Helldivers 2 gets a Crowdstrike-Microsoft situation of its own as Ministry of Truth tells service technicians to manually reboot affected computers 15 times "to bring systems back online"
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Helldivers 2has seemingly parodied the recent Crowdstrike/Microsoftsituation, with an in-game faulty cybersecurity update temporarily taking down all surveillance systems on player Destroyer ships.
If you’ve been anywhere near the internet over the last few days, you’re no doubt aware of the Crowdstrike/Microsoft situation. A faulty update from the former company took down the software of the latter company, causing chaos for computers around the world. Banking and travel systems were among those completely taken offline.
As fans have noticed onReddit, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead is seemingly poking fun at the whole fiasco. Super Earth has apparently rolled out a cybersecurity update that took Destroyer surveillance systems offline, and onboard Destroyer technicians are now being told to reboot each affected computer 15 times.
What’s more, Helldivers are prompted to record their own behavior while the surveillance systems are down, effectively being prompted by Super Earth’s government to spy on themselves. I’m not really sure how any soldiers feel about that, but I’m sure Super Earth’s government will no doubt put some hearty democratic spin on it very shortly.
In more pressing matters for Arrowhead’s community, the developer just announced thehuge Helldivers 2 Escalation of Freedom updateyesterday. Penciled in for an August 6 launch, this hefty patch will introduce brand-new enemies and mission objectives, as well as an all-new difficulty level that’s sure to drive even the most hardened Helldivers out of their minds.
“We could never have predicted how far this game would go”: Helldivers 2’s biggest update yet is just the “first step” to “expand the game in big, meaningful ways.”
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