Helldivers 2 Releases New Update For November 2025

Helldivers 2 releases a new update for its Into The Unjust content, attempting to fix many of the current issues plaguing the experience for players. It's been a rough couple of months for Helldivers 2, as Arrowhead Game Studios attempts to fix and adjust the problems that have arisen from its big September update.

Since the launch of Into the Unjust, Helldivers 2's performance has seemingly taken a turn for the worse, with player frustration rising over technical issues like poor optimization, a rising file size, and other performance issues. In fact, things have gotten so bad that even the Helldivers 2 game director admitted the game is starting to break at the seams. Still, Arrowhead Game Studios continues to plug away on the game, releasing its latest update.

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Update 4.1.1 from Arrowhead Game Studios continues to address a number of crashes that Helldivers 2 players have been reporting, including ones resulting from "hotjoining" a game that has already started or when certain encounters are triggered. In addition, the update makes further optimizations to the game, from frame stutters, tree destruction, and low resolution textures for PC players. Finally, the patch also makes a handful of miscellaneous adjustments, like unused textures being loaded into the game's memory accidentally, or haptic feedback being missing after a controller disconnects and then reconnects.

While the patch may be smaller in size, it will likely be followed by additional updates as the performance issues in Helldivers 2 won't be an easy fix. The rising issues have even forced Arrowhead to significantly adjust its content release plans, as the studio has had to delay some future content updates in order to prioritize the current tech debt and other critical issues. Thankfully, some of the issues are small enough that they are able to address them quickly, though there are some which will require some extra time.

Part of the cleanup process appears to center around the game's current anti-cheat system, which players have highlighted as one potential reason why the performance has struggled. Helldivers 2's GameGuard anti-cheat is one feature which Arrowhead is looking at removing, though the studio's CEO Shams Jorjani set expectations by calling it a "hydra head" and indicating that it won't be easy, likely requiring a careful approach as to not break other parts of the game unintentionally.

Helldivers 2 Into The Unjust Update 4.1.1. Patch Notes

Crashes

Fixed a crash after hotjoining a game that just started, and when the existing players use certain stratagems
Fixed a rare crash when enemies fall through the ground
Fixed a crash that occurs during missions when an encounter is triggered
Fix rare crash on mission load
Fixed crash which could occur when interacting quickly with the weapon customization menu

Miscellaneous

Extraction shuttle will no longer get into the landing stage when bumping into tall structures near the landing pad
Fix an issue with missing haptics when gamepads disconnect/reconnect
Fixed ragdolls falling through ground during certain sections of the Tutorial
Fixed issue where some unused textures were being loaded into memory accidentally on certain planet types

Optimizations

(PC only) Fixed for textures sometimes appearing low resolution even when memory is available
Reducing flashlight reaction on muzzle smoke on all weapons for a better FOV
Reduced frame rate stutters during the drop-in sequence
Optimized destruction on various tree assets to maintain performance when lots of trees are being destroyed

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Third-Person Shooter

Extraction Shooter

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OpenCritic Reviews: Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%

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Released: February 8, 2024
ESRB: Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
Developer(s): Arrowhead Game Studios, Nixxes
Publisher(s): Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Publishing