HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Here's another Helldivers 2 patch, dropping in to offer some fixes to your game - which include adding a fresh option to link your PSN and Steam accounts via the game's settings.

This is a noteworthy development, given the massive backlash Sony recently got when it tried to make linking your PSN and Steam accounts a mandatory requirerement for PC players, a decision the publisher then walked back after the game was review bombed. To be clear, linking the two very much still looks to be an optional thing at the moment, with this patch just adding a new means by which you can initiate the process, if you're so inclined.

In the notes for patch 1.000.304, which mainly targets some pesky crashes, Arrowhead simply writes that: "Optional account linking [is] now available in the Account section of the in-game settings." So, there's a new way for you to go about doing it if you fancy, which is perfectly fine news for now, even if some players look to be a bit unsure of whether this change should reassure them about linking remaining optional in the long-term.

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• Crash fixes
  
• Misc fixes
  

• Fixed a crash triggered when the host left after a player hot joined.
  
• Fixed an occasional crash in the Loadout menu.
  
• Fix for a rare crash when transitioning to or from the ship.
  

• Fixed players getting stuck on the mission summary screen when the host leaves.
  
• Fixed the issue of non-purchased Super Credits not being visible in the Warbond Overview screen (only relevant for Japanese release).
  
• Optional account linking now available in the Account section of the in-game settings.
  
• Fixed 'Steam AppId supplied invalid or not allowed' being shown due to a different error.
  
• Fix attachments on weapons showing up as purple question marks in the tutorial in some cases.
  
• Airburst proximity explosion is now triggered only by enemies & Helldivers.
  
• The AR-61 Tenderizer now has the correct color scheme.
  

• Players may not have the option to send, accept or decline friend requests.
  
• Players may not have the option to Block other players.
  
• Blocked players are not added to the Blocked Player list or prevented from joining games.
  
• Game may crash if the player changes the text language while on a mission.
  
• Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.
  
• Players may occasionally receive excessive XP.
  
• Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.
  
• Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.
  
• Most weapons shoot below the crosshair when aiming down the sights.
  
• AR-61 Tenderizer deals too little damage and is not in the final state we are intending.
  
• Spear’s targeting is inconsistent, making it hard to lock-on to larger enemies.
  
• Stratagem beam might attach itself to an enemy but it will deploy to its original location.
  
• Helldiver may be unable to stand up from crouching when surrounded by enemies.
  
• "Hand Carts" Ship module does not reduce Shield Generator Pack's cooldown.
  
• Some players might become stuck in the Loadout when joining a game in progress.
  
• Reinforcement may not be available for some players who join a game in progress.
  
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.
  

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Hello, Helldivers 2 people. And Star Wars people. You'll both be glad to know that there's a mod pack in the works which'll bring both of those two things together, by visually transforming the shooter into the perfect tool to re-enact some Clone Wars battles.

Yup, you've recently had to consider what Helldivers 2 might have been like if Arrowhead had opted not to make it live-service, and now you're having to consider what it could be like if all of your team mates looked like something that little green lad - aye, Yoda - could lob into the atmosphere using his force powers.

The mod pack that accomplishes this is the work of modders Irastris and Kboy, with YouTuber ToastedShoes having recently teamed up with some friends to show off their intergalactic work. As you can see in the clip below, the mod swaps the usual getups of you and your mates with those of clone troopers, as well as filling the game's maps and cinematics with a host of familiar Star Wars ships and droids.

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The former lead writer of charming super-fascist simulator Helldivers 2 is working on a strategy and tactics RPG in the vein of Nintendo and Intelligent System's Fire Emblem games, which aren't available on PC and as such, are a complete mystery to you, a lifelong desktop warrior who would sooner cut their hand off than suffer it to brush against one of those filthy Nintendo witches, I mean Switches.

To fill you in, Fire Emblem is known and sort of celebrated for being a rich ensemble fantasy story with character permadeath. Helldivers 2, meanwhile, is a game in which people are as expendable as bullets, and the storytelling is deliberately brittle because it consists largely of clownish propaganda. Put the two sets of inspirations together, and what do you get? You get a headline, that's what. Beyond that, we can only dream.

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