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Helldivers 2 Lore – Children have been saved!
It turns out that even some wicked philosophical pranks by the developers of satirical war games can have a heartwarming ending. Last week, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios gave players a new Major Order and a stark moral choice: save a hospital of sick children from an army of killer robots, or earn those cool anti-tank mines they've always wanted ( at the third time I ask ).
En masse, players selflessly chose the sick kids, and now they get their just reward: feeling good about themselves. Arrowhead creative director Johan Pilestedt revealed on X that the studio had made a $4,311 donation to Save the Children to celebrate the community's generosity in the game.
The good vibes also continued in the game theory. The studio's official Helldivers 2 account shared an adorable sketch of a smiling child holding hands with a Helldiver (next to a burning alien skull) and the following in-fiction message:
