Picture this: A chilly autumn breeze ripples through the forest as a battalion of Automatons amble towards an outpost. They move together like cogs in a larger wheel, chanting in their electric tongues as they march, when a peal of thunder breaks their mechanical trance.

But it’s not thunder. It’s you, Helldiver– Liberty’s sharpest shooter taking aim from inside the tree line, busting them down to bolts and puddles of bubbling oil.

On October 20, the Ministry of Defense will authorize deployment of the Scope of Authority Premium Warbond* - the next leap forward in long-range and clandestine combat solutions to guarantee your squad never misses the mark.

The best sniper knows the balance of stability and power is a delicate one, and a primary sniper rifle that can balance both is a tall order. After extensive research and trials in the Ministry of Defense, they have developed an elegant solution: The R-40 Sightliner bolt-action sniper rifle. Your trusty sidekick with the eagle eyes, the Sightliner can provide powerful armor piercing rounds and long-range precision.

The perfect companion to the exactitude of a sniper rifle primary is something that can provide that same steadfastness with the speed and versatility of a pistol. That brings us to the purpose-built P-44 Mist, a one-handed machine pistol designed for a compact carry. If the enemy closes in on you, carve a path out with the help of the P-44!

As we have faced larger and more heavily-armored foes, we have responded by making a more powerful and armor-penetrating, backpack-fed, colossal anti-materiel rifle featuring assisted reload: the AMW-20 Apex. The Apex is far from subtle, but there is not much in the galaxy that could survive an assault from it.

For the advanced tech-loving teams, there is a new entry to the LAS series of energy weapons: the LAS-44 Nova! This sleek rifle has the luxury of infinite ammo provided by weapons of its type, but it fires a high-precision non-explosive thermal projectile after a short charge cycle. A new optimization routine designed specifically for better cooldown performance means your rifle will be firing longer after all targets have been eliminated.

When thrown, the G-11 Caltrops scatters a wide field of proximity-detonated submunitions that slow and stun foes, making them easier to get in your sights.

Long distance shooters know better than anyone how much time you spend in the cover of nature to get your shot. That’s why the SS-33 Mimetic Marshal light armor is inspired by old-fashioned ghillie suits without sacrificing on modern tactical polish. Utilizing state-of-the-art light-diffusing netting and adaptive fiber technology, the Mimetic Marshall, and the coordinating Mimetic Mesh cape and player card, will let you blend into your surroundings while keeping you light enough on your feet to move in on your mark.

If your tactical approach mixes in more forward marching than camping in the bushes, the SS-15 Focal Point medium armor can round out the edges of your loadout with integrated adaptive camouflage and cutting-edge optics in a stylish asymmetrical visor. The Focal Point armor looks best paired with the Boundary Banner cape and player card.

No matter which one you choose for the job, both armors are equipped with the Stationary Shroud passive, which reduces weapon sway and detection range by mimicking foliage concealment while in the crouched or prone position. Crouch down and watch as your Helldiver disappears into the wilderness around you: the perfect cover.

Along with the impressive stratagems, weapons, and armors, you’ll also get the Manual Ballistic Projection emote and a new title to claim to demonstrate your prowess as a distance shooter: Longshot. 

Helldivers, your scope of authority has just been widened – time to set your sights on enemies of Managed Democracy once and for all. The Scope of Authority Premium Warbond launches October 20!

*Requires base game, Super Credits and game progression to unlock.

Galactic Network Maintenance will occur on Tuesday, October 6th @ 8:00 UTC. Any Helldivers remaining in-atmosphere during the blackout may be lost along with any rewards.

Backend maintenance will last 2 hours. Follow Super Earth communication channels for updates.

From the desk of our Creative Director, Mikael Eriksson

Helldivers,

The Void has been pierced and the Illuminate's latest shenanigans have been decisively dealt with! Well done! 

The Devoid of Liberty launch has run its course and history has been written. Before we dive into whatever comes next, I wanted to take a moment and talk about how I personally think this update landed. 

