Arrowhead Game Studios has released a new patch for helldivers 2 on PlayStation 5, after quickly deploying and reverting to the PC version due to performance issues.
The popular multiplayer shooter has recently experienced a series of login issues following its release on February 8, even after a maintenance period that increased server capacity to 360,000.
To further combat this issue, the developer released a new patch on February 12 for PC. However, it was quickly forced to pull the update after some players “experienced a significant degradation in performance,” according to a post on the game's official Discord server. That said, the fix for the quest reward issue (detailed below) has not been affected by the patch rollback, and the update was successfully released on PS5 this morning (February 13).
The patch primarily addresses server capacity and login access issues, as well as the aforementioned quest progression and reward issues. Arrowhead did not specify the technical reason behind the performance degradation on PC, and at this time, it is unclear when the PC patch will be reinstated in the game. However, the studio stated this morning: “We are currently investigating that issue with yesterday's PC version.”
Unfortunately, this means that PC users will have to wait until the issues are fixed. PS5 players are not affected and can play safely with the latest update. Arrowhead said: “We do not anticipate there will be performance issues with the PS5 patch.” You can read the full patch notes below.
helldivers 2 Version 01.000.005 Patch Notes:
General description
- For this patch, our main goals were to address:
- Server capacity and login access
- Progression and mission rewards.
Corrections
For this patch we have made the following changes:
Server capacity and login access
- We have made it easier to request authentication in general.
- We've improved the visibility of error messages and added a countdown timer to clearly show when a new attempt will be made.
Progression and Mission Rewards
- Fixed daily progression and difficulty bug.
- Fixed future quest rewards.
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