What you need to know
- This past weekend, Helldivers 2 has been "suffering from success." Its concurrent player count rose above 400,000 on Steam alone, but as a result, many fans experienced capacity-related login queues for several days.
- Developer Arrowhead has been working hard to expand the servers, but also plans to soon implement an auto-kick system for players that AFK in-game to avoid dealing with the queue next time they want to play.
- The studio's CEO Johan Pilestedt confirmed this on X (Twitter), saying "I have already mentioned this to the team" in reply to a fan suggesting the addition of a system like this.
- Notably, Arrowhead said this morning that a patch is coming on Tuesday to address "login, matchmaking, and server load" problems, with more improvements coming "over the days and weeks to come."