I consider Devoid of Liberty to be a ‘vertical slice’ of what we want this game to be every week. Not in terms of new content (we can’t keep up with that), but in terms of fantasy cohesion. The Void’s presence transcended the game: it was felt outside of the SE Destroyer windows and the Galactic War map. It was in what you read in the mission descriptions, what you saw on the battlefield, what you heard in the war reporting, and what you created as a community. The throughline was strong across the game and the community. 

This is the future that we’re aiming for: a future where the Galactic War is this interesting and dynamic every day, and felt inside and out of the game. 

With the Void specifically, we wanted to dive deeper on Illuminate lore. We had already explored the Terminid Hive Worlds and the Automaton Cyborg Factories, so it felt like the logical next step to expand our universe. The Illuminate are all about mystery, exploring the unknown, and being confronted with technology and intentions you can't fully understand. With Heart of Democracy, we had already told the classic invasion story of "Aliens attacking innocent civilians!" This time we wanted to explore more about who they really are and how they work.
We wanted the Void to feel like stepping into an oppressive, alien environment that actively resented your presence. From the haunting environmental audio design to the unsettling visual distortion of the Void flora, every element was built to keep Helldivers on edge.

The new enemy variants earned their teeth. The twisted, razor-limbed human experiments proved once again the Illuminate’s blatant disregard for the sanctity of human life, something Super Earth could never relate to. We also expanded on the Illuminate Fleet system, and grouped all Illuminate enemies into different Fleets, which gives flavour but also adds to the believability and gives you more to consider when choosing loadouts. Going forward, this sort of thing is what we’re considering for all factions. We don’t want a one size fits all loadout for any Faction, you should always need to consider what you’re about to engage with. 

SEAF squadmates are the thing I'm most hyped about in this update. Fighting with a squad that follows commands, reacts to the fight (and occasionally hugs you mid-firefight, for reasons) is something Niklas Malmborg and I have talked about doing for a long time. It’s a war, after all! As we continue to expand the game, we want to both explore tighter, less crowded spaces as well as bigger, more chaotic battlefields, and this was a crucial step in that direction for us. We also wanted to give solo players and understaffed squads a genuine lifeline without breaking the four-Helldiver core experience.
The Warhammer 40,000 ‘Castellan's Creed’ Warbond brought new blood in without diluting the tone. As always, we chose our partners with great care. If done wrong, a crossover could feel like it's wearing Super Earth's uniform without buying into Managed Democracy, and that is something we won’t do. I think we threaded that needle and ended up with a Warbond that's genuinely great while staying true to the original IP, and I was very happy to see positive reactions from the Warhammer fans. You guys are known to be particular about details!

Launch stability was too patchy (pun intended). We had nasty crashes on fullscreen terminal interaction and issues for players using ultra-wide monitors. An update of this size needed a cleaner landing, and it took us two follow-up patches to get there.

These big beats should run for longer, and the endings should be more clearly shaped by the community. The two things we've heard most since the Devoid of Liberty launch: you wanted more time in the Void, and you wanted the community choices to shape the ending in impactful ways. Both of these are impacted by how we structured the campaigns: how many phases a Campaign runs, how long content stays live, and how much room our Game Masters have to react to the community in interesting ways. That's the part we're working on iterating on for the next big update.

Some quality-of-life asks are still sitting in the backlog. Assist-reloading and backpack icon clarity were great wins, but there's still a long list of smaller frictions behind them, and they're on the board.

I'm happy with this update, and it was as fun as always to follow the developments live, but I know there's still room to improve. The Void isn't finished with us, and neither are we with it. Stability will stay the priority between updates, and the campaign structure work above is the one to watch for going forwards. 

Thank you for your devotion to diving and dying and diving again. Stay frosty, Helldivers.

For Super Earth. For Liberty.

Hotfix aimed at resolving some crashes for players when using terminals, or users with superwide windows.

Crash Fixes

• Fixed crash that could occur in Fullscreen when opening terminals. 

• Fixed crash that could occur with superwide windows.

🧠 Known Issues[arrowhead.zendesk.com]

• Enemies will no longer target unoccupied vehicles
  
• The career stats now correctly tracks kills from mines, vehicles, drones and backpacks
  
• Players can no longer get stuck in a state where they are unable to be reinforced even after another player throws a reinforcement stratagem or the whole squad dies. This was rare but could happen under poor network conditions
  
• Fixed issue that caused Ice Plant hazard, found on arctic planets, to ragdoll and stagger more than intended.
  
