Yesterday, Helldivers 2 artistic director Johan Pilestedt introduced that he is taking a sabbatical from sport growth, and that he’ll begin engaged on Arrowhead’s subsequent sport when he returns. This acquired numerous gamers asking questions on the way forward for Helldivers 2 itself, and Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani’s now had a go at addressing these issues.
As he fairly usually does, Jorjani took to Helldivers 2’s official Discord server final evening to subject queries from the group and usually take the heartbeat of the group, with the dialogue naturally turning to Pilestedt’s information, and whether or not it will imply something for the continued assist the studio’s present sport will get going forwards.
Fortunately, and because the director urged in his sabbatical announcement, it sounds such as you’ve acquired nothing to fret about. “So long as individuals play, pay and we will construct a enterprise case round it, we’ll assist it to hell and again,” Jorjani informed one participant asking if a date when Helldivers 2’s assist will finish, “If we will maintain it going for 10 years, we are going to.”
As for rumours being unfold amongst gamers that the information is tantamount to Pilestedt “quitting” on the sport, the CEO defined: “Johan is simply on an prolonged trip. He is by no means been on a correct trip because the firm was based. We get six weeks of trip per yr – most swedes take 4 weeks off in the summertime. He is by no means completed that. He is acquired like 65 days saved up or one thing. He is simply beat.
“When he is again, he’ll maintain being the grandfather and sounding board for Helldivers and get going with a brand new venture in due time. I do not need to diminish Johan’s mild – he is superb for Helldivers – however we have now different superb senior designers. Emil Englund, additionally a co-founder, has been instrumental in giving Arrowhead video games their voice – he is not too long ago been on paternity depart and is returning extra as properly.”
Jorjani expanded on this in one other reply, saying of Pilestedt’s senior artistic position: “The overwhelming majority of Helldivers is a staff effort – it is not one Jesus determine. Johan’s tremendous energy is creating ideas and video games from the bottom up. He was instrumental in getting Helldivers to the place it wanted to be – others carried it throughout the end line.”
The CEO additionally echoed what Pilestedt’s beforehand urged about how Arrowhead may deal with issues going forwards, when it comes to rising Helldivers 2 into one thing that might be thought of a ‘Helldiovers 3’ of kinds, vs simply engaged on a follow-up. “Evaluate Helldivers 2 at this time to when it launched,” he wrote, “It is so, a lot extra. Now think about Helldivers 2 in 3 years. Inform me how that is completely different from a hypothetical ‘Helldivers 3’.”
As for now, Jorjani informed one participant asking a few first particular person goal possibility for mounted weapons and emplacements: “We now have so, so a lot stuff within the pipeline. We’re not solely engaged on the subsequent launch, however the subsequent after which subsequent – and we continually talk about completely different choices forwards and backwards, and for individuals who’ve been round they maintain the reminiscences of all of the stuff that was deliberate however did not occur or modified.”
So, no finish in sight for the contemporary additions and modifications to Helldivers 2 proper now, even when certainly one of its most well-known devs is gonna chill away from the Galactic Struggle for a bit.
