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Helldivers 2 Faces Backlash Over New Anti-Cheat Measures and Update Controversies

Helldivers 2 Faces Backlash Over New Anti-Cheat Measures and Update Controversies

Helldivers 2 Review Bombed Yet Again Over Update 7.2 Devoid Of Liberty
Helldivers 2 Review Bombed Yet Again Over Update 7.2 Devoid Of Liberty

It's no secret that the Helldivers 2 community is fluent in the language of review bombing. Arrowhead may be brilliant at orchestrating a war campaign for players to partake in like a disembodied...

Helldivers 2's GameGuard cheat policing "wasn't as effective as it could have been", cue a switch to Easy Anti-Cheat as part of a crackdown on cheat mods
Helldivers 2's GameGuard cheat policing "wasn't as effective as it could have been", cue a switch to Easy Anti-Cheat as part of a crackdown on cheat mods

Helldivers 2, a game that still appears to be missing in action from Steam here in the UK, is switching anti-cheat software. Developers Arrowhead are keen to tighten up security and crack down on...

Helldivers 2 is getting new anti-cheat, targeting "modifications that create unfair advantages" – but the community argues these gameplay mods are only used to target glitches the devs haven't fixed
Helldivers 2 is getting new anti-cheat, targeting "modifications that create unfair advantages" – but the community argues these gameplay mods are only used to target glitches the devs haven't fixed

Arrowhead Studios has confirmed that Helldivers 2 will transition to Easy Anti-Cheat this week and acknowledged what that means for mods.In a post on the Helldivers 2 Steam page, Arrowhead says...

Helldivers 2 swaps over to Easy anti-cheat, with developers admitting Gameguard "wasn't as effective as it could have been"
Helldivers 2 swaps over to Easy anti-cheat, with developers admitting Gameguard "wasn't as effective as it could have been"

Helldivers will be switching up its anti-cheat, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios has admitted that its Gameguard cheat policy "wasn't as effective as it could have been." Read more

Helldivers 2 studio warns mods may break as it switches to new anti-cheat, and the negative reviews are dropping on Steam like Hellbombs
Helldivers 2 studio warns mods may break as it switches to new anti-cheat, and the negative reviews are dropping on Steam like Hellbombs

Arrowhead says Easy Anti-Cheat will be more effective in combatting recent cheat mods, but the change has resulted in more than 1,000 negative user reviews on Steam in a single day.

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