Helldivers 2 Patch 1.002.203 Slaps Emergency Hotfix to Auto-Cannon

by Alex Co April 4, 2025 5:32 am in Title Updates and Patches
Helldivers 2 Patch 1.002.203

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Arrowhead Game Studios has released Helldivers 2 patch 1.002.203 on a Friday, and this is an emergency hotfix for the Auto-Cannon, which now makes it usable once again.

This is small patch, so don’t expect anything major outside of that important fix.

Helldivers Auto-Cannon Reload Issue Now Resolved in Latest Update Download

The only thing included in the patch is a fix for the Auto-Cannon reload bug, and it now reloads normally. That’s about it. Given we got a patch the other day, that included fixes to crashing and laser weapon rel;oading issues, this is to be expected.

In case you didn’t see the patch released earlier this week, here’s a look at the fixes it brought to the game:

Fixes From Previous Patch Released on April 1:

Crash Fixes, Hangs and Soft-locks:

  • Fixed game crashing on legacy hardware when player drops into a mission
  • Fixed crash after exiting the armory when switching from certain weapons
  • Fix an out-of-memory crash when large amount of particles are present

Weapons and Stratagems

  • Fixed shooting and reloading issues with laser weapons

Social & Multiplayer Fixes

  • Fixed an edge-case allowing some mismatching version to still connect to each other

Missions

  • Fixed issue on Illuminate Defend Evacuation Site missions where illuminate dropships stopped coming if too many were destroyed before they dropped off the enemies.

Miscellaneous Fixes

  • Fixed white boxes showing in seldom cases in the Super Store

There are no known issues that have been mentioned by the developers as being worked on, though that doesn’t mea there’s not another patch on the way. Once we spot another one, expect it up here on MP1st.

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