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When Helldivers 2 was at its lowest, Arrowhead looked to Hello Games and No Man's Sky to keep their chin up

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I'm not sure I've seen people swing back and forth on a game so rapidly like they have with Helldivers 2. It's had a few hiccoughs here and there, which has made for some tough times for developer Arrowhead, at least in terms of battling the accursed "mixed" rating on Steam (and lower). In a recent interview with The Game Business, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani quite accurately noted that it's been "one heck of a roller coaster year" for Helldivers 2, and also went on to speak about what it was like clawing its way back from low ratings - all the while having to explain to Sony about summer holidays in Sweden. Read more

Helldivers 2 boss says No Man's Sky's redemption arc inspired its own comeback

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Despite feeling like it's been around forever, Helldivers 2 is still just over a year old. One of 2024's biggest and most surprising breakout hits, it continues to draw in huge crowds, deliver regular Warbonds, and throw some curveballs into its constantly evolving galactic battle. But despite its relative youth, the game has already gone through some turbulent patches that, at times, looked like they might sink the ship. Speaking in a new interview, the CEO of developer Arrowhead Games says that during its hellish summer, where community sentiment soured and its Steam rating dropped as low as 19%, it looked to No Man's Sky's famous redemption arc as motivation for its own comeback. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Latest Helldivers 2 update is tanking PC performance, and players aren't happy Helldivers 2 Warbond - Borderline Justice details You can get Helldivers 2 cheaper than it's ever been on Steam, if you're fast

Helldivers 2's latest patch is little, but a fix for mission drop-in crashes "on legacy hardware" looks like it could be good news for PC folks struggling to play on older gear

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It might be April Fools' Day today, but Helldivers 2 has recieved an actual patch. It's just a little one, is patch 01.002.202, but there is one fix in it that's caught my eye, given what's been going on with the game on PC lately. Read more

PATCH 01.002.202

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Release Captain Carlberg here with a small update for you this fine April Tuesday Overview Crash Fixes Mission fix Miscellaneous fixes Fixes Crash Fixes, Hangs and Soft-locks: Fixed game crashing on legacy hardware when player drops into a mission Fixed crash after exiting the armory when switching from certain weapons Fix an out-of-memory crash when large amount of particles are present Weapons and Stratagems Fixed shooting and reloading issues with laser weapons Social & Multiplayer Fixes Fixed an edge-case allowing some mismatching version to still connect to each other Missions Fixed issue on Illuminate Defend Evacuation Site missions where illuminate dropships stopped coming if too many were destroyed before they dropped off the enemies. Miscellaneous Fixes Fixed white boxes showing in seldom cases in the Super Store

Latest Helldivers 2 update is tanking PC performance, and players aren't happy

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The latest Helldivers 2 PC patch has got PC players begging for performance optimizations on Reddit and the Steam Community forum. Even though performance isn't directly addressed in the latest patch, it seems that some players are reporting worsening conditions with little explanation. These ongoing issues aren't targeting any specific piece of hardware, meaning even if you have one of the best graphics cards, you might experience a downturn in performance since the latest Helldivers 2 patch arrived late last week. In fact, despite upgrading my GPU since I last played, my performance has also taken a hit, which I detail below. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Helldivers 2 Warbond - Borderline Justice details You can get Helldivers 2 cheaper than it's ever been on Steam, if you're fast New Helldivers 2 patch notes make sweeping changes to help you survive longer

A year on from Malevelon Creek's memed-to-death liberation, Helldivers 2 pulls the trigger on sending players back there to stop the bots achieving "greatest net desecration"

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Helldivers 2's Galactic War has made its way back to the infamous Malevelon Creek just in time for the one year anniversary of the fierce fighting that led the planet - dubbed Robot Vietnam by players - getting its own memorial day canonized into the game's lore. Read more

"I'm honestly heartbroken..." Helldivers 2's latest patch upsets lovers of a gun that once caused accidental self-murders so much that they're drawing MS Paint diagrams

