Helldivers 2 Community Chose to “Save the Children” Over Getting a New Weapon, So Arrowhead Donates to Children’s Charity

Here’s some out-of-the-box thinking from a game studio: Arrowhead Game Studios recently issued an in-game challenge to the community, and they could either “save the children” or complete the other task in order to obtain a new weapon.

Here’s the announcement from Arrowhead:

MAJOR ORDER: Helldivers, a difficult decision lies ahead. Will you save the trapped survivors on Vernen Wells or the raw ingredients for the MD-17 Anti-Tank Mines on Marfark? pic.twitter.com/U6wiK48YH2

— HELLDIVERS™ 2 (@helldivers2) June 11, 2024

While it might seem that most gamers would pick the path that nets them a new weapon, I’m very glad to say that wasn’t the case, and most of the community instead opted to save the children even if they didn’t know what would happen if they did so.

Well, apparently the reward for saving the children meant that Arrowhead would donate money to real-world charity Save the Children! This was something Arrowhead Game Studios boss Johan Pilestedt announced on Twitter, where he also showed the donation of $4,311 to the charity!

Since the @helldivers2 community chose to save the children, @arrowheadgs does the same. We have made a donation to, well, Save the Children.

Great job Divers!https://t.co/080PL27Y1u pic.twitter.com/yNhpiFWMlz

— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) June 14, 2024

For those wondering why the amount donated is a bit odd at $4,311, it’s because that’s the same number of sick children players saved from the Vernen Wells by liberating it.

Not only is this an awesome gesture by Arrowhead, but it somehow connects an in-game objective to something that reflects in the real world, and for something positive, too!

Hopefully, this is just the beginning, and players will be getting some other kinds of Major Orders with some surprise rewards in the future.

In other Helldivers 2 news, the game just got a massive balance patch, which is part of the studio’s new initiative in rolling out title updates.

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