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Helldivers 2 Launches Machinery of Oppression as Cyborg Legion Returns on Cyberstan

Arrowhead says the operation’s result is not predetermined, with player performance deciding it.

Overview

  • The live update sends players into the Battle for Cyberstan today with new factory-city maps and mission objectives focused on destroying mega-factories and toppling propaganda statues.
  • Three Cyborg enemy types debut: Agitators as armored field commanders directing Automatons, Radicals as close‑range melee and shotgun threats, and the Vox Engine as a heavy war machine with lasers and rockets.
  • A Major Order tasks the community with destroying 700,000,000 Automatons within a day, reinforcing the event’s scale and urgency.
  • Reinforcements are finite and tracked by a Galactic Reinforcement Counter that records every death, with a zero count signaling failure for the Cyberstan offensive.
  • Arrowhead’s ARG-style rollout of binary “hacks” and deep-dive videos preceded launch, and early player engagement spiked as the event went live, according to industry tracking.