Helldivers 2's next patch will finally bring back the eruptor's shrapnel, but hopefully without causing an explosion in accidental self-insta kills

Arrowhead added a couple of extra bullet points to the list of changes we know are coming as part of Helldivers 2’s big patch tomorrow over the weekend. The big one? The eruptor’s finally getting its shrapnel back, and hopefully in a form that should make you less likely to accidentally do yourself in when you fire it.That’s just one of the little snippets of the notes for Patch 01.001.007 Arrowhead’s shared, as it continues to build to the update dropping on September 17, followed by the Chemical Agents Warbond just a couple of days later. If you need to catch up, there’ve already been tweaks revealed for the likes of flamethrowers, the railgun, and rocket-toting enemies.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings Arrowhead’s latest update note reveals centr…

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Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft adaptations were reportedly in the works at Blizzard and Netflix, before, whoops, the former ended up suing the latter

Blizzard reportedly had adaptations of Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft in the works with Netflix prior to it filing a lawsuit against the streaming giant in 2020.This is according to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, who’s still in the midst of promoting his upcoming book Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future of Blizzard Entertainment, and has moved on from appearing on podcasts to hosting Reddit AMAs.To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings As part of the latter on r/wow, Schreier was asked by one fan “Any insights into why Blizzard hasn’t branched out into Movies/TV/animation? Yeah the 2016 Warcraft film happened.. but It seems strange how in the 20+ years of WoW and an even longer history of Blizzard’s story heavy IPs they’ve been incredibly light on expandi…

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