HELLDIVERS™ 2 News

Arrowhead have released a new Helldivers 2 update - patch 01.000.100 - which designer Alex K describes as "the first round in a never-ending series of balance changes". The patch nerfs three of what were hitherto the best Helldivers 2 guns and gear pieces - the SG-225 Breaker shotgun, the RS-422 railgun, and the SH-32 shield generator backpack, all of which break Arrowhead's pretty straightforward golden rule that "each gun has its purpose and none is strictly better than another".

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If you’re a massive nerd, Helldivers 2’s developers have made a big effort to reassure you about the nerfs included in the game’s latest patch. How? Well, by giving you spreadsheet lovers a bit of info on the studio’s current approach to balancing weapons - complete with the exact numbers for this latest round of gun tweaks.

So yeah, you can stop asking Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt why the game isn’t serving you up nine million different stats to help you decide exactly which of the two shotguns you’re trying to choose between - like Mr Burns with the ketchup in that Simpsons episode - is marginally better. Congrats, dweebs.

If you’re too much of smartpants for your own good, you’ll want to head over to the official Helldivers 2 Discord server, where designer Alex K has had a go at outlining what the studio’s current approach to weapon balancing is and what it’s designed to achieve. “Our goal is to give you a wide range of weapon choices, where each gun has its purpose and none is strictly better than another,” the dev outlined.

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Attention, soldiers of Super Earth! A fresh Helldivers 2’s patch has been deployed on PC, with PS5 soon to follow. What does it do? Well, by the looks of it, make heading into battle on a hostile planet even more of a perilous prospect.

Before you ask, no, this isn’t the update that delivers mechs to the game, though they have now officially been confirmed to be ready for deployment “soon”. It does contain some pretty important changes, though, especially if you’re a fan of weather or have been concerned about the likes of armour bugs and - god forbid - weapon balancing.

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Helldivers 2 has been one of 2024's biggest winners so far, with millions of players lining up to join the fight against bug and robot terrors in the quest to spread liberty in the name of Super Earth. With its initial server wobbles now seemingly under control for the most part, developer Arrowhead Game Studios releases the first major update. Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.100 is out now on PC, with the PlayStation 5 update set to follow soon, and it introduces new planetary hazards along with some balance changes to some of the weapons considered to be "quite strong with too little downside."

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When something gets popular enough, it tends to create a sphere around it that gives rise to all manner of rumours and speculation. This is what’s happening with Helldivers 2 right now. Or, more accurately, with Arrowhead Game Studios, the studio behind the smash hit.

A new rumour has popped up, suggesting that the studio has joined the PlayStation family. An acquisition such as that wouldn’t be out of the ordinary for Sony, especially given the relatively small size of Arrowhead.

It is, however, not true.

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