"If people want to support this title, they have an option, but we are never forcing anyone to do so," said CEO Johan Pilestedt.
In a nutshell, Arrowhead Game Studios' co-op third-person shooter is suffering from unexpected success.
Arrowhead Game Studios' co-op shooter has attracted a sizeable audience on both platforms.
Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony's co-op third-person shooter continues to attract a wide playerbase on the platform.
The live-service third-person shooter has seen some mixed reactions to a few practices, but player impressions are positive so far.
The shooter launched on February 8th for PC and PS5, and sales are "blowing through the estimates", per studio CEO Johan Pilestedt.
Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt reveals that the shooter was in the works for "seven years, 11 months, and 26 days."
The co-op third-person shooter becomes the first Sony game to surpass 100,000 concurrent players on the platform.
The latest Helldivers 2 update is the studio's first step at trying to fix some of the issues faced by players.
Arrowhead Game Studios explains why it opted to use the notorious GameGuard anti-cheat system.
Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony's co-op third-person shooter surpassed a peak of 81,000 concurrent players on Steam, overtaking God of War's all-time peak.
The studio is working hard to fix many issues that have caused Helldivers 2's Steam reviews to plummet down to "Mixed".
That's the third-best launch on the platform for a PlayStation Studios game to date, behind God of War and Marvel's Spider-Man.
Players will "witness events unfold" in Galactic War with the universe growing and offering "new tools, new challenges, and new threats."
The new Helldivers 2 trailer showcases the threat posed by tyrannical Terminids and the socialist Automatons.
Arrowhead Game Studios' Johan Pilestedt says the team are "constantly going to add more stuff to the game" and "expand the experience."
The brutal co-op third-person shooter launches on February 8th at 1 AM PDT worldwide for PS5 and PC and takes a live service approach.
The co-op shooter launches on February 8th for PS5 and PC. It supports cross-platform play and new features like Warbonds.
Warbonds contain "pages of unlockable content", with Premium versions that players use Super Credits to unlock the items they want.
Major Orders progress the campaign with the community, but you can undertake Personal Orders to earn additional rewards.
