Helldivers 2's Galactic War looks like it may have temporarily ground to a halt - at least from a major objectives perspective - for the second time in a few weeks before coming back online. The game's most recent major order appeared to have suddenly been pulled, and Arrowhead confirmed that it was investigating another backend error affecting things.
UPDATE (07/02/25, 4:05 PM GMT): Helldivers 2's next major order has now gone live, and it brings good news. Thanks to the divers' efforts in the Gloom, Super Earth has what it needs to "begin to establish a blockade around Meridia, and through that, reduce the amount of Dark Energy that is amassing at the singularity and giving it momentum".
Sorry, I come bearing bad news. I don't just say that because it involves maths. Ok, maybe I do. Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has shared some stats about the amount of stuff that's died in the Galactic War so far, and it's seemigly come at a bit of an ironic time, with Super Earth looking pretty on-the-ropes in the latest MO.
Never separate a nerd from their big spreadsheets, or there'll be consequences. It's a lesson all of us need to learn sooner or later, and Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has now had to deal with it, with what looks like a pretty benign proposed change regarding the sharing of datamined content on the nerdiest, spreadsheetiest channel of the game's official Discord server having caused a bit of a ruckus.
As you might have heard, Helldivers 2's Galactic War is currently on hiatus, as Arrowhead works to fix a bug with planet liberation rates that's been "harming the game experience".