Helldivers 2 Steam Deck players get 'Rickrolled' by developers
radiotimes.comThe team behind Helldivers 2, presumably fully aware that Steam Deck and PC players would go digging into the game's files, have left a funny little detail in there.
Over on Reddit, several Helldivers 2 players were sharing details of how to achieve the best settings on Steam Deck, when one discovered a YouTube file within the game's code.
Listed as the 'Survey URL' is a YouTube link. When pasted into a browser, it loads up one of the internet's most beloved music videos.
It is, of course, Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up.
The song has been a main staple of internet memes since 2007, when fans decided to divert attention from whatever topic was being discussed in favour of Astley's 1987 hit, with the act being dubbed a «Rickroll».
Now it appears that Arrowhead Game Studios has got in on the action, too. They've hidden Astley in the Helldivers 2 files, leading to countless curious fans being Rickrolled. It's like 2007 all over again.
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«This is the first time i've been rick rolled by a game's config file,» one Reddit user posted in a different thread.
Another user wrote: «Downloaded it from my work computer and sent the file to myself by email. When I got home and checked the email I wondered how in hell did I got RickRolled, good one.»
Another added: «This is hilarious, gotta love the devs of this game.»
One of the most popular comments summed up the nod quite well: «Goddamm, arrowhead really a gamer’s game studio.»
Helldivers 2 was launched on 8th February and has surged in popularity, selling 1 million units in its first three days of release before going on to shift another 2 million copies in its first few weeks.
As a result, Arrowhead has experienced server issues, with the total number of concurrent players vastly exceeding its
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