"To that end, Eriksson revealed that Arrowhead's plan moving forward is to deploy patches every two weeks for the next few months in order to reduce the number of critical bugs impeding players' ability to enjoy Helldivers 2. In the latest Q&A, Eriksson cited the game's most recent patch as an example of what it intends, claiming that it fixed about 200 of Helldivers 2's bugs. Arrowhead hopes to keep hitting these patches before resuming with Helldivers 2's content roadmap around December."
"As a result, Arrowhead Studios, the developer working on Helldivers 2, recently announced that it would be pumping the brakes on content updates and the game's planned roadmap for a while. The goal of the temporary hiatus is to give the team the ability to diagnose and work on Helldivers 2's multiple issues, which stem from the game's hazardous live environment, its developers nonstop cadence of content drops, and years of technical debt adding up."
Helldivers 2, a live-service shooter, has suffered balance and performance problems after frequent updates since its February 2024 launch. Players have faced crashes, worsening performance, growing PC file sizes, and gameplay wonkiness. Arrowhead Studios paused major content updates and the planned roadmap to focus on diagnosing and fixing issues caused by a hazardous live environment, continuous content cadence, and accumulated technical debt. The studio will deploy biweekly patches for several months to reduce critical bugs, citing a recent patch that fixed about 200 bugs. The studio plans to resume the content roadmap around December once stability improves.
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