Remember Illuminate? Everyone believed that those alien guys from the first Helldivers would be rushing into Helldivers 2 via the black hole that Meridia had turned into a few months earlier by force of a super-Earth. Well, it looks like they’re only making a brief cameo on the game’s map.
As spotted by players on Reddit, a portion of the lower galactic map briefly turned purple yesterday, suggesting it was being controlled by a force other than the Automata or Terminal Meteor Shower, before returning to normal.
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Naturally, one can only draw one conclusion – the Illuminati have popped up and they are clearly fans of hide and seek. Especially since at least one of the occupied areas looks an awful lot like the Illuminati logo when highlighted.
Arrowhead disagrees, however. CEO Shams Jorjani tweeted: “This is fake news,” while an in-game message released after the purple zone disappeared provided a very plausible explanation for the incident.
“Some Helldivers may have noticed a recent service outage on the Main Order Communications Display,” it reads, “which has now been resolved.
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“Cause: Organic tissue degradation on electronic equipment. Discussion: Communications Technician #R-2342 trapped on server farm. Cause of death: Exposure. Solution: Replacement of electronic equipment. Family of deceased fined for damages.” That’s how the report ends, and that seems to be the story the studio is sticking with.
Whether you believe this is up to you, and some players appear to have written a lengthy post explaining why they think this is just a ruse suggested by Arrowhead. Still, given how many teases like this could easily be genuine mistakes by the developers and then integrated into Helldivers kayfabe, this faction could show up at any time.
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