All articles tagged with #concurrent users
VRChat set a new record for concurrent users during New Year's Eve, with nearly 150,000 users online across various time zones, surpassing its usual peak of around 120-125K, highlighting increased VR headset adoption and virtual celebrations.
Arrowhead Game Studios' servers successfully withstood an onslaught of 800,000 concurrent Helldivers 2 players, marking a major victory for the game. CEO Johan Pilestedt announced the servers' capacity increase and the successful handling of the player influx, allowing the team to focus on improvements and their original plan. The game's simultaneous launch on PC and PS5 led to significant player engagement, with 120,000 players on Steam alone during the opening weekend.
Helldivers 2 has become PlayStation's biggest Steam launch ever, reaching over 150,000 concurrent users on the PC platform, surpassing God of War's previous record. Despite launch issues causing crashes and matchmaking problems, a rapid patch was deployed to address the problems, with a full matchmaking solution still in the works.
Palworld, a game described as "Pokemon with guns," has quickly become Steam's best-selling game, surpassing 350,000 concurrent users shortly after its release. Developed by Pocketpair, the game is currently priced at $27 but will increase to $30 after January 25. Available on Steam and Xbox, with plans for Xbox Game Pass, the game is not currently slated for release on PS5. Pocketpair has expressed confidence in the game's potential, with ongoing updates planned to enhance the experience.
Remnant 2, the shooter sequel, has achieved a significant milestone by doubling the Steam concurrent player record of its predecessor, reaching over 109,000 simultaneous players. This surpasses the concurrent player totals of popular games like Resident Evil Village, Battlefield 2042, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The game's popularity has been steadily increasing, making it the eleventh most-played game on Steam in the last 24 hours.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has broken its own all-time concurrent user record, with 1.8 million players online at once over the weekend, cementing itself as one of Steam's biggest-ever games. The only game with a higher concurrent count is PUBG: Battlegrounds. Rumours of Counter-Strike 2 had been circulating for a while, but it was officially announced and will launch in summer 2023 as a free upgrade to CS:GO, promising the "largest technical leap forward in Counter-Strike's history".