HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

New Helldivers 2 weapons are here as 2024's co-op champion restores its glory

It's quite possible Helldivers 2 might be my pick for the best game of 2024. It's easy to forget quite how much the bombastic co-op game took over popular culture at launch - especially with later problems such as balance concerns and the PSN account linking fiasco. Finally, however, it feels like developer Arrowhead has managed to climb back atop the hill. Recent Steam reviews sit at 90% positive. Key tweaks have brought back that rewarding satisfaction of blasting through bugs and bots alike. And now a new Warbond has arrived to give us new ways to mete out justice and liberty on those who would challenge Super Earth.

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Helldivers 2 patch 01.001.201 sees Arrowhead ditch its previous Punisher Plasma tweaks and puts on a "dignified funeral" for a technician's goldfish

Helldivers 2 just got a fresh patch, patch 01.001.201, and while it's not quite as beefy as those released as part of Arrowhead's just over 60 day plan, it's still got a lot of stuff in it. For example, there are a heap of fixes to bugs involving bugs and a big change to the Punisher Plasma.

Patch 01.001.201

Freedoms Greetings Helldivers, Release Captain Carlberg speaking with the latest and greates from Super Earth

Overview

Balance changes

Fixes

Resolved Top Priority issues
Crashes & Soft Locks
Helldiver Fixes
Weapons & Stratagems
Enemies
Missions & Difficulties
Social Issues & Galactic War Map
Miscellaneous Fixes

[h2]Balancing[/h2]
Stratagems
Shield Generator Relay

Increased lifetime from 30 to 40 sec

Primary Weapons
SG-8P Punisher Plasma

Helldivers 2's post Liberty Day MO basically looks like J.O.E.L lobbing the kitchen sink at Super Earth, so here's hoping you enjoyed your little Galactic War break

Er, Helldivers 2 folks, you might want to start emplying some of the more dramatic post-Liberty Day hangover abatement techniques in your arsenal, if you're still suffering from the effects of freedom overindulgence. Why? Because Arrowhead's just dropped a fresh Major Order and it looks pretty damn tough.

Did you enjoy celebrating Liberty Day over the weekend in Helldivers 2? Well, if the answer's no, you've missed out on being part of a horde of players falling in love with the deliberately slightly terrible in sheer performance terms gun that Arrowhead gave the divers as part of its in-game festivities.