Helldivers 2 Players Locked Out

This is a news story, published by Verge, that relates primarily to Arrowhead Game Studios news.

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Helldivers 2 is locking out players who use older CPUs

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Helldivers 2 players are reporting that they can no longer play the game on their computers equipped with older CPUs.

The issue stems from the developer Arrowhead Game Studios ’ and publisher Sony ’s requirement that users play on systems that support AVX2 ( Advanced Vector Extensions ), which has been a feature in many CPUs since 2013 .

Some users have spent hundreds of hours playing the game, but they can’t anymore.

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