A lot of co-op games tend to at least experiment with offering some form of competitive multiplayer, a PvP mode, or even PvEvP if they don’t want to completely abandon their original vision.
But that’s not a group the developer of Helldivers 2, the hottest co-op game right now, is looking to join.
Helldivers 2 might be a co-op shooter mixed with comedy genius, but its launch has been blighted by bugs and crashes. Over the past week the devs have deployed server hotfixes and matchmaking tweaks, although one server and rewards patch had to be rolled back to fix "significant" performance issues. Still, they're doing their utmost as the game becomes PlayStation's biggest PC release to date. And the latest patch brings with it a slew of crash fixes, reductions to disconnects, further tweaks to matchmaking, and preps things for future server improvements.
Helldivers 2 is going through the early launch pains live service games go through on the regular. After massive server and log-in issues, thanks to higher-than-expected player numbers, developer Arrowhead started reacting by releasing smaller fixes and making major upgrades to server infrastructure to accommodate this massive influx of players.
After it looked like things have stabilised, the developer released the game’s first patch (though only on PC). The patch was yet another attempt at streamlining the log-in process and ensuring the errors are descriptive enough to tell players what’s going on when the game fails to connect.
Unfortunately, it caused unexpected performance issues on PC, so it had to be pulled.