Helldivers, suit up: the time has come to return to Malevelon Creek and once more repel the Automaton invaders. Last week, after Helldivers failed to stop the advance of the robot forces in the Severin Sector, many players began to fear Malevelon Creek was the end goal, and now the Helldivers 2 team has officially confirmed it.
If you’ve been playing the game for a while, you might recall the fight for a planet often dubbed “Space Vietnam.” The Creek, as other players called it, featured some of the most difficult in-game missions and was one of the first Major Orders to fail with such catastrophic consequences. It marked a period of long-term Automaton control of the area and went on to become a major part of the emergent storytelling surrounding Helldivers 2.
The Helldivers 2 team had previously named April 3 as “Malevelon Creek Memorial Day,” so the player base is particularly incensed that the Automaton forces would choose this particular time to invade. The current Major Order says, “All Helldivers are called to defend and hold Malevelon Creek. To unite, and unleash Super Earth’s righteous Justice with the fullest permitted fury.”
MAJOR ORDER: The Automatons have launched vigorous assaults on multiple planets. A large-scale offensive appears to be underway, led by the Incineration Corps. Immediate action is demanded.
Preliminary analysis of troop movements indicate the likely target of the offensive:… pic.twitter.com/aFaF38XtIS
— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) March 30, 2025
For now, the only stated reward is an allotment of 60 Warbond Medals, but it’s possible that success could result in something further. After the previous liberation of Malevelon Creek, a free cape was given to players to mark the occasion and remember the multitude of fallen of Helldivers.
The Helldivers 2 fanbase (and the team) is having a lot of fun with this new Major Order, and it’s further proof of the power of letting fans have a say in how the lore of a game develops. Arrowhead Studios has done a phenomenal job keeping its audience looped into the creative process. If you’ve never played Helldivers 2 before, this is an excellent opportunity to dive headfirst into the game and team up with friends to take down a bunch of hulking robots with more lasers than sense.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.