Helldivers 2 doesn’t give its players much of breather before throwing another invasion or intergalactic threat at them. Players across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC have a new reason to be wary, now that Arrowhead Studios CEO Shams Jorjani has been teasing the potential return of an old enemy faction.
On the Helldivers Discord channel, Jorjani wrote the following message in binary code: “01011001 01101111 01110101 00100111 01110010 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01101110 01101110 01100001 00100000 01110011 01101000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01110000 01100001 01101110 01110100 01110011.”
According to GamesRadar, that code translates to English as “you’re gonna s*** your pants,” which is part of a long-running joke that Jorjani first used last year.
This comes after the official Helldivers 2 accounts have been fielding messages in Swedish that read like they’re coming from an invasion force, including “Super Earth people. Do not be afraid. We are not here to cause harm.”
The prevailing theory among Helldivers 2 players is that the enemy behind these messages is the Cyborg faction from the first Helldivers game. Players are already dealing with the fact that the Automaton faction has stolen the plans for for Super Earth’s Not-A-Death-Star space station. That’s led to players being mobilized to the home planet of the Automatons, Cyberstan.
Arrowhead has teased that a prototype exists for a roguelite mode in Helldivers 2, but has yet to confirm that feature will be added. Jorjani also recently responded to word that Helldivers movie director Justin Lin doesn’t play the games. Rather than worry, Joriani encouraged fans to “let Justin Lin cook” while they wait for updates about the film.
