Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead Game Studios is switching its anti-cheat approach, moving away from GameGuard and adopting Easy Anti-Cheat. The change is presented as a response to cheat mods that Arrowhead says are being used to influence gameplay.
Across outlets, Arrowhead frames the update as tightening security after it acknowledges that GameGuard “wasn't as effective as it could have been.” PC Gamer adds that the switch triggers strong user reaction on Steam, reporting more than 1,000 negative reviews in a single day, while also noting that these negative reviews are decreasing afterward.
Eurogamer and Rock Paper Shotgun focus more directly on the developers’ admission about GameGuard’s shortcomings and the broader crackdown on mod-based cheating. They also tie the anti-cheat swap to improving protection for players against cheat mods. Overall, the reporting broadly agrees on the reason for the switch—modded cheating and the perceived limits of the previous system—while differing mainly in how prominently they feature player sentiment versus the technical/security rationale.
