What you need to know
- Helldivers 2's long-awaited first balance patch came this week on Wednesday morning, but nerfs to popular weapons and a lack of buffs to compensate left many frustrated and disappointed.
- The situation quickly grew heated when a few members of the Helldivers development team made some comments that were perceived as inflammatory, such as one saying they were "feeding the rage a little for my own entertainment here." All the context can be found in the text below.
- Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO Johan Pilestedt has addressed the situation, calling the comments "horrible" and examples of "inexcusable behavior."
- Pilestedt notes that while he encourages Arrowhead developers to "engage with the community," folks at the studio are working to avoid situations like this one. He says that Arrowhead has "taken action internally to educate our developers."
