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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.

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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.

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'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.

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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"

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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

GamesRadar

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!

PC Gamer

Is bottled water actually "all natural?"

"Keeping microplastics out of people's bodies would require a similarly systemic approach . . ."

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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."

GamesRadar

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?

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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

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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.

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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"

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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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Helldivers 2 patch has 10 bug fixes and 17 lingering "known issues," from an infamous primary that "deals too little damage" to confirmation your gun's crosshair is a lie

Helldivers 2 patch 1.000.304 is all fixes and pending fixes

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Helldivers 2 has sold over 12 million copies, making it the fastest-selling PlayStation game ever: 'There are more Helldivers than there are Swedes'

This is democracy manifest.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2's Polar Patriots Warbond gets an icy reception, as over 70% of 21,000 Discord voters declare they'd prefer more patches or simply don't like it

Cold shoulder.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 is a fantastic game—but something has to change, because it'll only get harder to balance, maintain, and fix while Arrowhead burns the candle at both ends

The candle that burns twice as bright lives half as long.

GamesRadar

"There are more Helldivers than Swedes" says Helldivers 2 lead as his game becomes Sony's fastest-selling title ever

Democracy reigns with 12 million Helldivers 2 copies sold across 12 weeks

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Arrowhead Games is feeling the pressure from Helldivers 2's successes—and its blunders, community manager reveals: 'many of us at AH more or less lost a week' due to the PSN controversy

Pressure, pushin' down on me.

PC Gamer

Arrowhead is actually making a 'review bomb' cape to commemorate the Helldivers 2 PSN fiasco, complete with two huge negative review bars

Sony's PSN blunder will be immortalized on a cape.

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