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Helldivers 2 celebrates Liberty Day with a free gun, locks out tons of players with new anti-cheat
Helldivers 2 marked Liberty Day on 26 October with decorations, merchandise and a new weapon, the AR-23L Liberator Legacy. But the celebrations were overshadowed by reports that Easy Anti-Cheat was preventing many PC players from logging in, leaving them unable to take part.
The weapon is due to unlock after Liberty Day, through completion of the event’s special missions. The article says the anti-cheat protection had been added the previous week and was producing error messages for affected players; at the time of writing, they were waiting for a fix. The disruption limited access to the event’s missions and minigames.
In short
- Liberty Day brought Helldivers 2 a new Liberator rifle.
- Easy Anti-Cheat blocked many PC players from logging in.
- Affected players were waiting for a fix.
Explained simply
Helldivers 2 is a cooperative action game in which players join the fictional military force Super Earth and fight alien enemies across different planets. Liberty Day is an in-game celebration linked to the game’s patriotic setting, with themed activities and rewards.
Easy Anti-Cheat is software used by some PC games to detect cheating and protect online play. When it prevents a player from logging in, that player cannot join the game’s online missions or events, even if the problem is caused by an error rather than cheating.
The issue matters because Helldivers 2’s events rely on players being able to get online and take part together. Players affected by login problems could miss the event activities and the chance to earn its weapon reward.
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