Almost nine years since Arrowhead Game Studios released a new title, Helldivers 2 has become a resounding success for the studio just days after its release. With around a million copies sold and 360K concurrent users between PC and PlayStation platforms, gamers have been flocking to the sci-fi co-op shooter in droves, dethroning God of War as Sony’s biggest launch on Steam.
The game’s rapid success blew through Arrowhead’s estimates and resulted in some nasty server issues over the weekend. The amount of concurrent users breached the game’s provisioned 250K concurrent user limit, leading to login issues and eventually issues with progression tracking as well. The studio put out a statement outlining what was going on and reassured players of the team’s efforts to make things right.
Helldivers 2: is out now on PC and PlayStation 5.
