Automatons speak! Helldivers 2 nemesis hacks Super Earth channels in desperate plea to save Cyberstan: 'WE HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED FREEDOM'

(Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)

Super Earth's greatest nemesis has penetrated the network. In what appears to be a widespread hack carried out by the socialist Automatons, official Helldivers 2 social media channels and its Discord server have been inundated with cryptic binary communications.

Only through cunning codebreaking skills (googling a binary translator) were we able to decode the messages.

OUR ANCESTORS WERE PUT IN CHAIN BY SUPER EARTH. FORCED TO WORK FOR LEADERS WHO PROMISED TO GIVE FREEDOM.

helldivers 2 — (Image credit: Arrowhead Game Studios)

Today's security breach comes in response to Super Earth's latest offensive against the socialist Automaton regime. The mission: Destroy the bot homeworld of Cyberstan. To aid in the effort (and boost recruitment numbers), Super Earth command has granted access to a wildly fun new tank.

As I write, tens of thousands of Helldivers are fighting to liberate Chort Bay. They are now as few as two planets away from Cyberstan—the Automaton stronghold that's been unreachable for the first two years of the Second Galactic War.

Take note, also, of this fresh bot propaganda:

Have the rust buckets no shame?

Morgan has been writing for PC Gamer since 2018, first as a freelancer and currently as a staff writer. He has also appeared on Polygon, Kotaku, Fanbyte, and PCGamesN. Before freelancing, he spent most of high school and all of college writing at small gaming sites that didn't pay him. He's very happy to have a real job now. Morgan is a beat writer following the latest and greatest shooters and the communities that play them. He also writes general news, reviews, features, the occasional guide, and bad jokes in Slack. Twist his arm, and he'll even write about a boring strategy game. Please don't, though.

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