Helldivers 2 Glitch Could Be a Perfect Excuse to Blow Up a Planet
If there’s one thing Helldivers 2 is good at (besides explosive co-op chaos and friendly fire trauma), it’s turning technical issues into in-universe jokes. But this time? Arrowhead Studios has the chance to go big—like “blow up a whole planet” big.
Enter: Tien Kwan, the poor bugged-out planet that vanished from the galactic map thanks to a recent Major Order gone sideways. What was supposed to be a full-scale deployment turned into a crash-fest, making the operation literally unplayable. Players couldn’t drop in, couldn’t complete the objective, and for a moment, the Helldivers themselves might as well have been trying to invade a black screen.
Turn the Bug Into a Black Hole
MAJOR ORDER: The Meridian Singularity has come to a halt. The Illuminate have disappeared completely; Ministry of Defense analysts have concluded this is likely explained by too few remaining to present a significant threat. The enemy is likely attempting to evade detection in… pic.twitter.com/oF9Ohtlkml
— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) April 29, 2025
Now, Arrowhead could just quietly fix the bug and pretend it never happened. But this is Helldivers 2, where even logistics failures are blamed on “enemies of Managed Democracy.” The devs have a golden opportunity here: fold the glitch into the lore and blow up Tien Kwan in the most dramatic way possible.
The story already includes black holes (shoutout to the Meridian Singularity), and the Illuminate are just barely out of the picture—for now. Why not turn the glitch into canon and say the automatons nuked Tien Kwan, opening another tear in space-time? Not only would it patch over the bug with style, it would give the bots something they desperately need: relevance.
Bots Need Their Villain Era
Let’s be honest—the automatons have kind of been the side quest of Helldivers 2. Nobody really wants to fight them unless a Major Order demands it. They lack the crowd-hype chaos of the Terminids and the fan-favorite mystique of the Illuminate. Tien Kwan’s destruction could change that.
Position the bots as the faction that accidentally (or maybe purposefully) rips open another hole in the galaxy? Suddenly, they’re not just background noise. They’re story movers. They’re a threat. They’re your next “Malevelon Creek 2.0” flashpoint.
Final Thoughts
Bugs happen. But in a game like Helldivers 2 that thrives on satire, chaos, and community-driven storytelling, bugs can become battle scars. Arrowhead should embrace the Tien Kwan glitch and turn it into a moment. Blow up the planet. Blame the bots. Let the Illuminate slither back through the wreckage.
It’s what Managed Democracy would want.
