Sony's Giga Hit Helldivers 2 Blows Up on PS5, PC All Over Again

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Climbing the Steam charts

Sony's Giga Hit Helldivers 2 Blows Up on PS5, PC All Over Again 1

Sony’s hugely successful Helldivers 2 game is enjoying a resurgence on the back of its Omens of Tyranny update. On PC platform Steam, it’s been averaging close to 150k concurrent players since the patch dropped, up from the 20k it was registering previously. Furthermore, it’s climbed back into the platform’s best-sellers list.

This is the typical trajectory for a live service game: huge peaks when major updates deploy followed by a steady tailing off. Both developer Arrowhead and publisher Sony will be delighted to see the title is still popular enough to enjoy massive surges like this, though.

While we don’t have PS5 player data, it’s probably safe to assume it’s enjoying a similar renaissance on console too.

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