Helldivers 2 is a fantastic game—but something has to change, because it'll only get harder to balance, maintain, and fix while Arrowhead burns the candle at both ends

There's a lot of reasons Helldivers 2 has quickly become the new hotness—though part of its continued relevance, even months beyond launch, is the blistering pace of its updates. All the stealthily-added new enemy types and surprise stratagem drops have really made it feel like a game that delivers on the elusive live-service promise: an ever-changing story that lives and breathes as you play it. 

Arrowhead's been going so full-pelt, however, that signs of weariness are starting to show—both...