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.
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Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt asked to hear fans' speculation and also revealed concept art for a Star Fox-style shoot 'em up.
These mammoths have no shortage of content to keep players occupied.
"While consoles remain our core business, expanding to PC and other platforms will allow us to bring our games to a wider audience."
With so many ports, notable strategy games, and more than a few successful titles exiting early access, PC players had it good.
PC gaming has had a long and illustrious history. Here are some of its best titles, from old-school first-person shooters to today's hits.
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.
Despite Sony's various failings this year, the PlayStation still saw many great games. Check out 20 of our top picks here.
