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After cracking down on 'cheat' mods in Helldivers 2 and taking another Steam review beating, Arrowhead plans hotfix that should allow harmless cosmetics

Helldivers 2, in the running for the most review-bombed game in history, got another Steam beating a few weeks back when Arrowhead announced a change in anti-cheat services that would break or disallow existing mods.

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Helldivers 2, in the running for the most review-bombed game in history, got another Steam beating a few weeks back when Arrowhead announced a change in anti-cheat services that would break or disallow existing mods. The goal with the switch from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat, as the studio explained at the time , was to combat mods that "create unfair advantages or negatively impact others," but it also acknowledged that mods it has no problems with, like cosmetic add-ons, would also be affected.

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