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The Helldivers 2 articles of today:

Helldivers 2 players are dousing planets in poison gas that Super Earth says will 'permanently' destroy the bugs, but we all know what Joel's really up to
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-players-are-dousing-planets-in-poison-gas-that-super-earth-says-will-permanently-destroy-the-bugs-but-we-all-know-what-joels-really-up-to/
Greetings, helldivers. An official Super Earth communiqué puts the latest Helldivers 2 major order in no uncertain terms: the goal is to "permanently contain" the bugs by dousing four planets in special "Termicide" gas. It's up to the players themselves to activate these Termicide towers, a welcome new mission type that's been added to the four bordering planets on the Terminid front.
The plan, as outlined in an in-fiction news broadcast published by Arrowhead today, seems foolproof: gas 'em, drop 'em, then we're bug-free forever. I'm sure it'll go exactly as predicted. There's no way that, say, Termicide will actually have the opposite effect on the bugs, causing unexpected mutations that create new breeds of horrible.

Starship Troopers star Casper Van Dien is ready to do his part for Helldivers 2
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/starship-troopers-star-casper-van-dien-is-ready-to-do-his-part-for-helldivers-2/
Arrowhead's ode to friendly fire Helldivers 2 has led to a bit of a Starship Troopers renaissance, with players discovering or rediscovering Paul Verhoeven's 1997 movie based on Robert A. Heinlein's sci-fi novel. Casper Van Dien, who played football star turned space marine Johnny Rico in Starship Troopers, responded by suggesting a crossover movie on Twitter.
While that's unlikely, the Helldivers 2 trailers—which have certainly hit on a, shall we say, rather similar tone—have seen players suggest that Arrowhead should make a commercial for the game featuring either Van Dien or one of his co-stars, like Neil Patrick Harris. Van Dien liked the idea enough to reply with a vibrating gif of himself as Johnny Rico that said, "DESIRE TO KNOW MORE INTENSIFIES."
>> For what’s worth, I wasted some time and looked at who produced the movies. It was TriStar Pictures (with Touchstone Pictures handling the international distribution). TriStar Pictures is owned by Sony, who is the publisher of the game. So there may be a slim chance of a collaboration.

Uh oh: A single suit of armour in the latest Helldivers 2 Warbond makes 4-person Arc Thrower squads viable, in case you'd like to unleash electric mayhem
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/uh-oh-a-single-suit-of-armour-in-the-latest-helldivers-2-warbond-makes-4-person-arc-thrower-squads-viable-in-case-youd-like-to-unleash-electric-mayhem/
Helldivers 2's latest Warbond is now here—and the future's looking electric, baby. Everything in this kit is centred around zapping the enemies of democracy into a fine mist with lashes of lightning. Stun grenades, laser pistols, and a plasma shotgun. Liberty's never smelled so sweet, or quite so much like burned hair.