Helldivers 2 is the blockbuster that no one, not even developer Arrowhead Game Studio, expected: the latest patch for Helldivers 2 has boosted server capacity to support up to 700,000 simultaneous players It's a welcome upgrade, given that the co-op shooter has reached server capacity multiple times since its explosive launch on PC and PS5 earlier this month [However, the head of Arrowhead Game Studio said that this will not eliminate the wait entirely, but will only "make it more bearable" in the meantime

"We have updated the CCU limit to 700,000," CEO and "Hell Diver 2" creative director Johan Pilestedt said in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) 'Unfortunately, CCU expects to reach this level We believe the wait will be more bearable" In another tweet, he added: "We may still reach the cap in the future, but for now it is beyond what we can support We are actively monitoring the situation"

After maxing out its servers shortly after launch, Helldivers 2 increased its server capacity to support 250,000 simultaneous players This was later raised to 360,000, and just last week to 450,000 the Arrowhead team is steadily making corrections, but as Pilestedt reminded players at X, there is still much work to be done

'It's a matter of effort We need to optimize the back-end code We are really at the limit

The latest update to the game, patch 100012 for Helldivers 2, not only raises the server limit, but also addresses several bugs that players have encountered, such as getting stuck in cinematics for long periods of time The previous patch also fixed crashes caused by joining another player's ship and crashes when players leave a session during bombardment; full patch notes for Helldivers 2 for PC can be found here

Helldivers 2 set a record for the largest launch in Sony's PC game history, with approximately 460,000 concurrent players at its peak on Steam As of this writing, Helldivers 3's concurrent player count is hovering around 300,000

In his review of Helldivers 2, colleague Rory Mellon described the game as "an excellent cooperative shooter that manages to deliver memorable moments in almost every play session This problem should be solved with this patch, at least if the online servers are functioning