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Helldivers 2's departing CM reflects on being the mouthpiece for Super Earth as the game went galactic: 'Crazy, mostly in a good way'

"You rarely plan for a global phenomenon."

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As Helldivers 2's new Democracy Space Station guns down the divers who helped build it, one dev says Arrowhead need to "own that and adapt" but warns that "things are rarely crap or fantastic" at first

"We need to own that and adapt"

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Uh oh—Helldivers 2's state-owned missile platform players voted into existence is blowing them up, with Arrowhead giving players free shield generators while it figures out what happened

Voting for the "leopards blew up my face" party.

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Helldivers 2 devs move to prevent another "Accountgate" as Steam asks players to accept PlayStation EULA following new law on digital games: "No practical change"

"There's no practical change at all" and it's just one blue button

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Helldivers 2 dev echoes Diablo 4 and Palworld teams and says it's OK to take a break from a game and come back later, "especially a live service one"

"I hope you'll stick around, but there's nothing wrong with playing a game and revisiting it at a later state"

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Helldivers 2 dev says "no new Warbond yet," reaffirming Arrowhead's commitment to slow them down and provide quality over quantity

We don't know when we'll see Arrowhead's next Warbond

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'Seems the Spear is cursed': Even in an otherwise good Helldivers 2 patch, the FAF-14 Spear can't catch a break as it starts crashing games

Why do I feel sympathy for a rocket launcher.

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Helldivers 2 studio working on a "solution" for players "getting kicked by an a**ehole lobby leader" before getting mission rewards

"It's coming"

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Helldivers 2’s next update will begin to reverse some controversial weapons nerfs, but won’t be “the patch to rule all other patches”

"There'll be some balancing, some new stuff, some improved stuff"

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Helldivers 2 studio wants to slow down the pace of updates: 'We feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you, and the game'

Arrowhead Game Studios may finally be easing up on the hectic pace.

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Helldivers 2 is slowing down the release of new patches "to maintain the quality standard we want and you deserve"

"ATM we feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you and the game."

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Helldivers 2 dev says patrol spawn rates are busted and that Arrowhead's walking its changes back, but 'we want to give it proper testing' to 'see that it works this time'

Slow and steady wins the war.

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Arrowhead Games is feeling the pressure from Helldivers 2's successes—and its blunders, community manager reveals: 'many of us at AH more or less lost a week' due to the PSN controversy

Pressure, pushin' down on me.

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Arrowhead is actually making a 'review bomb' cape to commemorate the Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco, complete with two huge negative review bars

Sony's PSN blunder will be immortalized on a cape.

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Many Helldivers 2 devs lost a week of work due to Sony's "PSN-gate," and they were already struggling with "massive pressure" from the shooter's explosive launch

"We're hiring and learning, though!"

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Helldivers 2 devs remind players "it's Sony's decision, not ours" amid PSN backlash: "We always knew this day would get here, and it's going about how I expected"

Sony does what Arrowheadon't

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Sweet liberty, are Helldivers 2 players not happy about having to link their Steam accounts to the PlayStation hive mind

10,000 negative reviews and counting.

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Alright, fun's over—Helldivers 2 wants you to link your Steam account with a PlayStation Network one, with Sony reminding players it was a 'grace period'

I'm sure this'll go down smooth.

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Helldivers 2 dev doesn't want the shooter to become "Kingdom Hearts or Fortnite," but is open to crossovers if they "make sense"

Lightsabers would not be plausible

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Arrowhead is aware Helldivers 2 players are using an 'undemocratic' exploit to easily farm Super Credits, but doesn't seem too worried about it

Simply playing Helldivers 2 is a pretty good way to farm Super Credits, too.

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 devs are reworking "fire as a whole" after admitting the way it works now is "ridiculous"

The works – DPS, DOT, the host thingie, not dying in two seconds from just touching it etc

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Helldivers 2 dev says melee weapons are a 'plausible' addition but they won't be Star Wars lightsabers: 'we don't want to be Fortnite'

I just want to smash some bugs with a hammer, is that too much to ask?

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Helldivers 2 reward system will get an 'overhaul' because right now it's 'about as reliable as a solar-powered watch in Malevelon Creek'

For the record, that is not very reliable at all.

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As delayed Helldivers 2 medal payouts trickle in, dev says "we've realized that we need to do an overhaul" on the whole reward system

"It's frankly about as reliable as a solar-powered watch in Malevelon Creek"

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'Hang in there': A fix for all those Helldivers 2 freeze-ups should ideally land 'well before the Warbond', says community manager

Democracy freezes for no one.

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