Helldivers 2 Players Who Refuse to Log Out to Ensure They Keep Their Spot in the Servers 'Ruining It for Others'

The success of Helldivers 2 continues unabated. Even yesterday, the third-person cooperative sci-fi shooter game nearly reached its historical peak of 450K concurrent online users on Steam. The user reception on Valve's store has meaningfully improved compared to launch, too, leaping from the original 67% 'Mixed' review rating to the current 81% 'Very Positive' review rating.

It seems that we'll have to wait a while longer before we can expect mechs to be added to Helldivers 2, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios has declared the factory planet Tien Kwan to be under attack.

The boss of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has denied a recent rumour that Sony is buying the studio.

Helldivers 2 has turned out to be something of an anomaly, not only because it’s become a far bigger success than Sony or developer Arrowhead Game Studios had anticipated, but also because it’s selling at a rate that is unprecedented for the overwhelming majority of major new releases.

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Dealing with enemy outposts may seem like more hassle than it’s worth, but one Stratagem provides an easy solution for one of the most common obstacles in . This is great news since leaving these outposts unchecked can lead to major consequences when trying to complete mission objectives as quickly as possible. While it’s tempting to ignore them entirely, Helldivers can easily free up some quality real estate for tactical retreats and traversing between objectives so long as they’re toting the right tool – all while eliminating potential threats in the process.

fans are no strangers to innovating on the battlefield, but one player has made calling in support from Stratagems easier than ever before. After dropping down onto whatever besieged planet catches their attention, Helldivers are provided access to a range of Stratagems that involve plugging in a series of inputs for their orbiting Destroyer to send down equipment, supplies, and even deadly explosives. In the heat of battle, that process can be rather difficult, but fortunately, for some players, it just got much simpler.

After the Helldivers 2 community had rounded on farmers for negatively impacting the game’s galaxy-wide war against alien bugs and bots, developer Arrowhead has clarified their traitorous actions are in fact harmless.

Arrowhead Game Studios has rolled out a new Helldivers 2 patch (version 1.000.13), which improves the login speed on PlayStation 5, and more.

It’s fair to say that not even in their wildest dreams, Sony or developer Arrowhead Game Studios could have anticipated that Helldivers 2 would have enjoyed the level of success that it has. In spite of server issues and persistent connectivity problems that have only just now started easing up, the co-op shooter has attracted a sizeable playerbase.

Helldivers 2 continues to do well here in the UK, with boxed sales growing 20 percent in its third week on the market thanks to the game's positive reception.

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live has finally started airing and with it, we've reunited with everyone's favorite apocalypse survivors Rick and Michonne. The first episode centered mostly on the former, as he caught "us" up on his time in the Civic Republic Military and all his escape attempts over the years.