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Arrowhead's new CEO says the studio 'knew it would be impossible' to keep up with Helldivers 2's demand for new content, is now focussed on adjusting 'so that in the long term we can make more and better stuff'

"We're building a bit of scaffolding so we can make a bigger barn."

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New Arrowhead CEO Asks Helldivers To “Keep Things Nice” Ahead Of Changes

“We're building a bit of scaffolding before we can make a bigger barn.”

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Helldivers 2 director reveals Arrowhead once made a prototype for a Star Wars TIE Fighter successor: "It could have been amazing"

But democracy had the higher ground

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New Helldivers 2 studio CEO says you can expect "more and better stuff" long-term: "We knew it would be impossible to keep up with demand"

"Our singular focus as a studio is to set things up in a sustainable way so that in the long term we can make more and better stuff"

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Helldivers 2 boss turns to the community for an Eagle stratagem brainstorming session: 'This is way more fun than a conference room'

Give me the drone swarm I deserve, Pilestedt.

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Helldivers 2's review-bomb cape might not exist after all, even though the game's director teased it weeks ago

Much ado about nothing

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Arrowhead's CCO wants the Helldivers 2 studio to become the next FromSoftware: 'I want to see how high we can fly'

Arrowhead's chief creative officer has said he wants the Helldivers 2 studio to become the next FromSoftware of Blizzard.

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Helldivers 2 director wants Arrowhead to be "the next FromSoftware" and like "Blizzard before 2004"

Johan Pilestedt with some key clarification

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Helldivers 2 boss wants to make Arrowhead 'the next FromSoftware or Blizzard'

There's been some rough spots, but the massive success of Helldivers 2 has Johan Pilestedt dreaming big.

PC Gamer

As Helldivers 2 boss Johan Pilestedt hangs up his CEO hat to focus on the creative side, he has one big change in mind: 'My working theory is that time-to-kill is too high'

Pilestedt wants to make "longer lasting content" for Helldivers 2.

PC Gamer

'Helldivers 2' Is Making Big Changes That Will Benefit Everyone On Super Earth

Studio founder Johan Pilestedt will now serve as the company's Chief Creative Officer.

Inverse

New Helldivers 2 studio CEO wants to avoid the poison currently destroying the games industry: Publicly traded companies and endless growth

Shams Jorjani isn't interested in those "shenanigans"

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Games has a new CEO—with Johan Pilestedt taking on a different role to direct '100% of my focus [to] the game and community'

"I finally came to the proper conclusion that I will have to follow my heart."

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Helldivers 2 director hands off CEO responsibilities to Paradox vet to deepen his "love" for game creation as successor points out "Bethesda has Todd Howard, Kojima Productions has Kojima"

Shams Jorjani is taking over from Johan Pilestedt

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 studio wants to slow down the pace of updates: 'We feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you, and the game'

Arrowhead Game Studios may finally be easing up on the hectic pace.

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Helldivers 2 players getting all hot and bothered over Eagle-1's lovely voice now have an in-game solution—Eagle Sweat, the glorious smell of democracy

Goood morning Super Earth!

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Helldivers 2 is slowing down the release of new patches "to maintain the quality standard we want and you deserve"

"ATM we feel a slightly lower cadence overall will benefit both us, you and the game."

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Meet the new hero of Helldivers 2: Dremskiy, a player kicked despite insisting "Im frend," who now has a full Steam friends list after even PlayStation shared the love

Dremskiy have frend now

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Helldivers 2 dev threatens to make the hardest difficulties even harder: "I think we might have some things in store for the players who coast through everything"

Is that Difficulty 10 I smell?

GamesRadar

After a string of poorly-received patches, Helldivers 2 dev confirms test servers are being discussed

But Arrowhead won't say what the servers could feature

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 dev says patrol spawn rates are busted and that Arrowhead's walking its changes back, but 'we want to give it proper testing' to 'see that it works this time'

Slow and steady wins the war.

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 CEO wants the galactic war to last "forever" even if Arrowhead has to "sunset" the game in the far future and the devs have to make an AI game master

"We don't want to screw you guys over"

GamesRadar

Helldivers 2 will revert enemy spawn rates after player outcry, but it's been "so hectic" that it'll take some time to fix

Arrowhead will divert resources to fixing the issue properly

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