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Helldivers 2 wants you to make sure virtual citizens don't wet the bed, and also here's another free cape

You need to buck your ideas up and start doing better. No, it's not what your parents say whenever you tell them what you're up to for a living, it's what Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead are basically telling players with the shooter's latest major order.

Get out there with those stabby flags and murder-death millions of the enemies Super Earth's citizens are most afraid of, in order to restore their faith in your ability to protect them by murder-deathing things. It's not all tough love, though. There's also another free cape for folks who helped solve a puzzle in May.

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Helldivers 3 is "hopefully many years away" says Arrowhead's CEO, who did not vote for gun

Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead have made clear that they're still very much all-in on the game right now, with adding more stuff to the good shootery thing they've got going being the main focus. That said, the studio's bigwigs have provided a couple of hints at what the future might hold for them, with the latest being that Helldivers 3 is "hopefully many years away".

Also, they aren't fans of players voting to rename a city on Super Earth 'Gun', which is a thing that's been going on in Helldiverland lately.

Patch 01.003.201

[p]Issuing an Emergency Hot Fix from High Command[/p]

Overview

[p]Crash Fix[/p]

[h2]Fix[/h2]

[p]Fix for the host crashing the game for other players when planting the CQC-1 One True Flag stratagem[/p]

New Helldivers 2 update makes Super Earth flags even more lethal

When fighting against aliens that will stop at nothing to end you, everything should be considered a potential weapon - even flags. And thanks to groundbreaking military research from Arrowhead, the latest Helldivers 2 update has made those portable battle banners even pointier. What does this mean? Well, you can now proudly plant Super Earth's flag directly into your enemies with even more force.

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