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And here are the Helldivers II news of today, Do what you want with them:

'The Automaton front needs reinforcements': Helldivers 2 players are pleading for help for a bot-threatened planet, but no one's stepping up
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/the-automaton-front-needs-reinforcements-helldivers-2-players-are-pleading-for-help-for-a-bot-threatened-planet-but-no-ones-stepping-up/
Things are looking desperate on the Western Front in Helldivers 2 as some players are trying to recruit soldiers to rush Mantes and stop the breakout in the Xzar sector, but their calls for aid aren't being answered. 

Helldivers 2 CEO says they'll 'never' turn off friendly fire: 'We would have to turn off bullet damage against enemies as well'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-ceo-says-theyll-never-turn-off-friendly-fire-we-would-have-to-turn-off-bullet-damage-against-enemies-as-well/
Helldivers 2's breakout success continues, with the game sitting pretty near the top of Steam's top-selling and most-played games lists and boasting over 250,000 "very positive" reviews. Partly that's because it's a total blast, and the overarching galactic war is being played out beautifully, but not a little is down to the game's willingness to stick to its guns when it comes to certain principles: for instance, friendly fire.

Don't be fooled by a fake Joel: Helldivers 2's game master probably didn't drop an unreleased vehicle into a random player's game, but someone did
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/dont-be-fooled-by-a-fake-joel-helldivers-2s-game-master-probably-didnt-drop-an-unreleased-vehicle-into-a-random-players-game-but-someone-did/
The Helldivers 2 community took the latest in a series of surprised gasps this weekend when a video emerged purporting to show Arrowhead game master Joel joining a random player's game, dropping an unreleased vehicle onto the battlefield, and then leaving so he can "get back to work."
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While it'd be on-brand for Arrowhead to reveal a major new feature by making something randomly appear for players, unfortunately, that's probably not what's happening here. Judging by what we already know about vehicles in Helldivers 2, and what little we know about Arrowhead's mysterious dungeon master, it's much more likely that we're dealing with a Joel impersonator who should be reported to the Ministry of Truth.

Helldivers 2 CEO spills the beans on an unreleased 'heavy machine gun' with a tripod before immediately correcting himself: 'Never mind. There's so such thing as HMG'
https://www.pcgamer.com/helldivers-2-hmg-heavy-machine-gun-arrowhead-johan-pilestedt/
Like a moth to a flame, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt can't help but tease the future of Helldivers 2 whenever he logs on to Twitter.
Today, after penning a cryptic tweet about giving Super Earth citizens "more officially regulated and mandated freedom," Pilestedt replied to one fan's concept for a tripod-equipped minigun with a curious insight into a different, unreleased Helldivers 2 gun.

Arc weapons shouldn't crash your game anymore in Helldivers 2, so you can zap to your heart's content
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-weapons-shouldnt-crash-your-game-anymore-in-helldivers-2-so-you-can-zap-to-your-hearts-content/
The latest Warbond for Helldivers 2 includes a lot of ways to dispense electric justice—and ways to survive those zaps when they inevitably blow back in your face. Unfortunately, an entirely different problem's been slaying Helldivers lately: A frozen game client.
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Fortunately, that should all be fixed now. Arc weapons and stratagems should no longer crash your game. Community Manager Baskinator also shared a list of known issues the team at Arrowhead's still working on, as per the game's official Discord: