After the top-down shooter Helldivers first published in 2015 the makers announced the sequel in 2023. By May 2024, Helldivers had already sold over four million copies, so the anticipation for Helldivers 2 was quite high (even if there was a postponement).
The release of Helldivers 2 (buy now ) was scheduled for February 8, 2024 for Windows PC and PlayStation 5. Just a few hours after the release, it was already clear that Helldivers 2 in terms of successful launches, games like Spider-Man or God of War were destroyed.
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All-time high at Helldivers constantly breaks new records
On the Steam platform for PC alone, the all-time high number of concurrent players is 458,709, which was reached in mid-February 2024. Even though the number of players has already decreased somewhat according to SteamDB, it is still at 78,512 concurrent players (24-hour peak).
Mega-hit Helldivers 2: One million sales in two days
Within two days According to the developers, Helldivers 2 has sold over a million copies. In mid-March 2024, the announcement followedthat Helldivers 2 has already sold eight million copies. The sequel has thus clearly surpassed the first part. In mid-May, another report followedHelldivers 2 had already sold over twelve million copies!
Helldivers 2 has achieved what is hard to believe
During the Nordic Game Conference, Johan Pilestedt (Arrowhead founder) revealed some more details. The peak number of concurrent players was said to have been 750,000 if you add up the PC and PlayStation versions. If you consider that the Steam all-time high was 458,709 players, that means that at the peak times on the PlayStation 5 there were almost 300,000 concurrent players.
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Further development details of Helldivers 2 revealed
He also mentioned that Helldivers 2 took almost eight years to develop. However, the original plan (as of 2016) was to develop the game in three years. More development time also meant a higher budget. Publisher Sony more than doubled the budget during development. The team also grew from around 30 to over 100 people.
By the way: On Metacritic, Helldivers 2 receives a metascore of 82 out of 100 and a user score of 7.4 out of 10. We are also quite impressed with the shooter (if it works) and have a comprehensive review for Helldivers 2 prepared.
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Now all that remains is to wait and see whether there will be a Helldivers 3 and whether we will have to wait another ten years. Sony had already spoken out in February 2024 and said that Helldivers 3 would have at least two more servers to avoid the technical problems that were experienced with Helldivers 2. That looks promising. The best deals and expert advice on games, films, entertainment and more can now be found in the brand new PCG Guide. All information about our new portal can be found here!
Sources: Wikipedia, Wikipedia (2), steamDB, Metacritic, Gamingbolt.com, Hard-Drive.net