Highlights
- Helldivers 2 releases new patch for PC and PS5 to address stability, stuttering, Defend Events, and more.
- Some updates have been less successful, but the game is slowly improving since its release.
- Patch 01.000.006 focuses on stability, connectivity, and matchmaking improvements, with specific fixes for crashes and disconnect issues.
Helldivers 2 has released a new patch for PC and PS5 that addresses stability, stuttering, Defend Events, and more. Since the game's launch, Helldivers 2 users have struggled with a wide range of bugs.
Arrowhead Game Studios has regularly released updates in an effort to fix these issues. However, some of the Helldivers 2 updates have been much less successful than others. A recent PC update had to be partially rolled back due to it introducing significant performance issues. While this was a frustrating development for some players, Helldivers 2 has slowly but surely approached a solid state since its rocky release about a week ago. Arrowhead recently released its newest patch that will hopefully help in this progress.
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Helldivers 2 Patch 01.000.006 is now live for PC and PS5 users. The update focuses on improving general stability, resolving connectivity and disconnect issues, and preparing the game for future server and matchmaking improvements. Its specific fixes include resolving a crash that occurred when Helldivers 2 was closed shortly after launch, a crash that occurred during the extraction cutscene, a crash that occurred due to a Helldivers 2 user adding too many friends, and more. The update's patch notes also mention that Helldivers 2's backend connectivity and overall matchmaking experience have been improved, which should increase the likelihood of successfully finding a match and reduce the probability of disconnecting from one.
Based on the update's mention of preparing Helldivers 2 for future server and matchmaking improvements, it seems that users can expect additional updates in the near future. Although the newest update has improved the game for some users, others report that only more crashes are occurring now. Helldivers 2 has already come a long way since launch, but it's clear that Arrowhead still has plenty of improvements to implement. Despite these issues, Helldivers 2 has performed exceptionally well.
Helldivers 2 hit its player count peak yesterday after reaching over 203,000 concurrent users. And at the time of writing, Helldivers 2 is Steam's top-selling game in the United States and the second top-selling game globally. This success led Helldivers 2 to become Sony's highest-played game ever on Steam by smashing God of War's previous record of about 73,000 concurrent players. Immediately following its launch, some fans worried that Helldivers 2's many stability issues would overshadow the game's entertaining and unique gameplay, but that is clearly not the case.
Helldivers 2 Patch Notes For Update 01.000.006
Good day Helldivers!
Fresh patch notes coming your way to optimize your liberation efforts
For this patch, we have focused on the following areas:
- Improved general game stability
- Prepared build for upcoming server matchmaking improvements.
- Resolving connectivity and disconnect issues.
Fixes
- Fixed crash when application was closed shortly after start
- Game no longer crashes during extraction cutscene.
- User profile with too many friends no longer causes crash.
- Fixed crash when using text-to-speech during extraction cutscene
- Game no longer crashes when users disconnect during the joining cutscene.
- Operation Status in Mission Summary no longer causes crash.
- Fixed crashes caused by leftover visual effects from disconnected players.
- Game no longer crashes when using ADS.
- Repaired instability in game data packing that caused increased patch sizes.
- Improved backend connectivity, reduces likelihood of disconnecting in missions.
- Improved matchmaking experience and likelihood of success.
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.
