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Towards a new video game phenomenon? Barely launched, this new PS5 PC exclusive does better than God of War!
Are we about to witness a new video game phenomenon? Helldivers 2 was only launched on February 8, 2024, but it already does better than God of War. Indeed, this title became PlayStation’s third biggest launch on PC. And for good reason, according to the data SteamDBthe latest software from Playstation Studios reached a peak of more than 50,000 players a few hours after its release. A figure which climbed to 81,840 less than 24 hours after its launch.
Helldivers 2 is the sequel to Helldivers (which was in height view). In this game you are the last line of attack in the galaxy. As a child of Super-Earth, you are also the pillars of civilization, and even of existence. In this title you join the fight for freedom across a hostile galaxy in this third-person shooter with frenetic co-op action. For the success of your primordial mission and winning this intergalactic war against a growing alien threatyou also have access to a whole bunch of weapons, but also equipment such as air strikes.
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Although Arrowhead Game Studios’ latest title was highly anticipated, it received mixed feedback on Steam. Indeed, the software suffered from numerous bugs such as crashes or MatchMaking difficulties when accessing multiplayer games with unknown players. The developers therefore reacted quickly by offering a fix in order to resolve these problems..
Gameguard in the sights of players
However, Gameguard anti-cheat protection causes heated controversy. “ An anti-cheat that has access to your entire computer without restrictions!? You think that’s normal, it’s rubbish! » exclaims a first Internet user. “ Helldiver 2’s anti-cheat software is some of the crappiest and most dangerous software on the market. It has access to the heart of your computer, which means it can browse all files and control the hardware » specifies another in the reviews Steam software.
This wave of indignation from users also pushed the studio to publish a communicated. Although Peter Lindgren, technical director of Helldivers 2, understands that GameGuard is at the computer kernel level, he declares that no confidential data is collected at the expense of the players. “ The software is only active when the game is running, and we didn’t notice any noticeable performance degradation on our workstations. Additionally, it is deleted at the same time as uninstalling the game » reassures the technical director.
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