Arrowhead Game Director reveals plans for closed beta tests to address frequent crashes in Helldivers 2 before releasing new patches. The tests aim to catch issues missed during internal testing with potentially up to a thousand players involved. The focus will be on identifying and reporting crashes rather than balance feedback.
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., the Helldivers 2 Game Director revealed that Arrowhead are “looking into” starting closed beta tests to help the studio eliminate crashes before releasing new patches to the masses. Eriksson admitted that many players have experienced crashes, including himself. As for why it’s happening so frequently, Eriksson explained, “In this specific case, the reason for is that – we do extensive testing inhouse and try to catch all of these instances – but sometimes they can slip through”. So, because of this, “even one crash or one of type of issue… that can be enough to really spike the crash rates for a lot of different players”. The game director added that it’s “unacceptable” that Arrowhead “have been unable to catch these crashes” before patches are released, but a reason for it is that “extensive testing is just not on the scale of the full game with all of the players”. So, to help combat this issue, the studio is “looking into doing closed beta testing”.While not sharing specifics for when closed beta tests might start and how to sign up, Eriksson at least divulged that they might allow “up to a thousand players or more”. Although the game has way more players than just a thousand withreporting 24-hour peaks of 30,000 for PC alone, Eriksson believes just a thousand “will be enough to catch these crashes” Arrowhead miss through inhouse testing. Closed beta tests are used for other multiplayer live-service experiences, so it is good idea for Arrowhead to explore. Whether it will be successful in catching all crashes and issues remains to be seen, but more hands helping with the testing surely can’t hurt. Just don’t expect the closed beta tests to be used for feedback concerning balance changes as it appears it will be for finding and reporting crashes only.before returning to updates with new content and features by December. We don’t officially know of any content cooking behind-the-scenes, but leaks have revealed a CEO, Shams Jorjani, has warned that “performance will take many more months of work” to meaningfully improveCallum Smith is a freelance gaming writer for Videogamer. He covers news for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, and he has over five years experience covering the video games industry.Video Gamer is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change. Helldivers 2 Aiming for Patches ‘Roughly Every Two Weeks’ Before Content Updates Hopefully Return by December Helldivers 2 Aiming for Patches ‘Roughly Every Two Weeks’ Before Content Updates Hopefully Return by December Arrowhead recently posted another Q&A session with Helldivers 2 Game Director, Mikael Eriksson, who revealed that the studio is planning to release patches “roughly every two weeks” before hopefully returning to updates…Arc Raiders Skyrockets to Top of Steam’s Global Sales Chart with Over 260,000 Player Count It’s safe to say that the launch of Arc Raiders on PC has been a success so far as on Steam alone the game reached a peak concurrent player count of over…Fortnite just introduced Sidekicks, companion pets who will be released on Saturday. These pets will follow players around, react to the world, and have special emotes. Most of them will come to…Marvel Rivals continues its streak of generosity with another wave of free skins! Every season, players can grab a couple of them at no cost, thanks to a mix of events, seasonal…Fortnite Sidekicks, better known as companion pets, are coming to the game on November 1! The exciting new feature will launch with The Simpsons season, which is less than 72 hours away.…It's a brave new start for iGaming's most popular and professional Expo - SiGMA Central Europe - which opens next week in Rome from 3rd–6th November 2025. Organisers are billing it as…
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