HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

With the Illuminate now on the verge of defeat, Helldivers 2 was just hit with a fresh barrage of Steam review bombing apparently rooted in a Galactic War comms mix-up

Helldivers 2 has been hit with a fresh burst of negative reviews on Steam over the past couple of days, and it looks like the reason for this uptick is rooted in an alleged Galactic War messaging mix-up involving Chinese players keen to defeat the Illuminate.

Patch 01.003.004

Emergency Update incoming from high command and Release Captain Carlberg.
It has come to our attention that the Illuminate menace has scrambled our stratagem pads input matrix resulting in loss of combat strength.
Issuing a firmware update to all Helldivers input pads for a stronger connection to the Super Destroyer

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

Fix for fast input of stratagem commands not working correctly

Now go forth and spread our message of Democracy

Only two cities are still standing in Helldivers 2's battle for Super Earth, and Arrowhead's kicked off an extra mission that might heal the player base's biggest divide

The last stage of Helldivers 2's battle for Super Earth is coming down to the wire, as we all expected, wth just two of the planet's seven mega cities still holding out against The Illuminate. Cue another extra major order to help the major order, and one that'll cater to the folks who've spent the whole squid invasion half a galaxy away.

UPDATE (30/05/25, 10:30 AM BST): Arrowhead community manager Miitchimus has just announced via the Helldivers 2 Discord server that Arrowhead has issued an "emergency hotfix" to curb this issue with "fast input of stratagem commands not working correctly".

Time must fly when you're having fun. Or at least when you're defending Super Earth from a huge Illuminate invasion. Helldivers 2's latest major order is the "final phase" of the battle for the divers' home planet that's been raging since the Heart of Democracy update dropped on May 20.