Helldivers 2 Players Are Returning In Droves After Latest Update

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Helldivers 2's latest update is seeing players return in droves, as the game's peak player count reached 59,181 on Steam post-update.
That's almost triple the number of players from the game's previous peak player count, and the Helldivers 2 companion app has the game's total player count at just shy of 80,000.
We've yet to see whether this new surge of players will have any momentum, but they're impressive numbers considering we're yet to hit the weekend.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Helldivers 2 is currently in the middle of a renaissance. After weeks of criticism, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:review bombings, and players abandoning ship, developer Arrowhead Studios appears to have got the message and has been 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:gradually announcing upcoming buffs that are 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:getting players back on board. Today was the day for the update 𓆏to drop, and saying that players are excited would be an understatement.

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It was pretty clear that the direction that Arrowhead was going in with Helldivers 2 was driving a significant number of players away, and that has been proven by the sheer number of players now returning to the game following these exciting buffs. , you can see that Helldivers 2 managed to set a peak player count of 59,181 today, a number not seen since the game's 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:botched Escalation of Freedom update.

In fact, yesterday's peak player count for Helldivers 2 sat at 23,960 players, meaning the game's player count on ♒Steam almost tripled following the release of this new update. While the game will almost certainly never eclipse the peak player count it set at launch, that's still an incredibly impressive number consid🌱ering this update hasn't really added anything in terms of new content. It's just fixed existing stuff.

Helldivers 2 Players Are Returning In Droves After Latest Update

A graph showing a sharp influx in Helldivers 2 player numbers

That's just Steam too. , a Helldivers 2 player called RedneckThinker shared data from the game's companion app to reveal that the game's total 💛player count was actually 78,718. Taking into account that this is a random Tuesday night, and that the player count has the potential to rise even further once th🌜e weekend hits, it's safe to say that Arrowhead is definitely making strides towards reviving the game's player count.

Of course, these numbers will then gradually drop again, as is the nature of the live service beast. However, it seems as though Arrowhead has plenty of stuff up its sleeve, as alongside releasing a brand-new Warbond for players to work towards, we also have the impending invasion of the Illuminate. Territory in control of the alien faction was briefly marked on the Galactic Map a f💙ew weeks ago, so it's 🦂clear Arrowhead is preparing for something.

In any case, these early numbers will definitely emboldeꦐn Arrowhead in the weeks ahead, and hopefully send a message to the developer that players want the game to feel fun to play first and foremost. While more nerfs are inevitable, as said so by the game's community manager, thi🦄s latest round of buffs should keep people happy for a good while at least.