• Stratagem Hero - Destroyer based leaderboards.
  
  • Every super destroyer will have its own leaderboard separate from everyone else. Anyone who is on your super destroyer can play a game and get added to the leaderboard. One entry per player, so one player cannot occupy multiple highscores.

• Bug infestation zone visuals -
  • Bug infested zones, such as the areas around bug outposts and bug objectives, have had their visuals changed to integrate more with the biome/planet they’re on. Zones should now look more different from planet to planet.
    
  • Bug infested zones have had their fog and effects adjusted for better visibility.
    
  • These changes do not affect bug areas with larger degrees of infestation, such as areas inside the Gloom or on Hive Worlds.

• Sometimes enemies did not spawn in a balanced way between players if the team spread out over the map. We also sometimes used the enemy budget on enemies that were far away from players and were not really relevant to them.

• Enemy spawns are more balanced between separated helldivers on missions, giving all players a more consistent game experience.

• Enemy pressure on Helldivers is now measured based on enemies count and distance and used to balance enemy spawns.
  
• In a situation where a Helldiver is on low enemy pressure and the global enemies count reaches the maximum (set for performance reasons), enemies are preferably spawned near them.
  This should address the feeling of roaming into empty outposts in such situations.
  
• When enemies count is over budget, far away enemies are despawned.

• The missions have fallen behind in difficulty, making it so they feel boring and easy for many players that have access to good tools for these types of missions.

• The missions should feel more intense and be more difficult to complete, especially in lobbies with 3-4 players.

• Increased the maximum amount of waves.
  
• Reduced the time between waves to reduce downtime between each wave.
  
  • Reduced the start time between waves from 60 seconds to 42 seconds (the time between waves at the start of the mission).
    
  • Reduced the end time between waves from 40 seconds to 28 seconds (the time between waves at the end of the mission).
    
  • Reduced the maximum time between waves from 10 seconds to 2 seconds (time between waves when finished the previous wave).
• Increased amount of enemies that can spawn in each wave.
  
  • Increased encounter points through the steps of the mission more exponentially.
    
  • Increased encounter points when more players are present.
• Enabled possibility to spawn SEAF troops, when included.

• Chance to spawn Shriekers.

• Randomized loot location and weapons.
  
• Added 3 random groups for loot like ammo, health kits, grenades, weapons.
  
• Added 10 common samples to collect throughout the mission.

• Added UI for each generator showing the health percentage.

• The combination of the Assault rifle and underbarrel grenade launcher made it a flexible weapon, but the amount of ammunition for the grenade launcher did not make it useful enough.

• Lean more into what makes the One-Two different from other Assault rifles.
  
• It should be a flexible assault rifle that can use the underbarrel grenade launcher more often.

• Increased starting amount from 2 to 3
  
• Increased max spare amount from 3 to 5
  
• Increased refills from 3 to 5

• Remove an unintended change that happened when we coded the functionality for the meltagun into the beam system which caused the Trident to become more impacted by vertical climb recoil.

• The intent was not for the Trident to have that much vertical climb recoil.
  
• The main intent for it was to have some recoil to make the weapon feel more impactful to shoot and not to be that much part of the weapons power level.

• Decreased vertical climb recoil from 12 to 2

• Could attach to character and vehicle geometry in unintended ways.
  
• This could lead to:

• sticking to Helldivers and obscure the players vision (or griefing)
  
• sometimes attach to enemies and direct the explosion towards the player
  
• floating mines in the air

• Should not stick to Helldivers and obscure the players vision
  
• Should not stick to Enemies or vehicles in unexpected angles
  
• Prevent melta mines from floating in the air

• The Melta Mine can no longer attach to characters and vehicles
  
• The Melta Mine can land and rest on sufficiently level surfaces of characters and vehicles
  
• The Mine will arm based on a timer from the throw unless it attaches to terrain

• The Orbital precision strike has been falling behind other similar options in usability.

• Make it possible to use it more often and be closer in usability to similar options.

