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Over 180,000 Helldivers 2 players are storming a single planet and are on track to liberate it in under 24 hours—unless Arrowhead's devious DM gets mean again

You wanna live forever?

PC Gamer

"Malevon Creek was literally an inside job": Helldivers 2 grunts in pieces after learning a real-life D&D game master is beating their asses in the Galactic War

Hi name is Joel, apparently

GamesRadar

Arrowhead CEO says the 'live service' aspect of Helldivers 2 has to be secondary to delivering a 'full experience' for $40: 'We view ourselves as a live service game because it's unfair to say anything else'

Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt is just a little bit reluctant about embracing the live service label.

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'We have an actual person with the title of Game Master': A single Helldivers 2 dev named Joel is pulling the strings on its galactic war like an all-powerful D&D dungeon master, war will become 'more and more sophisticated over time'

Arrowhead has noticed the "attachments" players have to planets and will make them more of a character in the future.

PC Gamer

Leaked Helldivers 2 video shows multiple mechs in live combat

We knew mechs were "coming soon," but they may be coming sooner than we thought.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2's Automatons just handed the community its first big L, and meager rewards and bad mission design are to blame

We just lost our first major conflict against Helldivers 2's Automatons, but it's not our fault. Here's why.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 fixes 'pesky bug' that made players' Super Credits disappear

Arrowhead Game Studios has fixed an ongoing Helldivers 2 bug that was making purchased Super Credits go missing.

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Helldivers 2 devs say no, farmers aren't handing planets to the Automatons on a silver platter—they just aren't helping

Chaotic neutral.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 celebrates victory over server capacity issues as devs move "to focus on improvements" like armored mechs: "Many exciting things upcoming!"

Following Helldivers 2's smooth server performance this past weekend, developer Arrowhead is shifting gears to focus on content updates.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2's first big war isn't suffering because of tough evac missions or medal-hoarding farmers—it's the pass-or-fail reward structure that's spoiling the fun

A case for positive reinforcement over punishment.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 CEO talks DLSS and FSR: 'When you are in a prio meeting and it's more awesome content vs more tech the decision is easy…'

You can't please all people, all of the time, but that never stops people from complaining.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 dev now focused on improvements and returning to its "original plan" after the shooter celebrates its first weekend without server issues

Creative director Johan Pilestedt promises "many exciting things" are on the way

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 servers are being raised to support 800k players to tackle long queues: "How crazy is this message from a studio of 100?"

Arrowhead Studios CEO says there might only be some "light queues"

GamesRadar

Etsy is already overrun with bootleg Helldivers 2 merch

It's bad behavior that's bad for the gaming ecosystem.

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Latest Helldivers 2 patch raises server cap to 700,000 concurrent players to cut down on wait times

Arrowhead Game Studio raises server cap on Helldivers 2 to 700,000 concurrent players to make wait times "more bearable."

Windows Central

Starship Troopers star "can't wait to play" Helldivers 2, suggests a collab I'd kill to see: "Maybe we should do a crossover movie?!"

The actor behind Starship Trooper's protagonist is hyped to play Helldivers 2, and even suggested making a crossover film.

Windows Central

Helldivers 2 raises its server capacity to gear up for another crazy weekend, but will it be enough?

Ahead of what's expected to be a very busy weekend, Helldivers 2 dev Arrowhead has fortified and expanded the game's servers.

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2's engine was "discontinued" 6 years ago: "Our crazy engineers had to do everything, with no support"

Helldivers 2 lead reveals the shooter was built on an engine that no longer exists

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From Helldivers 2 to Last Epoch, 2024 is already the year of server issues

Game servers have been taking a battering this year

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 players hope for the best and prepare for the worst as CEO warns "we might still hit the limit" after devs raise server cap to 700K for the busy weekend

Arrowhead is still trying to get players into Helldivers 2

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 maximum player cap has been increased, but Arrowhead still expects queues

The 450,000 CCU cap has been raised to 700,000.

Windows Central

New Helldivers 2 patch takes care of all those AFK queue dodgers, but one of its worst bugs still remains

AFK Helldivers 2 players will no longer clog up the servers, but medium and heavy armor is still useless thanks to a problematic bug.

TechRadar

Helldivers 2's latest patch enforces a 15-minute AFK timer

Arrowhead Game Studios has introduced an AFK timer for Helldivers 2 which kicks inactive players after 15 minutes.

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2's new patch kicks the AFK players obstructing democracy after they've been idle for 15 minutes

This should help alleviate the struggling servers

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 was built on an obscure Swedish engine discontinued in 2018: 'Our crazy engineers had to do everything with no support'

Arrowhead isn't the only studio making co-op shooters on abandonware.

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