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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by tehjoker on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:08PM (#46139377)
Oh wow, what is the story with the engine?
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by y0ssar1an on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @03:23PM (#46139586)
somehow they chose to build their very complicated live service game with the Autodesk Stingray engine which was discontinued in 2018! Helldivers 2 was released in 2024.

https://www.autodesk.com/products/stingray/overview

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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by tehjoker on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:23PM (#46140338)
That's really strange. Perhaps they had a set of engineers that knew it very well or had built an engine in it for another game. Still... strange.
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by WreckVenom on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @04:26PM (#46140379)
Development of HellDivers 2 started in 2016. So they would have been 2 years into development with that engine. So they would have had to effectively start again in another engine.
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by tehjoker on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @08:03PM (#46142539)
Wow, that is a very long development cycle. It really shows in the level of polish this game has.
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