• Decreased cooldown from 90 to 80

• Fixed crash or network disconnect that could occur on levels with bunker caches in them
  
• Fixed a rare crash that could happen when hotjoining on Oil Rig missions
  
• Fixed a crash which could occur when cycling weapon functions whilst having the TED-63 Dynamite equipped and wielding a mounted weapon
  
• Fixed a soft lock within the tutorial, where the Helldiver could get stuck behind the door between section 10 and 11 after it had closed

• GL-52 De-Escalator arc explosion can now hit the wielder of the weapon as intended.
  
• Fixed an issue causing eagle rearm being blocked by anti-air emplacements
  
• Fix wrongly displayed vehicles when cycling fast in the vehicle customization tab.
  
• Made several improvements to automatic weapons fire audio

• Fixed an issue where Wretches and Crushers could clip through the floors of certain structures.
  
• The Spire Gazer will no longer stop firing when a target dies and will instead complete its whole firing cycle.

• Stim inputs will no longer buffer while you are in a vehicle/walker with the map open
  
• Fixed an issue where Message of the Day cannot be scrolled on PC using controllers
  
• Fixed the water levels on the Eradicate Illuminate Forces mission
  
• Fixed issue where landing an A/G-16 Gatling Sentry on the GATER would cause it to sometimes spin out of control
  
• Citizens in the Evacuate Citizens missions no longer lose their way to the Shuttle Bay
  
• Text for several languages is no longer overlapping with the Mission Timer on the Galactic War menu
  
• [Xbox only] Fixed trees rendering incorrectly
  
• Fixed stuttering audio which could occur when melee attacks/emotes hit the environment
  
• Fixed a bug where the cursor movement audio continuously plays, even when the cursor is not moving
  
• Fixed an issue where players using Microsoft IME for complex characters (such as Chinese/Japanese) lost all keyboard controls in-game
  
• Added the correct mission icon for Infiltrate Illuminate Lair
  
• Lure mines and C4 no longer stick to other lure mines or C4 charges
  
• The reward popup now correctly shows the player title icon
  
• Fixed an issue where Helldivers failed to drown upon entering certain Illuminate water shrine wells. Death by drowning will now occur as intended
  
• Fixed an issue where the sub-objective "Retrieve Access Codes" sometimes incorrectly displayed as a primary objective in the "Shoot Down Overship" mission
  
• All illegal broadcasts in the galaxy have been upgraded with sound to make them even more illegal and un-democratic
  
• Fixed an issue in which some points of interest would not show as cleared in the minimap once all the samples got collected
  
• Fixed issue where changing your armor, helmet or cape would sometimes not be seen by other players
  
• Fixed an issue where a Helldiver using a terminal could appear to other players to be facing the wrong direction
  
• Removed misplaced bug hole inside a mission location in the "Destroy Spore Lung" mission
  
• Initial brightness screen is properly displayed during first launch
  
• The Retrieve Recon Craft mission has been enabled for Terminids and Automatons
  
• Fixed an issue where the Helldiver could be flung extremely far if they stood on the Breakthrough's shield while it was being swung
  
• Your Helldiver will correctly prioritize responding to another Helldivers emote over stimming them or giving them ammo
  
• Fixed an issue where in certain situations color grading was being applied inconsistently
  
• Fixed an issue where SEAF used default camo on Hive Worlds. Now use desert camo
  
• Fixed enemy traversal issues in one of the hive world oil pump objectives
  
• Fixed menus sometimes staying open when the game closed all menus
  
• Fixed customized vehicle previews failing or crashing after rapidly changing customization patterns
  
• Fixed HDR UI brightness setting not saving on PC
  
• [Xbox-only] Fixed an issue where the DSS would not be visible on Xbox Series S if the FoV setting was higher than 65
  
• Emotes and Dialogue lines are properly cancelled if the player is knocked down during the emote.
  
