Version: 24.05-09.60.00, a new system software update for PlayStation 5 that delivers several stability improvements and new features for Sony’s current-gen console, including the ability to invite players into gaming sessions simply by sharing a URL, is now rolling out, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced. The news is joined by a separate announcement from Arrowhead Game Studios about how Escalation of Freedom, a new update for HELLDIVERS 2 that is said to be the squad-based shooter’s biggest update yet, is coming on August 6 with new enemies, mission objects, difficulty levels, and more.
Version: 24.05-09.60.00 update notes:
- “You can invite other players to game sessions by sharing a URL to the session.”
- “To invite other players, open the game session action card and select Share Link. Then, scan the QR code with your mobile device to share the link.”
- “This feature is available only for open sessions that anyone can join.”
- “This feature will gradually be rolled out to all players by July 24.”
- “Voice Command now supports the ability to open Game Help action cards by saying ‘Show Game Help.'”
- “Currently, Voice Command (Preview) is available only in English for players with accounts for PlayStation Network in the US and UK.”
- “We’ve improved system software performance and stability.”
- “We’ve updated the device software of some DualSense wireless controllers to improve stability.”
- “We’ve improved the messages and usability on some screens.”
A trailer for the new HELLDIVERS II update:
Arrowhead Game Studios on one of the update’s notable changes:
[One] addition I want to highlight about the Escalation of Freedom update is that we’re making changes to mitigate the problem of grief kicking in Helldivers 2. While it’s our hope that players engage with the game in good faith and sportsmanship, we do recognize that some players are using the team kicking to grief others.
To help improve this we have implemented a system where if a player is kicked, they will spawn into a new session as the host with all of the team’s loot from their previous session. All items can now be picked up by the player before extraction. The squad doing the kicking will see a message in the chat widget that a player has been kicked, yet their loot remains unchanged.