Automatons Have Already Liberated Cyberstan In Helldivers 2

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Only a day after it was claimed we'd driven them back and wiped them all out, the Automatons have returned with a metallic fury. The clankers erupted back onto the Galactic Map and immediately launched an invasion of Cyberstan, the planet housing their creators, the Cyborgs.

Less than 24 hours later, it's already been completely liberated by the bots. Luckily, we've seen no direct consequences yet, but the Helldivers 2 community thinks that another faction is about to join the fray.

According to illegal anti-democratic broadcasts (i.e. leaks), the Automatons are about to undergo a major upgrade. Liberating Cyberstan means that their creators can begin work on improving their arsenal, bringing about new weapons such as the orbital artillery canon which is capable of taking down Super Destroyers.

That's not to mention that the Automaton fleet is ten times the size of the biggest we'd seen prior. The entire war effort up until now appears to have been a distraction while the bulk of the Automaton army moved on Cyberstan. Things are about to get much more difficult with the Cyborgs in play.

Upgraded Automatons are the least of our worries, however, as sightings of Illuminate have begun to grow. Not only have Helldivers reported blue lasers on the battlefield, a signature of the aquatic Southern malcontents, but they have also noticed the silhouettes of cloaked warships hovering above Automaton airspace. To boot, audio footage has been discovered of Helldivers succumbing to "tentacles".

If the illegal broadcasts are to be believed, the Illuminate is gearing up to launch an attack on Helldiver forces from the South. All the while, Terminids are rapidly mutating and reproducing, resulting in much tougher bugs in the East. The first two months were clearly just a warm-up for the real fight.

Helldivers 2 is the sequel to the third-person shooter from Arrowhead Game Studios. This time out, the Helldivers are deep in the Galactic War, and it's up to you to bring