• Fixed automatic weapon fire timings at low/fluctuating frame rates
  
• Fix an issue where loot could spawn inside the wall in a certain place
  
• Fixed an issue with the UI not showing all the available stratagems in some cases
  
• Updated Control Center new info sounds
  
• Players will now have information in the objective UI about how many Generators there are to defend and can see their HP percentage
  
• Fixed floating asset in Gather Footage location
  
• P33-Missile Pistol now plays the correct animation when reloaded in first person during one-handed operation
  
• Fixed an issue with the warning UI becoming visible in the subsequent mission if the player left a mission while the warning sign was displayed
  
• Fixed an issue where small and medium melee enemies were unable to attack the GATER
  
• Fixed an issue with Super Earth flag not showing the Super Earth logo
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the Extract E-711 terminal to display text related to a different objective
  
• Helldivers properly rotate in the direction of terminals they interact with
  
• Improved reward caches and spawn amounts in Mega Cities
  
• Fixed decal issue in tutorial mission
  
• Power generators in the 'Evacuate High-Value Assets' mission now show the generator's state on the minimap
  
• Potential fix for crash when an object was destroyed in the same frame it was being attached to another object
  
• Fixed an issue where voice lines could keep playing after they should have stopped
  
  🧠 Known Issues[arrowhead.zendesk.com]https://arrowhead.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/15916898652700--HELLDIVERS-2-Known-Issues[/url

Official transmission: Super Earth High Command.

FAO: All active units and potential new recruits.

Helldivers, the quickest route from tyranny to Liberty is one straight line of righteous operational advancement.

And today you have been granted clearance to forge a path clean through anti-Democratic resistance in your own creative way, armed with the brand-new Ironclad Democracy Warbond*.

Explosive. Decisive. Definitive. The latest technological advancements in battlefield problem-solving and innovative instruments of Freedom are yours to field test with maximum force and minimum restraint.

So, get to your Hellpods and join the trigger-happy YOLO rookies and the cunning, somehow-still-surviving campaign veterans of the Helldiver ranks en route to your nearest hostile hot zone in epic missions of industrial-scale Liberation.

Together you can overwhelm the diabolical forces of evil and crush peace-resistant hostiles under the inexorable Tracks of Justice.

Get out there, Helldivers, and create a legacy that will endure considerably longer than you do.

The Ironclad Democracy Warbond includes:

AR-11 Arbitrator

Primary – The electrical firing mechanism of this assault rifle releases caseless ammunition rounds in rapid succession, while the underslung shotgun delivers battlefield variety with a sudden and fatal surprise.

GL-15 Evictor

Primary – Trade precision for devastating area-of-effect capabilities with a powerful pump-action grenade launcher. The manual single-round reload makes it a highly methodical choice for squads requiring an explosive approach to dispute resolution.

P-34 Breacher

Secondary – Unholster this punishing missile pistol to burn through your target’s armor – or any outer layer – with sticky projectiles powered by phosphorous fuel and loaded with an explosive payoff.

G-60 Anti-Tank Seeker

Equipped with a high-yield payload especially effective against armored vehicles, this smart grenade delivery drone tracks the user’s movements before homing in on nearby enemies and exploding on impact.

G-8 Immolation

For you who likes to burn everything in your path. The immolation grenade sacrifices the boom for a blanket of fire to engulf your target in the blazing heart of Justice.

BFM-16 Tanker

Light Armor – Inspired by the legendary armored cavalry of the First Galactic War, this lightweight suit features integrated acoustic dampeners to shield the wearer from the deafening roar of Freedom… and the disruptive screams of dissidence.

BFM-220 Ironclad

Heavy Armor – Forged from surplus hull plating, this hulking suit features an integrated servo-bracing system and a towering blast-shield collar as favored by Helldiver barbershop quartets heard throughout the galaxy.

Armor Passive – Blunt-Force Mitigation

Makes Helldivers more resistant to being knocked off their feet when under attack and reduces any damage taken from impact and collisions by 30%, while also providing a higher armor rating.

Standard of Rapid Evacuation

Adorned with a fearsome armored division crest, this abbreviated cape ensures the wearer's elite status is clearly broadcast to their subordinates, without the hem becoming fatally entangled in their own vehicle's heavy tread mechanisms.

Shroud of The Juggernaut

The sheer weight of this camouflage shroud perfectly complements a Helldiver operating as a walking tank. Astute observers will also note that the shattered woodland pattern conceals a highly classified, morale-boosting message in Morse code.

