Overview
- Arrowhead used binary posts, propaganda videos, and a player-assembled QR countdown to unveil the Cyborgs in an in-universe takeover of official channels.
- The latest Major Order, titled New Way of Thinking, carried a defect message calling Helldivers “cannon fodder,” reinforcing the event’s hacked-briefing narrative.
- Arrowhead confirmed a Feb. 10 update that introduces new Cyborg enemies—the Agitator, Radical, and Vox Engine—with one outlet noting the patch is dubbed Machinery of Oppression.
- Game director Mikael Eriksson said the push into Cyberstan can result in wins or losses that alter the live war, with consequences up to permanently destroying planets.
- Community reaction is split between embracing the ARG-style storytelling and theories that High Command communications are compromised, which remain unconfirmed by the developer.