Johan Pilestedt believes that game developers chasing trends like battle royale games would be a death sentence for them.
Johan Pilestedt spoke about the long, difficult development of Helldivers 2 during a talk at Game Developer's Conference 2025.
A new revolver-like secondary and lever-action primary, a jet pack Stratagem, two new armor sets, and more await players.
Illuminate Warp Ships and Dropships have received shield improvements, while Automaton Dropships can soak up more damage.
Helldivers 2 was also originally designed to have a completely different armour system than what we ultimately got to see in the game.
While Galactic War is offline, players can still play online, and the studio has said it will not be reverting the Major Order completion.
After the success of the Killzone 2 event, Helldivers 2's developers have revealed that a new one is early in development.
The Defense of Mort came down to the last few minutes before players were able to turn a projected defeat into a victory.
A stronger (and more painful) version of the Sickle, grenade-launching sidearm, and two new Medium armor sets also await.
Studio CEO Shams Jorjani spoke about how the development of Helldivers 2 was a team effort and that it will continue receiving support.
Johan Pilestedt kicked off his sabbatical by getting into a gam jam with senior devs from Arrowhead Game Studios.
It also fixes the STA-X3 W.A.S.P Launcher not targeting properly and jittering that could occur when aiming down sights with a scope.
Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt asked to hear fans' speculation and also revealed concept art for a Star Fox-style shoot 'em up.
Palworld, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Black Myth: Wukong, and Elden Ring were also among the biggest sellers on the platform for the year.
Players can also complete a new Major Order in-game to claim the free W.A.S.P. Strategem, based on a Killzone 3 weapon.
The first part of the update adds the AC-1 Dutiful armor, the StA-52 Assault Rifle, a new banner, cape, and title in the Superstore.
The co-op shooter's Steam concurrent player count shot up to over 137,000 players, the highest it has been in over half a year.
On top of battling mind-controlled citizens of Super Earth in urban environments, players get a spiffy new Fast Recon Vehicle.
Arrowhead Game Studios' multiplayer shooter has hit another major milestone, it was revealed at the recent Golden Joystiq Awards.
"Hypothetically speaking, if both partners think it would benefit them from a financial/brand standpoint, it could," says Arrowhead Game Studios' Thomas Petersson.
