Developer Arrowhead Game Studios has announced that it will be taking Helldivers 2s Galactic War mechanic offline for a little bit. Because of this, while players can still join online games, they wont be able to make any progress in the Galactic War while it remains offline.The studio took to social media platform X to explain why it had taken Galactic War down. According to the post, an error on the games backend caused the liberation rates for planets to be too high. The studio decided to take Galactic War down in order to address these backend issues.Today we updated our backend and we have encountered an error that is affecting planet liberation rates, causing them to skyrocket, wrote the studio. While we know this is fun, we also know that it is breaking the Galactic War mechanic itself.In short, this is harming the game experience and will have detrimental effects on the war mechanic in the future.The studio also explained that, since it was a mistake on the developers part, the damage done by the bug will not be reverted. Rather, players will get to enjoy their victory over the Major Order once the Galactic War system is back online.While work on bringing the Galactic War system back online is currently ongoing at the studio, there has been no mention of a solid timeline for when we can expect to see it.For those that may not know, the Galactic War forms what is essentially the backbone of the ongoing story in Helldivers 2. The system is used by Arrowhead to issue orders that players can then collaborate to complete. These orders can range from defending planets from invasion to capturing new ones. All of this culminates in a gigantic storyline that tells the tale of humanities fight against alien forces.Earlier this month, Arrowhead Game Studios decided to celebrate the first anniversary of Helldivers 2 with a video looking back at the first year of the games Galactic War story. Narrated by Game Master J.O.E.L., the video focused on one of the iconic moments from the games early days: the Defense of Mort.Over the course of the last year of the Galactic War, we have, on numerous occasions, been positively surprised by the actions and choices that the community have taken, said Joel in the video. Choices that are now canon, that are now part of Helldivers lore for all time.Helldivers 2 is a co-op shooter available on PC and PS5. Since its release, it has gotten quite a bit of support through the release of free updates as well as paid DLC in the form of Premium Warbonds. As of February 2025, the latest Premium Warbond is Servants of Freedom, which brings with it Portable Hellbombs, among other things. The studio is also seemingly working on a new collaboration event in the vein of what we saw with the Killzone 2 event from last year.For more details about Helldivers 2, check out our review.Today we updated our backend and we have encountered an error that is affecting planet liberation rates, causing them to skyrocket. While we know this is fun, we also know that it is breaking the Galactic War mechanic itself.In short, this is harming the game experience and HELLDIVERS 2 (@helldivers2) February 27, 2025