Helldivers 2 Update Planned For October, With “Bigger Performance Pieces” Needing More Time

In a lengthy social media post, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios acknowledged “issues including performance drops, stability hiccups, freezes, and the annoying audio bugs.” The plan is to start addressing those problems next month, though performance-related fixes will require a longer-term solution.

The first update is slated to arrive in “mid-October-ish” for Helldivers 2, according to the game’s official X account. That patch will focus on crashing issues, audio interruptions for primary weapon/sidearm, minor performance upgrades, and more. However, for “bigger performance pieces” in the third-person shooter, Arrowhead states that it needs more than two months to “address some of the larger concerns.”

In addition, Arrowhead added that it’s aiming for “more transparency and more talk” about Helldivers 2 moving forward. That will begin next week with a new post about the shooter, according to the developer.

Last week, Helldivers 2 received a patch that tackled cave crashes and audio bugs. Arrowhead also temporarily removed the Rupture Strain subfaction enemies from the game. Earlier this month, Helldivers 2 got the Into the Unjust update, which introduced subterranean Terminid lairs.

The game also put up some huge concurrent player numbers after arriving on Xbox Series X|S in August. For more, check out GameSpot’s Helldivers 2 review. Meanwhile, the planned patch for next month will concentrate on these areas:

• Some key crash fixes
• Fixed the Primary weapon/Sidearm audio that stops during a mission
• Minor performance improvements
• Long overdue bug fixes, like Charger footstep sounds (pretty useful) or weapon audio stopping mid mission
• No more landing on caves
• A Balance Pass (we’re unleashing Niklas & Lennart)