New Helldivers 2 Update Available to Download Now

One day after Arrowhead Game Studios launched Helldivers 2 version 01.000.008, the Stockholm-based developers released a follow-up patch that PC and PS5 players should download as soon as possible. The latest Helldivers 2 update, version 01.000.009, brought more fixes and stability to the game and addressed some reported crashes.

While the sudden success of Helldivers 2 put the long-awaited sequel on the map for gamers, it did not come without its share of growing pains. As the player count continued to rise on both Steam and PS5, Arrowhead Game Studios has kept players informed about its ongoing efforts to stabilize the game’s servers. Due to its success, the servers of Helldivers 2 have been unstable, resulting in players receiving errors that indicate a failed connection to the game. In light of the growing pains, Arrowhead’s CEO Johan Pilestedt has stated that the studio is doing all it can, including hiring more staff, to both stabilize the game’s servers and to help with game content production.

Helldivers 2 Continues Its Efforts to Crush More Bugs

In the meantime, the latest Helldivers 2 update should help with Arrowhead’s continued efforts. Helldivers 2 version 01.000.009 was released one day after version 01.000.008 went live on Steam and PS5. The previous version update for Helldivers 2 was a support patch that addressed matchmaking filters to exclude full ones and to fix three major crashes that were related to particle rendering and ragdoll physics. With version 01.000.009, more crashes were dealt with. Crashes that could occur in both extraction cutscenes and while shooting the SMG-37 Defender gun in ADS mode were fixed. A matchmaking issue that caused invalid data transmissions was also addressed, and improvements to the game’s lobby sorting and connectivity systems were made. The difficulty of multiple modes was adjusted, including the Eradicate mission, which saw increases in both the difficulty and the mission timer.

Thouugh some problems with the game’s high server load remained persistent, Arrowhead stated the issues will continue to be worked on. As part of Arrowhead’s efforts to give Helldivers 2 players a better experience, the studio added a temporary XP and Requisition multiplier of 50% to compensate for a bug that affected rewards. The multiplier will last until the end of Sunday, February 18.

Even though the game’s issues are an ongoing matter, Helldivers 2 is a fun experience for fans both old and new. Only time will tell how long it will take for Arrowhead to fix most of the game’s server problems.

Helldivers 2 Version 01.000.09 Patch Notes

Fixes

Stability/Crashes

• Fixed a crash during extraction cutscene relating to text to speech.
• Fixed a crash happening during extraction in search and destroy missions after consecutive multiplayer missions.
• Fixed a crash when getting disconnected during the joining cutscene.
• Fixed a crash while shooting from the ‘SMG-37 Defender’ in ADS mode.
• Fixed a crash that rarely occurs relating to surface data for footstep effects.
• Fixed a rare crash relating to identical particle effects playing.
• Fixed a crash that could occur in relation to accepting an invite.

Matchmaking

• Fixed an issue that caused us to send invalid data to multiplayer services.
• Improved lobby sorting to increase chance of connectivity.

Balance & Other Fixes

• Defend event difficulty has been reduced.
• Fix for Suicide, Impossible and Helldive missions being too easy.
• Eradicate mission difficulty Increased.
• Eradicate mission timer has been increased to 15 minutes.
• Updated Mission End screen to display Experience and Requisition multiplier.
• Issue where multiple of the same stratagems could be brought to a mission has been resolved.

Known Issues

Listed below are significant issues that are being worked on and were either introduced by this patch or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed.

Backend issues during high load are improved but still persist, issues include:

• Login rate limiting when many are logging in at the same time.
• Players can become disconnected during play.
• Rewards and other progress may be delayed or not attributed.
• Various UI issues may appear when the game interacts with servers.
• Pick-up of certain objects in-game may cause characters to freeze in place for an extended period of time.
• Other unknown behaviors may occur.
• Japanese VO is missing from intro cutscene and Ship TV.
• Armor values for light/medium/heavy armor do currently not function as intended.

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative shooter developed by Arrowhead Games Studios for the PC and PlayStation 5 where players take control of a Helldiver set to protect the citizens of Super Earth by traveling to hostile alien worlds and destroying threats. Players undergo missions, defeat enemies, and use special items called Stratagems to help turn the tide of battle in this punishing release.

Franchise

Helldivers

Platform(s)

PC , PlayStation 5

Released

February 8, 2024

Developer(s)

Arrowhead Game Studios AB

Genre(s)

Shooter

Multiplayer

Online Co-Op

ESRB

M For Mature 17+ Due To Blood and Gore, Intense Violence

Number of Players

1-4