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Arrowhead Game Studios’ new boss Shams Jorjani has vowed “the [‘Helldivers 2’] ship will stay on the same course”. Last week (22.05.24), it was announced the company’s CEO Johan Pilestedt would be stepping down and transitioning to become a COO so that he could get more involved in the creative development of their third-person-shooter. Now, Arrowhead’s new head has made his first statement, and has insisted the studio will remain the same “despite the change in captain”. On the ‘Helldivers’ subreddit, he wrote: “I’m a business/games guy who just joined Arrowhead as the CEO to enable Johan Pil...
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‘Helldivers 2’ developer Arrowhead Studios is considering releasing updates at a “slightly slower rate”. After the third-person-shooter stormed onto the scene and became a huge hit in February - toppling ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ to become PlayStation’s most popular game on Steam - players have enjoyed constant updates and tweaks to improve the experience. Now, the developer has announced it will be taking “some more time” for future patches to ensure bugs are fixed properly, starting with the next update. Taking to the game’s Discord server, community manager Twinbeard wrote: “We want to take so...
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‘Helldivers 2’ has become PlayStation’s fastest-selling game of all time. The 2024 third-person-shooter, which was developed by Arrowhead Studios, stormed onto the scene in February 2024, and quickly became Sony’s most popular title on Steam ever - beating the previous record-holder ‘God of War: Ragnarok’. Now, the company has confirmed the game has sold over 12 million copies, much to the delight of Arrowhead’s CEO Johan Pilestedt. Taking to X, he wrote: “As announced in the Sony earnings call, we have sold over 12M units! “It’s crazy to think that there are more Helldivers than there are Swe...
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Former 'Helldivers 2' writer Russ Nickel admitted he felt partially responsible for the players' response to Sony's PSN (PlayStation Network) policy. After the Japanese gaming juggernaut announced they were planning to force all Steam PC users of the team-up-shooter to link their game to a PSN account, players banded together and flooded the game with negative reviews to express their fury with the policy. Now, the former writer has revealed he was blown away by the community's response to the PSN fiasco, and admitted he felt somewhat responsible for the players' reaction due to the title's th...
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‘Helldivers 2’s creative director Johan Pilestedt is “impressed by the willpower” of players who convinced Sony to reverse their PlayStation Network (PSN) requirement. The popular third-person-shooter, which was developed by Arrowhead Studios, recently came under fire after Sony announced users on PC via Steam would have to link their game to a PSN account if they wanted to continue playing the title. After a ferocious backlash from fans, the gaming conglomerate opted to drop the policy, which has impressed Arrowhead’s boss. Taking to X, he penned: “Firstly, I am impressed by the willpower of ...
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The ‘Helldivers 2’ director has responded to player complaints about recent updates The popular game was released on February 8, and has since seen several updates which have reduced weapon capabilities leaving fans disgruntled. Players have given harsh feedback in response to these changes which has led to a discussion amongst the team at developer Arrowhead Game Studios. One player spoke out on X by saying: “Helldivers has just become un-fun for me and a lot of my friends, I've put insane hours, (rank 80), I don't know what to say these past months of balancing changes has made the game basi...
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‘Helldivers 2’s creative director Johan Pilestedt is “impressed by the willpower” of players who convinced Sony to reverse their PlayStation Network (PSN) requirement. The popular third-person-shooter, which was developed by Arrowhead Studios, recently came under fire after Sony announced users on PC via Steam would have to link their game to a PSN account if they wanted to continue playing the title. After a ferocious backlash from fans, the gaming conglomerate opted to drop the policy, which has impressed Arrowhead’s boss. Taking to X, he penned: “Firstly, I am impressed by the willpower of ...
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PlayStation has changed its decision on the PSN account requirement for ‘Helldivers 2’ After receiving significantly negative reception from gamers, PlayStation has opted to not move forward with their decision to require players to link their Steam and PlayStation Network accounts for the new ‘Helldivers 2’ update. PlayStation posted on the social media platform X: "Helldivers fans — we’ve heard your feedback on the Helldivers 2 account linking update. The May 6 update, which would have required Steam and PlayStation Network account linking for new players and for current players beginning Ma...
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Sony is in early talks with Xbox over bringing ‘Helldivers 2’ to Microsoft’s console. The third-person-shooter - which was developed by Arrowhead Game Studios - has proven to be a smash hit on the PlayStation 5, and now it’s been claimed Sony are looking to give Xbox Series X|S owners the chance to play the game after Hiroki Totoki became PlayStation's Interim CEO recently. Industry insider Shpeshal Nick told 'The XboxEra Podcast': "We know that PlayStation has a new CEO at the moment, and I think the new CEO might be more open to certain things. "And what I’ve heard is that there may be some ...
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Arrowhead Game Studios is not interested in turning 'Helldivers 2' into a crossover-heavy title like 'Fortnite'. The company is currently working on new content for the game through 'Warbond' updates, though has insisted the title likely won’t include items from other franchises because that wouldn't be plausible for the "fantasy and lore" of 'Helldiver 2'. Taking to the game's Discord server, the Arrowhead community manager Twinbeard wrote: "As a couple of examples: Melee weapons could be plausible in 'Helldivers'. Lightsabers from ['Star Wars'] would not. "A helldiver finding a remnant, arte...
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