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’

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…

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Ukraine recreates famous lost salt mine in Minecraft ‘to tell the world about their history and struggle for freedom’

As part of Ukraine’s ongoing effort to combat Russian disinformation and memorialize its own history, the United24 charity has teamed up with Minecraft creator Endorah for Minesalt, a recreation of 16 real-world locations from the town of Soledar, at one time home to the largest salt production facility in Europe. Soledar was the focal point…

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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

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.” After Joel’s departure, the remaining players are…

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Helldivers 2 CEO says they’ll ‘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…

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Overwatch 2 has killed any remaining hope for its future PvE missions, with the mode being scrapped in favour of going all-in on PvP

Blizzard has completely gutted its planned PvE content for Overwatch 2, and will instead “double down” on PvP. That’s according to a Bloomberg newsletter and information that PC Gamer also corroborated separately.  It’s a disappointing conclusion to an 18-month wait, albeit one that’s not all too surprising given last year’s cancellation of the game’s hero…

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