At the farther end of your ship, you can see a glimpse of the ongoing conflict as you land on an alien planet. Outside your window are fellow combatants, represented as ships in orbit. Whenever a group fails a mission, their ship is shot down in real-time. It's a grim yet effective reminder of the thousands of people out there cooperating toward the same goal.
Last weekend, "Helldivers 2" saw over 400,000 concurrent players on Steam alone (plus however many gamers on PlayStation 5). It's an unprecedented success for developer Arrowhead and publisher Sony. The servers can't keep up with such an influx, and the team has been working "many late nights" since the online extraction shooter launched on Feb. 8. It is, deservedly, the game of the moment. But for how long? READ MORE FROM INVERSE
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