Helldivers 2 devs prepare servers for weekend onslaught with capacity upgrade

Fighting for space democracy is so hot right now

Marco Wutz | Feb 23, 2024

Helldivers 2 devs prepare servers for weekend onslaught with capacity upgrade /

Another weekend beckons, which will have most people breathe a sigh of relief. Things are a little different for the developers at Arrowhead, the studio behind Helldivers 2. Despite updates and capacity upgrades, the situation with the game’s server issues has remained tense – and with an influx of players to be expected over the free days, it’s going to be a nerve-wrecking weekend for the team.

Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt stated that the studio “updated the max CCU cap to 700,000” as preparation for the weekend. However, he added: “Unfortunately, we expect the CCU to reach that level.” This would mean that players might face queue times once again when logging in, though Pilestedt added that these would be “much more bearable” than before.

Helldivers 2 gameplay — It's going to be another stressful weekend for the Arrowhead crew / Arrowhead Games

Helldivers 2’s previous peak concurrent user count on Steam was at over 450,000, which sent the game’s servers through the wringer and resulted in people being unable to log in. However, recent updates such as patch 1.000.11, which introduced a feature that auto-kicks AFK players, and the mentioned server upgrades have made the experience far more stable for people – at least during the working week.

Naturally, the upcoming weekend is going to be another test as the popularity of Helldivers 2 keeps spreading and more players rope in their friends to fight for space democracy together in the third-person co-op shooter.

Arrowhead keeps monitoring the situation, of course, but there is probably little it can do in terms of emergency measures, should push come to shove this next weekend. The community around Helldivers 2 is remaining remarkably positive in spite of these frustrations. One of the reasons is probably the studio’s transparent communication policy as well as the game itself being tons of fun – once you can get onto the servers, that is.

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Published Feb 23, 2024

MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg