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Arrowhead Game Studios is pulling the plug on Helldivers 2’s anti-cheat — and swapping it for a proven heavyweight.
Starting today, October 20, the PC version of Helldivers 2 replaces GameGuard with Easy Anti-Cheat as part of update 7.2.0. Arrowhead announced the change in a Steam post on Monday, being unusually blunt about the reason: GameGuard, the studio said, “wasn’t as effective as it could have been.”
The studio is layering additional security tools on top of Easy Anti-Cheat to go after cheat mods that have been circulating among PC players. The bigger target isn’t casual rule-bending — it’s mods that tamper with the game itself. According to Arrowhead, some cheaters have been manipulating pick-up rates for mission rewards and even shifting the outcome of the Galactic War, the shared campaign that ties every player’s missions together. When a handful of players can push the front line around, the story everyone else is fighting for breaks.
“Fairness and honor have always been strong foundations for Helldivers in our fight in the Galactic War,” the studio wrote.
