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The Latest Breaking News from Johan Pilestedt

Helldivers players saved the children, so Arrowhead Game Studios is making a donation to the Save the Children charity

Great job, Divers!

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Helldivers 2's enormous balance patch means business—weapons are getting buffed, galactic map supply lines are here, solo patrols are sensible again, and the worst mission modifier is gone

The new Warbond will also be released later today.

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After unleashing 100 changes, Helldivers 2 boss says the team is still looking into more Stratagem improvements: "We are not done"

The eternal fight to balance

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Helldivers 2 CEO says devs can have a doctor-patient relationship with their communities: "The patient is wrong, but they are also still in pain"

Metaphorical pain, because Helldivers is just a video game, you see

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New Helldivers 2 CEO says dev-player relationships are more 'doctor/patient', reveals that Arrowhead's taking a stethoscope to your Reddit posts and YouTube rants

Diagnosis: Liberty.

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After joining Helldivers 2 from the publisher of city builder sensation Manor Lords, CEO asks what the best crossover could be – and the creative director reckons it's a 28-year-old military sim series

Johan Pilestedt doesn't think his ideal crossover would be possible, but "a man can dream"

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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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New Helldivers 2 CEO says "we don't think weapons are as fun as they could be," but also "I don't think it's reasonable to threaten people over weapon inbalance"

"The ship will stay on the same course, despite the change in captain"

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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 director believes "live service is a good thing" for the industry, but only if games don't "nickel and dime" for skins after charging $70 upfront

Johan Pilestedt speaks on live service trends

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Arrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 days, but 'grit, camaraderie and compassion' saw the team through

That's a long deployment.

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Helldivers 2 director confirms 'we are the baddies' as he says the game's original pitch was based around a classic Star Wars moment

The Helldivers dev admits we're playing for "the evil side"

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Why was Helldivers 2 a smash hit? Not the price, says Pilestedt

Also, live service games shouldn't nickel and dime the player.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 is about being the 'evil guys in the galaxy,' says Johan Pilestedt: 'Would you be able to survive a galactic war without plot armor to protect you?'

"We wanted to do a realistic take on what it would be to be in one of those squads of [Star Wars] stormtroopers."

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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.

Inverse

'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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Helldivers 2 director calls out "really s****y" players who issued a "horrifying" number of threats to staff

"That’s something new we have to deal with"

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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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As Helldivers 2's creative director steps down as CEO, he agrees guns are too weak, armor is too boring, and planets are too repetitive

Johan Pilestedt wants to get his hands dirtier in game design again

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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

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