"These decisions have been extremely difficult, but they are necessary, and I think it’s important to be transparent," says PlayStation Studios boss Herment Hulst.
In a year that's already been brutal for the games industry, it has been announced that Sony Interactive Entertainment is also going through mass layoffs.
"Inverse decays are rare, this large a week two jump even more so, especially outside the Holiday window," says Circana analyst Mat Piscatella.
A Medic Backpack, Mini Missiles and Nuke are reportedly being added, while the Illuminate will allegedly have new units.
The character-driven hack-and-slash title launches on April 26th worldwide for PS5 and features a 25-hour-long main story.
Sales for the co-op shooter are up by 20 percent in its third week. Meanwhile, Mario vs. Donkey Kong and Skull and Bones sales are down.
The studio's CEO Johan Pilestedt teased a massive new milestone after initially announcing almost one million units sold.
Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt says the development team is ready to "resume our original plan" for post-launch content.
Players will be able to customize several elements, including the protagonist's "face and body shape, hair, voice, and more."
Four players can play together online to tackle the game's main story missions, though there will be no PvP.
And it's looking likely that it will become the series' No. 1 game in the region sometime this year.
Dawn, Dusk, and Twilight options are available to play and can be changed anytime. There are also options like increased health recovery.
The studio goes in-depth about Rise of the Ronin's combat, talking about various weapons and fighting styles in the game.
Team Ninja and Sony's open world action RPG continues to look promising.
Helldivers 2's server woes are slowly being addressed by its developer as it prepares for a big influx of players over the weekend.
"We hope to make this support available in 2024, so stay tuned for more updates," the company says.
"It does make me very happy to see that there are still so many people passionate about it," said FromSoftware's Hidetaka Miyazaki.
The action RPG's newest trailer shines a spotlight on its open world setting and everything that it will bring to the table.
Additionally, on top of free new suits, the game will also add new paid suits developed in collaboration with Gameheads, which will also become available for free at a later date.
Helldivers 2 was made using a game engine for which support had ended back in 2018—Autodesk Stingray.
