Arrowhead says Helldivers 2 Illuminate reference spotted on in-game map is "fake news" caused by "organic tissue degradation on electronic equipment"
Helldivers 2 gets its closest look at the Illuminate yet
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The screenshots of theHelldivers 2in-game map seemingly containing a fresh tease for the long-awaited, but still unconfirmed, Illuminate faction are “fake news,” according to Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani.
The Illuminate is a race of technologically advanced aliens with psychic powers and a focus on defensive barriers, and it was one of the three enemy factions players could blast away in the first Helldivers, but since launching back in February, it’s been missing in the sequel. Although Arrowhead has yet to officially confirmHelldivers 2 Illuminate, we’ve seen so many leaks and so much datamined information since launch that it seems an inevitability that they’ll come to the game at some point.
Arrowhead was quick to scrub the apparent leak from the map, but not before it was shared many times online. …
