A glimmer of hope for the waning Helldivers 2 as Escalation of Freedom lures players back

Soldiers of Super Earth gather to Helldivers 2with the Escalation of Freedom update launching yesterday, seeing the title surpass 60,000 concurrent players for the first time in over a month. The real question: how long will they keep up the good fight?

The number of concurrent players reached 62,819 before the release of Helldivers 2’s Escalation of Freedom, according to stats site SteamDB. In terms of historical numbers, it’s a drop in the ocean for the Arrowhead Game Studios title, but given Helldivers 2 While the game failed to surpass 37,000 concurrent players in July, developers and loyal fans have been left hopeful that new content for the game will keep others interested for longer.

The last time Helldivers 2 The 60,000 mark was passed in mid-June, about a month after Sony decided to enforce the requirement for a PlayStation Network account to play the title, making the game unavailable in 177 countries. Although Sony reversed its decision, Helldivers 2’s Since then, the player base has been in free fall, except after the release of Warbond on June 13 and its gameplay update.

Only 12,000 players signed up during the title’s downtime last week, as they flocked to new games like The first descendant And Once manwith many blaming Helldivers 2’s outdated gameplay loop and constant bugs and glitches, some of which have been fixed with the new update.

Escalation of Freedom also includes a new difficulty level, side missions, enemies to destroy, environmental changes, Stratagem stacks and weapon balance changes, and more. While it won’t be Arrowhead’s final roll, the developers will have to make drastic changes to the dwindling player base if numbers drop back to pre-update levels.

We’ll see if a higher Helldivers 2 The player count will be reached as the weekend rolls around and more gamers join in to battle the enemies of Super Earth.