Old software has been terminid-ed.

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Helldivers will be switching up its anti-cheat, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios has admitted that its Gameguard cheat policy "wasn't as effective as it could have been."

In a post made to the game's Steam page (not available in the UK - get that VPN on), the team explains the decision: "The implementation of GameGuard for Helldivers 2 wasn't as effective as it could have been [...] In the end we decided to take another path with EAC. EAC is an industry standard used in over 200 games, and we believe this will be an effective way to protect the Galactic War and will better protect fair gameplay and the integrity of the game."

Here's the Helldivers 2 launch trailer. Watch on YouTube

As part of this shift, Arrowhead also confirmed that several non-malicious mods, such as cosmetic changes, will need to be updated to work alongside Easy Anti-Cheat.…