Helldivers 2 Mocks Crowdstrike During Global Downtime
- Helldivers 2 references July's BSOD disaster with an in-game joke.
- A Crowdstrike update caused a global computing failure.
- Players see a message about a crucial system update.
- Technicians must manually reboot each affected computer 15 times.
- The gag highlights the game's ability to react to real-world events.
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HELLDIVERS 2 TROLLS CROWDSTRIKE OVER WORLDWIDE OUTAGE
The live-service game gets topical with a joke referencing July's BSOD disaster.
By John Walker
Published Wednesday 10:15 AM
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A Helldiver watches as a ship crashes and burns.
Screenshot Arrowhead Game Studios
Live-service games face an extraordinarily tough time.
They must maintain their player base, compete against a dozen similar games, and satisfy a diverse audience.
One benefit that's rarely utilized is the ability to be incredibly topical and reactive.
Helldivers 2 is flexing that muscle with an in-game gag based on last week's colossal computing failure.
A Crowdstrike update brought the planet to a standstill.
Boot the game and those brave enough to defend Super Earth's managed democracy will see a message informing them of a crucial system update.
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The spoof system update message in Helldivers 2
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A cybersecurity software update caused an unexpected outage for all Destroyer surveillance systems.
The note begins by issuing the order: "All personnel are ordered to manually record their own behavior until services are restored."
Clearly, any Helldiver worthy of their uniform would immediately begin their own personal surveillance and report back any infractions they may commit.
However, there are more specific instructions directed at members of the Ministry of Science's IT department.
Instructions to Service Technicians:
- To bring systems back online, please manually reboot each affected computer 15 times.
This is a reference to the Crowdstrike security software update that caused Microsoft computers around the world to BSOD (blue screen of death).
Every affected computer had to be manually restarted.
Reports from Microsoft indicated it could take up to 15 reboots to resolve the issue.
This was due to the random nature of the boot order of high-priority functions.
Needing to beat the odds of Crowdstrike's error kicking in before Windows could access the internet to apply the fix.
While Helldivers 2's gag doesn't directly impact gameplay, it shows a fantastic advantage of a game that's constantly alive and able to react to events.
Although, any real-world IT managers playing the game for escapism might not find it quite as funny.
