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Helldivers 2 Pushes Crash Hotfix as Arrowhead Confronts 'Crippling' Technical Debt

Arrowhead blames the instability on accumulated technical debt.

Overview

  • Arrowhead released a hotfix today that targets several crashes, adjusts extraction shuttle landings, tweaks Hive World lighting, and buffs items from the new Dust Devils Warbond.
  • The patch leaves many problems unresolved, with players still reporting heavy frame drops, mission glitches, audio issues underground, and other bugs flagged on the studio’s known-issues list.
  • CEO Shams Jorjani told fans performance is not good enough and said fixes for the most immediate problems are being prepared, without giving a firm timeline.
  • Jorjani said the Xbox launch being complete should free the team to take a stronger run at performance work and noted the PC install size topping about 140GB is being treated as a priority.
  • Community posts are urging a pause on new Warbonds and features for a dedicated stability push, and production director Alex Bolle confirmed the same teams that add content are also responsible for fixing its bugs.