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With Helldivers 2 balance patch incoming, the game's CEO says weapons that score more kills aren't always "overrepresented" in successful missions

As some players think the Breaker shotgun is overpowered

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Helldivers 2 CEO acknowledges the meta in the best way: "Give the new player the shield backpack and the railgun. You can do without it if you are a true Helldiver"

Helldivers 2 players do love their railguns and shields

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Helldivers 2 has a balance patch coming, but 'it mostly consists of simple stat changes', says senior game designer

Un-breaking the Breaker.

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Helldivers 2 director says the meta doesn't matter because guns have over 40 secret stats anyway: "Use the one you like most"

"The numbers are a guideline," not a hard ruling

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Helldivers 2's guns have 46 secret stats so just 'use the one you like the most'

You're at liberty to do so.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 boss finds Starship Troopers renaissance 'humbling,' says the game is that 'without the plot armour', and nothing captures that better than your frantic near-death videos

Next time you die to a brood commander, imagine Johan Pilestedt steepling his fingers and smiling.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 director explains the limits of Joel the Game Master's power: "The war fought and liberation of planets — that's all you"

The creative director behind Helldivers 2 has clarified exactly what Joel the Game Master can and can't do.

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Helldivers 2 CEO describes the 'War Room' atmosphere on launch day, as a server-breaking tidal wave of unexpected divers came flooding in: 'We saw the graph, just—players rising and rising'

"Suddenly we got this massive drop, and the server started freaking out."

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"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

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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.

PC Gamer

'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

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 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 finally liberated from the bulk of its server issues as Arrowhead CEO celebrates having 'time to focus on improvements' like rad mechs and (probably) stealth gear

Helldiving. In my lane. Killing bugs. Moisturised. Thriving.

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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

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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"

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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."

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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.

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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.

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Helldivers 2's community manager gets mistaken for an automaton by Discord, gets locked out of account for over 40 hours due to 'sending too many DMs too fast'

"I mean, I'm flattered Discord thinks I type fast enough to be a robot, but come on."

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2's CEO deletes sleep-deprived tweet forged 'at 2 am' implying the login woes are over—clarifies 'we don't yet know if we can support everyone this weekend'

"I was less than crystal. I blame it being 2 am."

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

TechRadar

Helldivers 2 concurrent player cap increased to 700,000 as CEO says wait times will now be 'much more bearable'

Helldivers 2 CEO announces concurrent play cap increase to 700,000.

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.

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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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