Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani addresses fan complaints about Helldivers 2's anti-cheat GameGuard, hinting that it could be removed entirely. Helldivers 2 remains in a tricky spot as of late, with Arrowhead attempting to fix and address complaints surrounding the game's technical performance.
Following the launch of Into the Unjust, Helldivers 2 has seen a concerning number of technical issues, with players also noting poor optimization, rising file sizes, and other performance issues. The outcry became so loud that Helldivers 2 game director Mikael Eriksson released a State of Game video to lay out the studio's plans for addressing the issues. To help give the developers a bit more time, the studio is slowing its release cadence, and it seems no solution is too big as the GameGuard kernel-level anti-cheat system is even being looked at.
Responding to a fan on the official Helldivers 2 Discord channel over potential alternatives to GameGuard, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani admitted that the studio is focusing on getting the next Helldivers 2 patch out, and then will "tackle this other hydra head." Although Jorjani recently pushed back on potential performance issues caused by GameGuard, things have apparently changed internally,...
