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Helldivers 2 director weighs in on Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree's difficulty: 'A game for everyone is a game for no one'

The difficulty is just part of the charm.

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Helldivers 2 director stands by FromSoftware in the difficulty discourse as Hidetaka Miyazaki doubles down on making hard games: "Always cater to a select audience"

Arrowhead has been saying it for years: "A game for everyone is a game for no one"

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'It's done on our end': Helldivers 2's infamous review bomb cape is ready, but Arrowhead is looking for 'the right time to release it'

Es-caping a PR nightmare.

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Helldivers CCO Johan Pilestedt reminds players (twice) that he's not solely responsible for the latest good patch, and wants 'to clarify that I did not cook'

"I've seen a lot of people give me lots of credit for this patch as if I am the sole person responsible."

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"I have to clarify that I did not cook": Former Helldivers 2 CEO now focusing on the game itself says its new and fabulous patch came from "the team," not his personal kitchen

"I have merely given a gentle nudge"

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Helldivers 2 dev says there's still time to get the new Stratagem even after we chose to save the children, but GM Joel says we "never will"

Liberating both planets before the timer runs out will be a challenge

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Helldivers players saved the children, so Arrowhead Game Studios is making a donation to the Save the Children charity

Great job, Divers!

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Helldivers 2's enormous balance patch means business—weapons are getting buffed, galactic map supply lines are here, solo patrols are sensible again, and the worst mission modifier is gone

The new Warbond will also be released later today.

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After unleashing 100 changes, Helldivers 2 boss says the team is still looking into more Stratagem improvements: "We are not done"

The eternal fight to balance

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Helldivers 2 CEO says devs can have a doctor-patient relationship with their communities: "The patient is wrong, but they are also still in pain"

Metaphorical pain, because Helldivers is just a video game, you see

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New Helldivers 2 CEO says dev-player relationships are more 'doctor/patient', reveals that Arrowhead's taking a stethoscope to your Reddit posts and YouTube rants

Diagnosis: Liberty.

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After joining Helldivers 2 from the publisher of city builder sensation Manor Lords, CEO asks what the best crossover could be – and the creative director reckons it's a 28-year-old military sim series

Johan Pilestedt doesn't think his ideal crossover would be possible, but "a man can dream"

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Arrowhead's new CEO says the studio 'knew it would be impossible' to keep up with Helldivers 2's demand for new content, is now focussed on adjusting 'so that in the long term we can make more and better stuff'

"We're building a bit of scaffolding so we can make a bigger barn."

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New Arrowhead CEO Asks Helldivers To “Keep Things Nice” Ahead Of Changes

“We're building a bit of scaffolding before we can make a bigger barn.”

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New Helldivers 2 CEO says "we don't think weapons are as fun as they could be," but also "I don't think it's reasonable to threaten people over weapon inbalance"

"The ship will stay on the same course, despite the change in captain"

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New Helldivers 2 studio CEO says you can expect "more and better stuff" long-term: "We knew it would be impossible to keep up with demand"

"Our singular focus as a studio is to set things up in a sustainable way so that in the long term we can make more and better stuff"

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Helldivers 2 boss turns to the community for an Eagle stratagem brainstorming session: 'This is way more fun than a conference room'

Give me the drone swarm I deserve, Pilestedt.

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Helldivers 2 director believes "live service is a good thing" for the industry, but only if games don't "nickel and dime" for skins after charging $70 upfront

Johan Pilestedt speaks on live service trends

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Arrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 days, but 'grit, camaraderie and compassion' saw the team through

That's a long deployment.

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Helldivers 2 director confirms 'we are the baddies' as he says the game's original pitch was based around a classic Star Wars moment

The Helldivers dev admits we're playing for "the evil side"

PC Gamer

Why was Helldivers 2 a smash hit? Not the price, says Pilestedt

Also, live service games shouldn't nickel and dime the player.

PC Gamer

Helldivers 2 is about being the 'evil guys in the galaxy,' says Johan Pilestedt: 'Would you be able to survive a galactic war without plot armor to protect you?'

"We wanted to do a realistic take on what it would be to be in one of those squads of [Star Wars] stormtroopers."

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Arrowhead's CCO wants the Helldivers 2 studio to become the next FromSoftware: 'I want to see how high we can fly'

Arrowhead's chief creative officer has said he wants the Helldivers 2 studio to become the next FromSoftware of Blizzard.

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Helldivers 2 director wants Arrowhead to be "the next FromSoftware" and like "Blizzard before 2004"

Johan Pilestedt with some key clarification

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Helldivers 2 boss wants to make Arrowhead 'the next FromSoftware or Blizzard'

There's been some rough spots, but the massive success of Helldivers 2 has Johan Pilestedt dreaming big.

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