Surplus EAT Allocation

Enjoy two free uses of the Expendable Anti-Tank (EAT) Stratagem per mission; that’s enough to grant a full squad one single-use rocket launcher each, provided of course that all squad members employ the proper equipment distribution protocol as standard.

Integrated Extinguishers

For the Helldivers who like to play with fire, we have the Integrated Extinguishers Booster which reduces the time to extinguish flames if you accidentally set your teammates ablaze.

Plus

• Emote – Helmet Durability Check.

• Player Cards – Standard of Rapid Evacuation and Shroud of The Juggernaut.

• Title – Treadhead.

• A Premium Warbond First: Tank Exclusive Patterns – Verdant camouflage, Glacial polymer, and Executive onyx.

The Ironclad Democracy Warbond rolls onto the Galactic battlefield September 22nd.

*Requires base game, Super Credits and game progression to unlock.

Hello there! It is I, Niklas Malmborg, Design Director for Helldivers 2.

Let’s talk about our old friend: the Hive Lord! And we can start with what he was back in the first game.

During the development of the original HELLDIVERS, we really liked the idea of a bossfight that was massive and fit the faction. The Terminids are a subterranean species, so a giant tunneling creature fits and has a certain nerdy allure to it for unrelated reasons.

Being an important but so far not overly revealed part of the Terminid societal structure, it comes with a purpose to the Hive Worlds and it might be related to the tunnels the Helldivers “carefully” venture in to. Suggesting such a thing as a structure to Terminids society or even suggesting they have a society is a punishable offence of course. 

The first HELLDIVERS serves as a source of content that players can look forward to because they know it’s a canon part of the universe (like the Bastion, Lumberer, Trident etc). We won't necessarily bring back everything from the first game, but we want to bring back a lot and the Hive Lord was near the top of the list.

Due to technical limitations in the first game we made it as large as we could, but there was an urge to make it bigger and more majestic. Still, the resulting monster hit the emotional targets we were aiming for and players understood the potential scale of the Terminids.

In HELLDIVERS 2, players have been able to see the bones of the Hive Lord as a beast of the past. We wanted those bones to serve as a promise to eventually show you the beast in its full glory and to be a motivator for us internally of what the game should eventually introduce.

We started with making a list - of everything that the Hive Lord needs to be and have in order to be the biggest, baddest Terminid life form (so far). This is what we decided: 

(some of the text is not perfect sentences, its copy pasted from the working documents)

1. MASSIVE

An impressive scale and cinematic appearance to instill awe and fear.

2. ELUSIVE

Only appears on certain planets, and only sometimes. 

3. BURROWER 

Underground traversal, deforming terrain as it moves and erupts, arcing and diving like a dolphin.

4. GRATUITOUS VIOLENCE 

Simple movement, attack, and death. It’s head/top visible while navigating half-submerged in terrain. A simple-yet-massive acid spray to destroy players. 

5. HARD TO KILL

It has a massive health pool that's reflected physically on its body/segments to show players how much damage they've done.

6. BAIT 

Players can influence Hive Lord behavior using both discreet and explicit tactics. Hive Lord has readable roaming behavior and provides opportunity for bait mastery. 

(Yeah, it detects disturbances of the earth, so you can bait it with explosions, barrages etc. Or it can find you if you’re too noisy in combat. Have fun!)

With our list completed, we prioritized our work and knew that, if we hit all the points, we would have made a truly monstrous Terminid. 

Here are a few of our images of the development and some more specific notes:

Animation:

In the animation files we ended up using Motionbuilder and a Human IK rig for the Hive Lord, meaning his whole body is made up of a human neck, with the head at the end and the rest of the body at the base. In the source files there are therefore tiny tiny human arm and leg joints around the base of the character that never gets exported. 

Sound: 

The sound team also used a chair dragging against the floor as part of building the iconic sound the Hive Lord makes as it erupts. 

Performance and Rendering: 

We had to develop a lot of new tech to make sure this very large enemy didn't impair performance and memory for players so it functions in segments compared to normal enemies where we render and treat them only as one piece!

Movement:

Previously, all of our enemies used a navigation mesh that dictates where they can move, what type of movement is allowed, and where. The Hive Lord is so massive that we needed to make one specifically for him! It also has different logic, like not moving on rocky terrain, and creates its own map of disturbances (from vehicles, explosions, etc.) to choose where to navigate to.

