Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has left a cryptic message at the end of its latest patch notes, asking players to "put a 'fiery' red circle" on their calendars, ready for a "buzzing update." The team calls the most recent addition a "mini quality-of-life update", but we're more interested in deciphering its closing statement.
The Helldivers 2 4.1.2 patch is now live, and mostly deals with fixing some of the game's crashes. There are also some much-wanted optimizations such as preventing weather effects including sandstorms and blizzards from reducing performance, and fixing bugs that prevent these features from slowing down the Helldivers trapped in them.
Rather than picking through the changes to the game that are now in place, we are obsessed by the changes yet-to-come. The patch notes end with a message reading, "we also kindly ask you to put a 'fiery' red circle around the date December 2 as we will have some 'buzzing' updates for you all!"
Everyone is already trying to figure out what Arrowhead means by the message, particularly by emphasizing the words 'fiery' and 'buzzing'. While my mind immediately jumped to a fire tornado filled with bees, this is probably not the right answer. Other more sensible people have suggested the addition of new weapons like the Honey Badger. On Reddit, one user writes, "Honey Badger confirmed?", while another suggests, "hear me out, bot bee boss incoming."
We'll just have to wait a few weeks to see what Arrowhead has in store for us over the holiday season.
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