Helldivers 2 swaps over to Easy anti-cheat, with developers admitting Gameguard "wasn't as effective as it could have been"

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.