New Helldivers 2 update just shaved 131GB off its PC file size with a “slim version” beta, and I’m ecstatic — here’s how to opt into the patch

Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studios’ beloved 2024 co-op shooter, has gotten raked over the coals in recent months due to some severe performance and technical issues on PC. The developers ultimately chose to delay new content to focus on fixes, and most critical problems were taken care of in the weeks that followed as a result.

However, one that continued to persist was its bloated file size, which had steadily grown from around 70GB at launch to a whopping 154GB — more than double the original…