Helldivers 2's new patch kicks the AFK players obstructing democracy after they've been idle for 15 minutes

A new Helldivers 2 patch will kick players who are AFK for 15 minutes.

Earlier this week, we reported how Helldivers 2 players were begging developer Arrowhead to kick AFK players. It turns out players had been proudly camping out in the game for hours, and sometimes even days at a time, in an attempt to preserve their spot on the game's servers, which had just recently reached capacity.

Now, those prayers have been answered. "Implemented a functionality that will kick players who remain idle for 15 minutes back to the title screen," read the patch notes from Arrowhead, in an update that is going live for Helldivers 2 on all platforms today, February 22.