivers 2's game master has evolved into a hivemind

Arrowhead boss Johan Pilestedt updates us on Joel's war antics, and how Helldivers 2 will continue evolving with the community in its second year.

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

We got a tour of Omens of Tyranny with Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt: Here's what to expect when you answer democracy's call.

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Helldivers 2's director can't believe its music hasn't won more GOTY awards, but the shooter's composer is happy because he had almost quit games forever

"What I thought was impossible came true."

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Helldivers 2 creative director once said transmog "doesn't make sense" for the shooter, but has now confirmed Arrowhead is "looking into" armor color customization

This could be huge for Super Earth's most fashion-conscious soldiers

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Helldivers' creative boss doesn't want to 'dilute' it with crossovers, but his list of dream choices has some real deep cuts

You'd probably love at least one of his ideas.

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From Warhammer 40K to Star Wars, Helldivers 2 creative director "would love to do a take on" loads of IP, but doing them all would be a "not Helldivers" experience

He clarifies that his ideas are "just musings," with "nothing decided yet"

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Helldivers 2's 60-day patch, which was due this weekend, is now a 63-day patch because oops, turns out there's a Saturday in the way

"We don't wanna break the game while you're playing the game."

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Helldivers 2's 60-day recovery plan is now a 63-day recovery plan, as Arrowhead delays its big patch at the last minute because "we didn't look at the calendar"

"We don't patch during weekends, because we don't want to break the game while you're playing the game"

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Helldivers 2 lead says the game's balance problems were "a leadership issue more than anything" and the new buff patch was made by "the same people" who made the nerfs

Johan Pilestedt says Helldivers 2's low moments are due to a lack of cohesion in the studio

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With Space Marine 2 out, Helldivers 2 players can't help but notice a familiar 40K face in the superstore

Now you can deliver democracy in (unofficial) 40K cosplay

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Helldivers 2 CCO Johan Pilestedt wants players to take the high road and avoid a faction war with Space Marine 2: 'You can enjoy as many games as you want'

War, what is it good for?

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Helldivers 2 boss responds to sentiment that Space Marine 2 could eat their lunch: "We should be grateful for getting several awesome games"

Johan Pilestedt would've loved to have these two shooters "as a kid"

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As the first big Helldivers 2 patch of Arrowhead's 60-day plan wins back divers, the shooter's creative director agrees that "nerfing is an unimaginative way of tweaking a game"

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Helldivers 2 is buffing the iconic Eagle 500KG Bomb to the level it was "supposed to be" at all along: "Big booms should boom big"

The Stratagem's damage radius should now match its massive explosion

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Helldivers 2's mega-buff patch also nerfs Rocket Devastators and Gunships: "I'm hiding behind a rock, they blow their load all over me, and then I can move out of cover"

One of the shooter's most annoying enemies gets a nerf

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Helldivers 2's most-popular shotgun is finally getting a buff, reverting the Breaker to what it was at launch

As part of Arrowhead's 60-day-plan to rework the shooter

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Helldivers 2 devs weren't kidding about huge buffs coming this month – the Railgun is about to utterly destroy large enemies: "We kind of quadrupled that"

The big September 17 Helldivers 2 update gets juicier by the day

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Helldivers 2 creative director says it's a better, sillier world when physics bugs can kill players for jumping past the wrong lamppost: 'Realism can suck it'

Watch your step.

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Helldivers 2 creative director says "the balance/realism can suck it" for one bug that's probably not "worth fixing due to how hilarious it is"

A different kind of murderous bug

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Helldivers 2 devs casually reveal they're quadrupling the Railgun's durable damage, while CCO Pilestedt says kit like the Recoilless Rifle will become a 'delete key', and oh, do I like the sound of that

Stop! I can only get so democratic!

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