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Arrowhead Rolls Out Helldivers 2 Hotfix as CEO Says 60 Days Won’t Fix ‘Crippling’ Tech Debt

The studio signals deeper engine work after Into the Unjust exposed widespread stability problems.

Overview

  • Hotfix 01.004.001 went live ahead of schedule with fixes for several crash causes, cave lighting issues, and erratic extraction shuttle landings.
  • Arrowhead also buffed Dust Devils Warbond items, cutting the MS-11 Solo Silo cooldown to 180 seconds and reducing the S-11 Speargun reload to 2.5 seconds.
  • CEO Shams Jorjani told players the game is not earning a passing grade on stability and that a fresh 60‑day push would not address deep engine fixes.
  • Serious problems persist, including full system freezes on PC that support says are under investigation, plus cave mission quirks such as inconsistent respawns and stratagem calls.
  • Players are urging a pause on new content to prioritize a health update, as the team notes overlapping content and fix responsibilities and the PC install size has swelled past 140GB, which leadership says is being reviewed.