HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Helldivers 2 might be getting a fresh hotfix with more performance fixes this week, but 'no sulking if there isn't one'

Helldivers 2 might be getting a fresh hotfix containing more performance fixes this week, as Arrowhead sticks to its current focus of rectifying as many issues as possible before thinking about going hard with any big content additions.

There's been a bit of debate recently as to whether the studio shouls stick steadfastly to its current plan of being fix-first and taking a little longer to polish additions. However, from what I've seen most folks seem to agree that making sure it's as issue-free as possible is still worth keeping a priority to some degree.

With plenty of problems still being cited by players on social media, folks have been keen to learn when Arrowhead's next hotfix will be dropping, and the good news is it looks like it could be as early as this week. This is according to comments from both the studio's current CEO Shams Jorjani and one of its community manager, though they have both emphasised that the timing isn't locked in for certain yet.

Helldivers 2 is missing one crucial detail from the original: multiple weapon loadouts. Whether you're coming up against bugs or bots, easily having a loadout to equip is something many of us want, and Arrowhead has heard our cries. This doesn't mean the feature will definitely be added, but amid declining Steam player numbers I'm holding out hope.

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As Helldivers 2 slides down to about 10% of its player number peak on Steam, those left are torn as to how Arrowhead should try to right the ship

Helldivers 2 has been in a bit of a quiet period lately, relatively speaking. With Arrowhead largely busy focusing on bug fixes and putting out stuff at a bit of a slower cadence, some players have been getting a bit tired of the same old thing, with an unfortunate milestone the game's hit PC playerbase-wise having prompted some debate as to whether things might be getting a bit too static.

While the switch in how Arrowhead's approached solving issues and deploying new content in the game got a lot of initial support, the results have been a bit mixed in practice, with some gear and upgrades in particular - the spear's a big example - seeing a steady stream of problems afflict them, even after previously recieving fixes. Arrowhead continues to work hard to whack problems as they crop up, but you can kind of understand the frustration.

As this has been happening, the game's 24-hour player number peak on Steam, according to SteamDB (thanks, Forbes), sits at 45,315, which is only about 10% of the initial peak of 458,709 it recorded back in February. Now, to put this in context, that decline hasn't happened overnight and certainly isn't that abnormal - the game's player numbers on the platform have been gradually coming down since that point, having last hit the 200,000 mark in late April.

В Helldivers 2 наблюдается заметное сокращение игроков. С момента запуска кооперативный экшен Sony потерял порядка 90% аудитории на платформе Valve.

As more bugs are uncovered, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead reminds players that not every datamine is worth getting excited about

In light of some chat about fresly datamined Termind models finding their way into the game's Discord server, a community manager for Helldivers 2 has emphasised to players why it doesn't acknowledge or take questions on leaks like this via official channels.

In recent months, a fair few models and images seemingly lurking in the game's backend have hit Reddit, with some being related to a long-rumoured faction addition, The Illuminate. The latest to emerge are some Terminid models, with one being a Bile Charger that the leaker behind it suggested will explode into a bunch of acid on death and the other being The Impaler from the first Helldivers.

Some player chatter about these discoveries looks to have seeped from Reddit into Helldivers 2's official Discord server, leading one of Arrowhead's community managers to respond to folks asking about it by outlining the studio's current stance when it comes to leaks.