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It\u2019s fair to say that Helldivers 2 is having a good week. Beating GTA V\u2019s concurrent Steam players records<\/a>, the extraction shooter is outdoing everyone\u2019s expectations, including its own<\/a>, and it seems this success is spilling over. Because if there\u2019s one source that Helldivers owes the most to, it\u2019s Starship Troopers,\u2026<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s fair to say that Helldivers 2 is having a good week. Beating GTA V\u2019s concurrent Steam players records, the extraction shooter is outdoing everyone\u2019s expectations, including its own, and it seems this success is spilling over. Because if there\u2019s one source that Helldivers owes the most to, it\u2019s Starship Troopers,\u2026 Read more… Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":750963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338],"tags":[10148,10156,10155,364,10153,10157,10149,6562,10158,5720,10101,10154,10151,10150,5040,7498,10152,6578],"class_list":["post-750962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kotaku","tag-american-film-directors","tag-arrowhead-studios","tag-denise-richards","tag-disney","tag-ed-neumeier","tag-edward-neumeier","tag-empire","tag-entertainment-culture","tag-fascism","tag-helldivers","tag-johan-pilestedt","tag-jon-davison","tag-paul-verhoeven","tag-robert-a-heinlein","tag-robocop","tag-starship-troopers","tag-stephen-hunter","tag-windows-games"],"yoast_head":"\nHelldivers 2's Success Is Making Everyone Watch This Misunderstood Movie | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s fair to say that Helldivers 2 is having a good week. 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