{"id":871101,"date":"2025-12-18T23:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-developer-donates-to-save-the-children-because-players-saved-the-children-in-game-too"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:16:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:16:32","slug":"helldivers-2-developer-donates-to-save-the-children-because-players-saved-the-children-in-game-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/helldivers-2-developer-donates-to-save-the-children-because-players-saved-the-children-in-game-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Helldivers 2 developer donates to Save the Children because players saved the children in-game, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/helldivers-2-developer-donates-to-save-the-children-because-players-saved-the-children-in-game-too.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has donated $4311 (&pound;3397) to the Save the Children charity after Helldivers chose morality over manslaughter earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Arrowhead CCO and Helldiver 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt confirmed the donation after <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/helldivers2\/status\/1800533719985311947\">Helldivers players chose<\/a> to save the trapped survivors &ndash; which turned out to be thousands of sick children &ndash; on Vernen Wells rather than hunt down the raw ingredients they could use to make MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines on Marfark.<\/p>\n<p>Why $4311 exactly? Well, that&#8217;s because Helldivers managed to save 4311 in-game children, which turned into a charity donation to save real-life children, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-developer-donates-to-save-the-children-because-players-saved-the-children-in-game-too\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/helldivers-2-developer-donates-to-save-the-children-because-players-saved-the-children-in-game-too\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has donated $4311 (&pound;3397) to the Save the Children charity after Helldivers chose morality over manslaughter earlier this week. Arrowhead CCO and Helldiver 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt confirmed the donation after Helldivers players chose to save the trapped survivors &ndash; which turned out to be thousands of sick children &ndash; on Vernen Wells rather than hunt down the raw ingredients they could use to make MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines on Marfark. Why $4311 exactly? Well, that&#8217;s because Helldivers managed to save 4311 in-game children, which turned into a charity donation to save real-life children, too. 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