Is Helldivers 2 down?
Are the Helldivers 2 servers down? Arrowhead Game Studios’ frantic third-person shooter launched today (February 8) on PC and PlayStation 5, and players have been reporting matchmaking issues and crashes. However, it now also seems that the Helldivers 2 servers are struggling, with players flagging outages. Here’s what we know.
At around 3:40pm GMT (10:40am ET / 7:40am PT, which is 2:40am AEDT on February 9), the official Helldivers 2 Discord server was flooded with players reporting that the game’s servers had gone down. This was corroborated by TechRadar Gaming. However, within 10 minutes, and before the developers could even address the issue, things appeared to have returned to normal again.
At the time of writing, the Helldivers 2 servers appear to be fully functioning again, but while the developers iron out other technical issues, there’s a chance that this could change. We’ll be sure to update this article with more information as it becomes available.
After the initial disruption and reports in the Discord, at just before 4pm GMT (11am ET / 8am PT, or 3am AEDT on February 9), an update from Arrowhead Game Studios’ CEO, Johan Pilestedt, was shared on the official Discord server.
«Hey everyone, we did an optimization update to the backend that unfortunately gate rushed ourselves (can you say friendly fire?),» Pilestedt wrote. «In common English: 'someone tripped on the network cable.' Backend will be up and running soon. And service will continue. We are actively monitoring and resolving the situation. Head of backend says sorry.»
This isn’t the first time on launch day that Helldivers 2 players have faced technical issues, however. Earlier in the day, Pilestedt, shared a statement via the Discord server and apologized for the matchmaking issues that players have been experiencing. The CEO added that “I have not been as active as I would have liked” since “it’s been a bit of a crisis mode in the studio today.”
Pilestedt explained: “We are seeing the matchmaking
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