As expected, Arrowhead Game Studios pushed out Helldivers 2 update 1.000.008 on PS5 and PC and this is to help resolve crashes, improve matchmaking and more. Read on for what’s new in the official patch notes for Helldivers 2’s Feb. 16 title update below.

Helldivers 2 Update 1.000.008 Patch Notes for Feb.16:

Overview For this patch, our major areas of focus were

• Resolving crashes.
• Improving matchmaking functionality.
• Optimizing our server
• Defend event updates

 Fixes The following issues have been fixed for this version. Matchmaking

• Playfab optimization – Playfab environment optimized – All lobbies now have proper data to run more effective matchmaking
• Filtering optimization – We are optimizing the filter system when players are searching for lobbies.

Stability and crashes

• We have fixed three of our top crashes in the game, including particle renderer crashes and ragdoll crashes.
• Fixed an issue where the application prioritized integrated graphics over some GPU in laptops.

Defend Events and Major Orders.

• For readability purposes, we added a visual progression indicator to major order defend events

Known Issues These are issues that were either introduced by this patch and are being worked on, or are from a previous version and have not yet been fixed.

• Players may still experience some instability while matchmaking.
• Background music, Sound effects and JP audio does not play during the opening cutscene. Japanese VO is also missing from the Ship TV.

While we still haven’t gotten any gameplay adjustments still, I gather that having the game in a more stable state is more important for gamers.

In other Helldivers 2 news, the studio confirmed that PvP is not in the cards for the game, but crossovers could happen.

Source: Helldivers 2 Discord