HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Following Arrowhead's update announcement, PlayStation asks Helldivers 2 players how they feel about the game, cue "over 5,000 responses" in less than an hour

It'd seem people still have plenty of passionate thoughts about Helldivers 2. That's not news to anyone who's been following the game's recent trajectory and the various back-and-forths between devs and playerbase, but it might surprise you that a survey about the game's pulled in "over 5,000 responses" in less than an hour during usual UK/EU working hours on a Monday.

This comes not long after Arrowhead shared an update on how its 60-day plan to improve the game is progressing, with the studio having used that opportunity last week to put a proper release date on its next big patch.

Earlier today, September 9, a survey was shared by Arrowhead to both Helldivers 2's Discord server and subreddit. It's not a huge thing, just a quick little questionnaire which first asks you to rate your in-game experience over the past week on a scale of one to five, then write what you are and aren't currently enjoying about it. Simple.

Not too long ago, Arrowhead dropped a vague list of improvements coming to Helldivers 2, as they admitted "inconsistencies" in their "approach to game balance and direction". They've now published another blog post that torches the vagueness of the previous post with the righteously democratic flames of specificity. Overhauls to enemies are on the way, less-loved guns will be more effective, reworks to armor penetration and health values are on the boil, and they're taking inspiration from "player fantasies" for certain weapons and stratagems. All of these tweaks are set to go live on the 17th September, so not long to wait.

Разработчики из Arrowhead Game Studios якобы слишком рано показали на глобальной карте Helldivers 2 новую "старую" фракцию - Иллюминатов. В студии назвали инцидент "ошибкой".

Helldivers 2 dev is aware of bad Steam reviews, planning big rebalance

I don't think we should forget just how good Helldivers 2 still is. Arrowhead's co-op shooter has been a victim of its own success - when it first arrived, it felt like a revelation, one of the most enjoyable, compelling, and inventive new co-op games of the last five years. Yes, cracks have started to appear. Arrowhead has been back and forth over Helldivers 2 so many times that all the fun feels like it's been flattened out. And yes, there's still a sour taste from the PSN debacle. But HD2 is still HD2, and the foundation remains strong. As the long-awaited Illuminate faction breaks cover, Arrowhead says it's aware of the drop in positive sentiment, and has a big rebalancing plan inbound.

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Helldivers 2's 60-day plan progress update has arrived, and there's a big update with weapon, enemy, and armour overhauls coming in just over a week

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has just released that blog post telling everyone where the studio’s at in terms of current progress on its 60-day plan. Good news, the next big update to the game is set to arrive on September 17.

If you're out of the loop, since the Escalation of Freedom update was accompanied by some balancing changes and tweaks to flamethrowers that didn't go down well with a lot of players, who felt Arrowhead wasn't aiming to make the game fit their definition of fun via its nerfs to meta weapons, the studio's been attempting to get a lot of these unhappy soldiers back on side.

As detailed in the blog post, the next big update to the game - which the likes of Arrowhead CCO Johan Pilestedt have been teasing for the past little bit - now has a concrete arrival date - September 17. So mark that on your calendar.