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Uh oh. The pretty titchy Helldivers 2 patch that dropped yesterday has managed to earn the ire of players who love a certain gun. It's the Eruptor, and as you might have guessed if you're a HD2 veteran, the tweak that's caused the aggro is to the shrapnel the gun kicks out in order to do a lot of its damage. Read more

PATCH 01.002.201

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Freedoms greetings Helldivers, Release Captain Carlberg here. Bringing you a small update this democratic Tuesday Overview Crash fixes Weapon fixes Miscellaneous Fixes Fixes Crash Fixes, Hangs and Soft-locks: Fixed a crash that could occur when a large number of particles were displayed Fixed a rare crash when aiming scoped weapons Fixed some crashes when playing bot convoy missions Fixed a crash that could occur when receiving Microsoft Teams messages while playing the game Weapons and Stratagems Fixed an issue where the weapon flashlights were flickering while using ADS Fixed an issue for energy based weapons not charging or overheating properly Fixed an issue with wrong drag setting on the GL-21 Grenade Launcher projectiles that made them lose velocity faster than they should have Fixed an issue where shrapnel from surface-hits was forced in a roughly south-west direction. Shrapnel should now properly fly out in a 180-ish arc in the direction of the surface hit LAS-58 Talon Fixed an...

Helldivers 2's Galactic War looks like it could be headed back to the game's most infamous planet, and grizzled vets are wondering what fresh horrors may await

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If you're one of the Helldivers 2 who's long boasted about being a veteran of the game's most famous battle, or are a newer recruit who's only ever heard the stories, it seems you could be in luck. Arrowhead's latest message as the war rages on suggests the fighting's headed back to the corner of the galaxy that's home to the infamous Malevelon Creek. Read more

Yee-naw: Helldivers 2's director seems to be riding with Arrowhead's controversial anti-cowboy hat stance, boldly declaring "people don't wear hats on helmets"

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As you might be aware (we've banged on about it a bit already this week) Helldivers 2 got a cowboy-themed Warbond dubbed Borderline Justice yesterday. It has no cowboy hat, because Arrowhead doesn't reckon that such headgear fits within the Helldiver uniform restrictions. Read more

Helldivers 2's scandalously cowboy hat-less cowboy Warbond is now live, and if you can't bear to be without a Super stetson, a mod can help

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Helldivers 2's cowboy-themed Warbond, Borderline Justice, has just arrived in-game, meaning you can put on your spurs and get ready to ride out to kill some bugs or bots. However, its armours don't boast one key bit of cowboy kit - a stetson. Thankfully, a modder has stepped up on that front for folks on PC. Read more

"Balance is a myth" reckons Helldivers 2 director Pilestedt, adding that if "you're an idiot" if you view smoothing out all the chaos as "the method for success"

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Balancing has been one of the hottest topics during Helldivers 2's rollercoaster lifespan to this point - an endless source of debate and controversy among players, especially whenever Arrowhead's been seen to deliver more nerfs than buffs. However, the game's director doesn't reckon trying to strike a perfect balance is something devs should focus too heavily on, because it's a "myth". Read more

The UN contacted Helldivers 2 studio about giving a talk on "psychological defense against manipulation"

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Breaking news, folks: co-op bug basher Helldivers 2 is a satire on authoritarian regimes, and apparently such an effective one that the United Nations even contacted Arrowhead to ask if they'd give a talk about psychological manipulation. Speaking at GDC as part of a presentation named 'Helldivers 2: Capturing Lightning in a Bottle,' Chief Easily identifiable satire Officer Johan Pilestedt gave some insight into the game's themes, then bragged about having the UN blowing up his DMs constantly (said they got in contact once). Cheers, Percy Gamer. Read more

Helldivers 2 players just held off "insectile Fascism" and the reward is another fun choice: fight "the Incineration Corps" or stop more planets going pop

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Right, you've clearly not had enough Helldivers 2 stuff to think about today, March 18, so you'll be glad to hear that the latest Galactic War major order's pretty simple. You've just got to choose between, er, fighting what sound like the Jet Brigade's freshly formed fiery siblings, or actually doing something that might stop the Illuminate blowing up more planets. Read more