In HELLDIVERS the Hive Lord could only be found in a separate mission focused only on killing the boss. Why isn't it like this in HELLDIVERS 2?

One thing we actually thought didn't work well in the first game was the bossfights. After you played them a handful of times they became very predictable and repetitive - and that didn’t feel right for HELLDIVERS 2 or for the Hive Lord.

Instead, we thought of the Hive Lord like a force of nature, almost invincible. It roams around the map, churning up the land, stalking players, and creating an anticipatory atmosphere. Players get the chance to try to beat the big scary monster, but are not forced to. It’s possible for players to take on this ridiculously powerful boss enemy, but it's no easy task.

I hope you enjoyed this little dive into the development of the Hive Lord, that's it for this week! I will be back in the future to talk about more exciting development stories!

Attention Helldivers,

Captain Morris here, deploying a small update this fine Tuesday.

Due to the combined efforts of SEAF and Helldiver forces on Seasse, the Void has been temporarily pierced. This has bought Super Earth precious time to tweak and tighten their technical arsenal for continued success in the Galactic War.

Dive on, democracy awaits!

Crash Fixes

• Fixed a crash that could occur while browsing the Vehicle Customization menu 

• Fixed a Dynamic Resolution Scaling crash

• Fixed several issues that caused crashes during Message of the Day

Known Issues[arrowhead.zendesk.com]

Helldivers, we have entered the unknown at last to face the unthinkable. Our elite peacekeepers are looking into the corruption and shining Liberty’s light onto the heart of darkness. The Gateway is constructed and we have crossed into the new frontier.

The Illuminate may have broken through but Super Earth will push back. Now is the time to mount the counteroffensive! You must work together to destroy their unnatural mutations in the name of Managed Democracy.

During the ‘Census Thunder’ campaign, the Helldivers secured large reserves of Voteless tissue samples from the Void to aid in the study of this menace. Super Earth’s Ministry of Science determined a way into the Void by opening and stabilizing a wormhole on Rirga Bay using the research you helped secure: the Gateway is now open.

We’re sending our best, Helldivers. And that means you.

Space inside the Void is strange, divers. There are no stars, no marvelous skies to behold from the planet’s surface. The planets pulled into the Void have been transformed, mutated, and reborn inside it.

These worlds hold Illuminate ruins and ancient technologies that you must document and destroy.

You must navigate these strange worlds and find the Source Planet, formerly known as Seasse, and liberate it. But beware: Seasse is a shade of its former glory, now consumed by the haunting flora from the Void, and filled with Illuminate horrors (the Wretch, the Crusher and the abominable lands in which they dwell)

Inside the Void, you have new objectives to complete on the planets, and–unlike previously more linear dives–you will have several randomized primary objectives for every operation. This brand new arrangement requires you to think fast and work together to dive and extract safely.

Document your discoveries inside the Void with the tactical video camera, destroying Illuminate structures, conducting reconnaissance missions, and more. Document their war crimes and end their foul corruption.

The Void is dangerous and time is of the essence: complete objectives and extract. To give your squad a fighting chance at making it back to the Destroyer, Helldivers will be able to unlock secondary extraction zones on the Void planets.

You won’t be facing these new challenges alone. Push forward with the help of SEAF support squads to unravel the secrets of the Void. Reveal the hidden truths, uncover the source of the anomaly… and put Freedom’s foot clean through its face.

The fight for a safer tomorrow begins today.

The latest update, Devoid of Liberty***, is live now. Take back the galaxy, divers–give these squids hell.

***Gameplay requires internet access and paid-for subscription on console (sold separately).

Attention Blueberry-Hugging Helldivers,

The Void is proving a worthy challenge. As the brave Helldivers–fueled by unwavering patriotism–charge headlong into the Illuminate's newest nightmares, Super Earth’s engineers have been working around the clock to iron out a few wrinkles in your fight for Liberty.

• Fixed a crash that could occur in Fullscreen when opening terminals

• Fixed a crash that could occur with superwide windows

• Fixed an issue with the UI not showing all the available stratagems in specific instances 

Known Issues[arrowhead.zendesk.com]