Helldivers 2 has loved a powerful begin on Steam, however the launch is beneath menace of being overshadowed by matchmaking issues and crashes.
Arrowhead Recreation Studios’ cooperative motion recreation is revealed by Sony Interactive Leisure throughout PS5 and PC by way of Steam. Helldivers 2 is at the moment the 18th most-played recreation on Steam with 64,183 concurrent gamers, a quantity that may little question develop over the course of the day, week, and into its first weekend. Helldivers 2 can also be the third top-selling recreation by income on Steam, forward of smash hits corresponding to Palworld and Name of Responsibility.
However the reception to Helldivers 2 on Steam is at the moment classed as ‘blended’, with some customers stating efficiency issues which are inflicting points on PC.
In a publish on the official Helldivers Discord, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt stated the Swedish studio has been in “a bit of a disaster mode” at this time, admitting matchmaking points, crashes, and login issues had been taking over so much of the crew’s time. Pilestedt advised the sheer quantity of gamers at launch dug up unexpected points.
“I simply needed to allow you to all know we’re working as onerous as we will on resolving these, the amount of gamers uncovered some shenanigans in the system that went previous many, many, many hours or testing,” Pilestedt continued.
“Now we have tried resolving it on the backend solely however it looks like we should patch the sport to resolve the problem. Sorry for this and thanks on your endurance.
“For now I like to recommend to crew up with folks from the group as becoming a member of mates work fantastic.
“I hope you might be having fun with the expertise when you get into the sport.”
One of the issues Helldivers 2 has encountered is a matter with quickplay. In a seperate publish on Discord, Arrowhead stated it’s engaged on a repair.
Arrowhead and writer Sony will probably be eager to type Helldivers 2’s launch points out earlier than they start to noticeably have an effect on participant numbers and launch enthusiasm from followers.
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