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Helldivers 2 - Crashes after April 2026 update (worked before)

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ValveSoftware/Proton#9722 · opened 2026-04-28 by pouyagamer7 · updated 2026-04-28 · 1 comments · github
Ppouyagamer7 2026-04-28 github

Compatibility Report

  • Name of the game with compatibility issues: Helldivers 2
  • Steam AppID of the game: 553850

System Information

  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
  • Video driver version: Mesa 26.0.5
  • Kernel version: 7.0.1-200.nobara.fc43.x86_64
  • Link to full system information report as Gist: (Optional - delete this line if not needed)
  • Proton version: GE-Proton (latest)

I confirm:

  • [x] that I haven't found an existing compatibility report for this game.
  • [x] that I have checked whether there are updates for my system available.

Symptoms

Game crashes immediately when trying to launch it after the latest update (April 28, 2026). The built-in crash reporter dialog appears saying "Something went wrong with this game." This never happened before the latest update. The game was running perfectly on Linux prior to this patch and would launch normally.

Reproduction

  1. Launch Helldivers 2 on Nobara Linux (KDE Plasma, Wayland) using GE-Proton (latest)
  2. Game crashes immediately and displays the "Report Problem" dialog

steam-553850.log

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2026-04-28 github

Hello @pouyagamer7, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/7486#issuecomment-4336722449.

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