Nixxes heroically adds long-awaited upscaling support to Helldivers 2, from PC to Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PS5 Pro

Last year Helldivers 2 developers Arrowhead Studios tapped the PC porting specialists Nixxes to slim down their game, with install sizes dropping a stunning 85 percent - from 154GB to 23GB. Now, the two teams have paired up again to deliver long-awaited technical improvements in version 6.2.5, most notably proper modern upscaling support on all platforms, including DLSS, FSR, XeSS and PSSR.

The update also includes a raft of new features, performance improvements and resolution adjustments, with the specifics depending on the platform. Suffice it to say, this is the biggest technical upgrade that the game has seen since it launched in 2024.

Let's cover off the console changes first, before we get into the longer list of PC additions. In short, Xbox Series X and base PS5 get FSR 3.1 upscaling to replace the spatial upscaler used previously, while PS5 Pro gets first-gen PSSR (overridable to PSSR 2). Both PlayStation consoles get official VRR support too, while Xbox Series X and Series S get variable rate shading support - which boosts performance by reducing shading rates on less important parts of the image.

With dynamic resolution scaling now available on all versions, performance mode on Xbox Series X and PS5 now runs at a higher resolution, 1440p. Similarly, PS5 power saver mode also operates at 1440p now, which will be a nice upgrade for the rumoured PlayStation handheld.

Over on PC, the latest versions of essentially every upscaler are supported. That means FSR 4.0.3 for Radeon 9000-series* GPUs, DLSS 4.5 for Nvidia graphics card users, plus FSR 3.1.5 and XeSS 3.0 as universal solutions.

Latency reduction tech has also been implemented here, with AMD GPUs getting Anti-Lag 2 and Nvidia GPUs receiving Reflex support. Meanwhile, variable rate shading and dynamic resolution scaling are available across all modern GPUs, both of which can be helpful to keep frame-rates consistently high.

Other performance tweaks are also included, with specific mentions of VRAM management and the high reflection setting, plus the solution to "multiple rendering issues".

The full Steam patch notes have all the details if you're after some gentle reading before bed. Now, in the meantime I've got some robots to smash for the glory of Super Earth!