In a rare occurrence for video game sales, Helldivers 2's sales in the US rose in its third week, after having also risen in its second.
Gameplay clips have emerged online, showing a variety of new vehicles that some players have already managed to get their hands on.
The two surprise hits of this quarter have also had extensive development periods but showcase a fundamental difference in their approaches.
Some players have managed to get their hands on mech, even though they haven't yet been officially added into the game.
Arrowhead is also investigating issues like Personal Orders not appearing, Light/Medium/Heavy armor sets not working as intended and more.
Despite multiple server issues, big-name competitors and a live-service approach, Arrowhead's shooter continues to pull in players.
"Inverse decays are rare, this large a week two jump even more so, especially outside the Holiday window," says Circana analyst Mat Piscatella.
A Medic Backpack, Mini Missiles and Nuke are reportedly being added, while the Illuminate will allegedly have new units.
Sales for the co-op shooter are up by 20 percent in its third week. Meanwhile, Mario vs. Donkey Kong and Skull and Bones sales are down.
The studio's CEO Johan Pilestedt teased a massive new milestone after initially announcing almost one million units sold.
Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt says the development team is ready to "resume our original plan" for post-launch content.
Helldivers 2's server woes are slowly being addressed by its developer as it prepares for a big influx of players over the weekend.
Helldivers 2 was made using a game engine for which support had ended back in 2018—Autodesk Stingray.
The co-op third-person shooter has hit a new peak of over 457,000 concurrent players on Steam, which is the 20th highest peak a game has ever seen on the platform.
Adjustments for Civilian Extract mission difficulty are also live, but issues like login rate limiting and unregistered rewards remain.
Helldivers 2's director doesn't want players that bought the game to be unable to play because of server queues.
The studio is hoping to tackle Helldivers 2's problems with matchmaking, login, and server load.
Arrowhead's acclaimed third-person co-op shooter continues to build momentum, peaking at 409,367 concurrent players on PC.
Helldivers 2 is already an exceptional co-op shooter, but a few quality-of-life changes and additions would improve it further.
Arrowhead Game Studios says it will "continue to work with our partners to get the ceiling raised", though you may still run into progression and server issues.
