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Players are torching Helldivers 2's score over new anti-cheat

Players are torching Helldivers 2's score over new anti-cheat. 2,203 of the last 2,547 Steam reviews are negative. The six days before that ran 83% positive. Arrowhead moved from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat today, and says some mods "may no longer function". The line in review after review: this is a co-op PvE game, so who is the anti-cheat for
  • 2,203 of the last 2,547 Steam reviews are negative. The six days before that ran 83% positive
  • Arrowhead moved from GameGuard to Easy Anti-Cheat today, and says some mods "may no longer function"
  • The line in review after review: this is a co-op PvE game, so who is the anti-cheat for

Reported by Arrowhead's Steam post; Steam review data, 20 Oct 2026 20:36 UTC. We are repeating their reporting rather than claiming it.

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