Helldivers 2’s first PC patch irons out crashes and improves matchmaking
“We know there’s more to solve”
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Arrowhead Game Studios’ highly anticipated third-person shooterHelldivers 2has received its first patch on PC to improve matchmaking and iron out some crashes, but the devs have admitted that “we know there’s more to solve.”
Helldivers 2released yesterday (February 8) onPlayStation 5and PC viaSteam, and plenty of players found themselves running into technical problems, be that with the aforementioned matchmaking issues, or even theservers temporarily going down. At first, while the developers worked to solve the issue, players were encouraged to play with friends, as matchmaking wasn’t an issue there.
However, yesterday evening, Arrowhead Game Studios announced that its first patch was live on Steam: “We’ve uploaded a patch to Steam that should improve matchmaking for PC,” astatementfrom game director Mikael Eriksson reads. “The patch also includes some other crash fixes we’ve identified. We know there’s more to solve, and we’re working our way through it. Nevertheless, we hope this rapid patch goes a long way to making your experience better. Now go smash some bugs (and bots)!”
Earlier in the day, Erikkson hadrevealedthat the patch would hit Steam first before being rolled out onto PS5 “as quickly as we can.” At the time of writing, it appears that this still hasn’t happened, but needless to say that there is a fix on the way for console players, too.
AlthoughHelldivers 2might have had a slightly shaky launch, there’s plenty for players to look forward to. This week, Arrowhead Game Studios confirmed that the game will receivefree post-launch story updateslater down the line. Game writer Stephen Flowers teased in an interview on thePlayStation Blog: “As for the story ahead, all I can say is that the galaxy will look very different a few months from now than it does today.”
Looking for more games like Helldivers 2? You can find some excellent recommendations on our lists of thebest co-op games, as well as thebest multiplayer PC games.
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