HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

It's painful to see the back-to-back bad news in gaming nowadays, from studio closures to projects falling into limbo. I imagine myself clutching a well-used copy of Fallout: New Vegas and shouting into the sky that we have to go back, as it can feel as though the habits and trajectory of the past decade have failed us. The AAA industry's move to live-service games has ended in numerous storied disasters, and right now it feels like almost nothing new sticks around for long. The exception to the rule recently is Helldivers 2, which has deservedly found and retained an audience.

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Helldivers 2 Warbond details - Polar Patriots Warbond release info

After the week that nearly ended all weeks for Helldivers 2, things appear to be settling back to normal. Well, as normal as possible in a game where humanity takes the fight to the stars to destroy bugs and bots in huge numbers. Things may be returning to a more normal state of being but there are still some concerns, especially as the release of a new premium warbond is right around the corner.

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Helldivers 2 CEO is pushing Valve and Sony to reverse Steam delisting

I spent this morning being pseudo-profound about Animal Well and pseudo-elegaic about Tango Gameworks, so now it's time to get back to the Real Business - being a pseud on the subject of videogame gun balancing.

The game in question is cheery co-op shooter Helldivers 2, over which Aunty Sony recently upended a can of furious worms by abruptly insisting that Steam players have a PSN account for security reasons and so, blocking players in regions where PSN isn't available. Sony have subsequently walked back the requirement following a backlash of truly hellish proportions, though I understand that the game remains unavailable on Steam in certain regions. By comparison, Arrowhead CEO's Johan Pilestedt remarks overnight that the developers might have been "removing the fun" with their gun balancing seems pretty innocuous.

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Helldivers 2 Steam accounts will no longer have to be linked to the PlayStation Network, following significant backlash and criticism from the co-op shooter's community. However, the game is still unavailable to purchase in over 170 countries - when the account linking was initially announced, Helldivers 2 was summarily removed from sale in any region where PlayStation Network is not available, and has not yet been reinstated. Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead, says the studio is now pushing Valve and Sony to have the game relisted.

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New Helldivers 2 update removes glitch helping us kill 2 billion bugs

• Crash fixes
  

• Fix for common crash related to damage over time use
  
• Fix for very common crash related to hot joining quickplay session that become full
  

• Players may not have the option to send, accept or decline friend requests.
  
• Blocked players are not added to the Blocked Players list and are not prevented from joining games.
  
• Reinforcement may not be available for some players who join a game in progress.
  
• Helldiver may be unable to stand up from crouching when surrounded by enemies.
  
• Game may crash if the player changes the text language while on a mission.
  
• Players may experience delays in Medals and Super Credits payouts.
  
• Enemies that bleed out do not progress Personal Orders and Eradicate missions.
  
• Arc weapons sometimes behave inconsistently and sometimes misfire.
  
• 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.
  
• Explosions do not break your limbs (except for when you fly into a rock).
  
• Area around Automaton Detector Tower makes blue stratagems such as the Hellbomb bounce and be repelled when trying to call them down close to the tower.
  
• Planet liberation reaches 100% at the end of every Defend mission.
  
• Some weapons in the tutorial have missing parts presenting as question marks in some cases.
  
• Hot joining players won't show up in the recent players list until they drop down to the planet, or not at all if they leave from the loadout.