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It’s a huge month for Helldivers 2 thanks to the upcoming release on Xbox consoles. Arrowhead are back from their annual summer vacation, and they are focusing on bug fixes and performance to get the game in as good a state as possible before Microsoft players jump onboard. They have just released update 01.003.202, and the Helldivers 2 CEO has said more fixes will be delivered “hopefully soon” as part of an apology.
More Helldivers 2 performance and bug fixes will be delivered “hopefully soon”
On Discord, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani has been responding to a lot of complaints about performance issues. One user commented that there are “significant drops in FPS when diving on a planet” for PS5, and the user added they are “not playing [and] neither are my buddies until this is resolved”.
In response, Jorjani said “sorry for the inconvenience” and stated that a fix will be delivered “hopefully soon”.
Unfortunately, it’s not only PS5 suffering from performance issues as players on PC are reporting woes, too. A user commented, “I’m using a rx 5500 xt with a ryzen 9 3950x and 16gb ram and the game struggles to get over 25 fps in high difficulties”. To this, Jorjani said “sorry” again, and stated Arrowhead will be “looking at performance more,” but there is the conundrum that the “more new stuff we [Arrowhead] add the more challenging performance becomes”.
Another issue Jorjani “noted” is “The icons in the armour menu load[ing] quite slowly on PS5″. Jorjani also said performance is “Always something we’ll work on” in response to a user remarking, “The game is running like hot garbage for a lot of people including myself, especially on the megacity maps”.
As for how Arrowhead are prioritising what to fix, Jorjani explained, “Bugs rank A, showstoppers. B major impact on gameplay and C minor impact. We [Arrowhead] prioritize accordingly. But not only in that order. So, we tackle all three categories in parallel”.
Lastly, Jorjani revealed that Arrowhead are in the process of creating a “blog post”. The idea is that this will better communicate what bugs and issues are getting prioritized and why.
With the release of Helldivers 2 on Xbox slated for August 26th, it’s likely we will receive more updates before. Patches typically come out on Tuesday, so hopefully the next patch will be released by August 12th or at least the 19th.
For more Helldivers 2, check out our guide to the best warbonds ranked, along with the best stratagems and best throwables. We also have a guide to the best weapons, and, if you’re coming back to HD2 for the first time in a long while, we have a bunch of tips and tricks to help you get reaccustomed to the battlefield.
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