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Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag Try a single issue or save on a subscription Issues delivered straight to your door or device From£35.99View Doom: The Dark Ages Oblivion Remastered Baldur's Gate 3 Recommended reading 'Ok, so dragon builds are a thing now': galaxy-brained Helldivers 2 player incinerates a bile titan with a hover pack and a flamethrower Helldivers 2 continues its streak of turning missteps into in-game lore: After a major feature was paused for 24 hours, Super Earth says 'nothing out of the ordinary has happened' Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2 has still got it 'Never thought I'd go back': Helldivers 2 players steel themselves to return to the site of its most infamous battle, Malevelon Creek Arrowhead’s CEO got a call from PlayStation when he said players could save their money and wait to buy Helldivers 2 until the servers were fixed: They ‘asked me what the f*** I’m smoking’ Third Person Shooter Legions of Helldivers 2 players are currently banging their head against a password terminal, as Arrowhead plays coy with a new reveal Third Person Shooter Super Earth is under attack, and Helldivers 2's trouser-browning update is finally here—with weapon customisation, new Illuminate troops, and an inevitable battle on democracy's home turf Third Person Shooter Helldivers 2 Civil war breaks out in Helldivers 2 as players spawn infinite mechs to crash each other's games Tyler Colp 15 May 2025 Moderators of the Helldivers subreddit have threatened to ban players for showing off the game-breaking technique. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Sean M. / Arrowhead Game Studios) Helldivers 2 players are pleading for people to stop using a newly discovered infinite Stratagem glitch that lets you shower planets in airstrikes. Something went very wrong with the last patch and messed up how Stratagems normally work: Using a simple combination of inputs, you can now spam them until the game can't handle it anymore. There are videos of people spawning in dozens of ships and explosions that cause their frame rate to tank. Unsurprisingly, this has caused problems for public games. Also unsurprisingly, that's not stopping players from having a field day with it. PC Gamer's Sean Martin gave it a shot himself (in a private lobby of course) and was able to fill the sky with machine guns, exosuits, and airstrikes with ease. It's so easy, in fact, that you could almost do it by accident. You may like 'Ok, so dragon builds are a thing now': galaxy-brained Helldivers 2 player incinerates a bile titan with a hover pack and a flamethrower Helldivers 2 continues its streak of turning missteps into in-game lore: After a major feature was paused for 24 hours, Super Earth says 'nothing out of the ordinary has happened' Helldivers 2 has still got it "Had someone pop [in to say], 'Super Earth increased our defense budget,'" Reddit user Some_Responsibility said. "Then promptly nearly fried everyone's computer with orbitals, summoned nearly 10 mechs which got stuck on geometry, and like 10 Hellbombs before, I assume, [their game crashed]." "I haven’t been able to play [for the] last 36 hours," Reddit user grimjimslim wrote. A pinned post on the game's subreddit warns users that they will be banned for posting images or footage of the exploit. "We do not need hundreds of images and videos flooding the subreddit showing us your undemocratic explosions," moderator OmegaXesis wrote. "It's become a nuisance." On Wednesday, an Arrowhead developer said the studio is aware of the exploit and are investigating ways to fix it. But many hours have passed since then and players have continued to disrupt the war against the Illuminate by ruining multiplayer lobbies. "People who abuse this to crash other games fucking suck," Reddit user WhiteRaven_M wrote in one of many threads by disgruntled players. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. In an ideal world, people would leave the chaos to private sessions, but some people cannot resist the urge to grief, especially when the exploit involved is this ridiculous. Hopefully, Arrowhead will swoop in with a hotfix soon so everyone can get back to protecting Super Earth. Social Links Navigation Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. He regularly spends time playing and reporting on games like Diablo 4, Elden Ring, Overwatch 2, and Final Fantasy 14. While his specialty is in action RPGs and MMOs, he's driven to cover all sorts of games whether they're broken, beautiful, or bizarre. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 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