Helldivers 2’s First Big Update of 2025 Lets You Emote While Ragdolling Once Again, Tweaks Balance, and More – IGN
Arrowhead has released Helldivers 2’s first big update of 2025, making a number of important changes to the game.Patch 01.002.101, out now, increases the duration of the gas status effect from spray weapons, returns the ability to emote while flying or ragdolling, and makes a number of other balance changes and fixes.Helldivers 2 is nearing its first anniversary, and with the arrival of the Illuminate enemy faction breathing new life into the game, players are wondering what’s next in the ongoing meta narrative that is the Galactic War. Fans also suspect this update sneakily adds new content as well as the balance changes and fixes, given it weighs in at over 5GB.And it’s worth highlighting this particular change, just because it’s so… troubling!BalancingGeneral ChangesHelldiverFRVSidearmsStratagem Support WeaponsTX-41 SterilizerArmor PassivesBackpacksAX/TX-13 “Guard Dog” Dog BreathHas been reworked to increase its effectiveness and to ensure it remains distinct, focusing on its unique gas-based mechanics.StratagemsMD-6 Anti-Personnel MinefieldMD-I4 Incendiary MinesMD-17 Anti-Tank MinesSH-20 Ballistic Shield BackpackResolved Top Priority issues:Crash Fixes, Hangs and Soft-locks:Social Issues & MatchmakingWeapons and StratagemsFRVHelldiverEnemiesMiscellaneous FixesTop Priority:Medium Priority:Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.
