Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt has announced he'll start work on the next game from Arrowhead Studios after he's taken a sabbatical (an extended break from work). On Twitter, he said that after 11 years of working on the IP, he has "set aside" his family, friends, and himself. As such, he's taking some time away to reconnect.
"11 years of working 'around the clock' on the same IP has made me set aside family, friends and my lovely wife... and myself," Pilestedt added. "I am going to take some time now to redeem what was lost from all of those that supported me for over a decade." When he returns, he'll "start working on the next Arrowhead game".
As per his LinkedIn page, Pilestedt has worked at Arrowhead Studios for almost 16 years, joining as CEO. He oversaw the launch of the original Helldivers game on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita in 2015, and then a year later work on Helldivers 2 began. More recently, he moved into a Chief Creative Officer role at the developer so he could focus more on game development again rather than the business side of things.
Along with the Helldivers series, Arrowhead Studios has also produced the first Magicka game and Gauntlet. It's been tied mostly to PlayStation consoles, however, due to Sony publishing both Helldivers titles. Whether that relationship will continue with the team's next game remains to be seen, but given Helldivers 2 quickly became Sony's fastest-selling game of all time, it'll surely be interested in what's next.
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Really surprised Sony hasn't purchased them yet.also here's hoping they use a better engine on their next game
@Americansamurai1 Same here really, I respect if they want to remain independent but I'd surprised if Sony didn't try.
@Americansamurai1 Not everyone wants to be purchased.
They should make a the A team game. Don't know how it would work in multiplayer but this game made me feel like a space Hannibal, Murdock, B.A. and Face in one person.
@Blauwe_Chimay No planes though, i aint gettin in no plane !
Will the next game still be for democracy?
@Jrs1
Need to change the healthgun to a tranquillizergun and everything Will be fine.
@Blauwe_Chimay 🤣🤣 yup
I hope it's a single player game but looking at Arrowhead track records it could be another co-op game.
@Americansamurai1
Oh my god, yes. I love Helldivers 2, but it's a bit... janky? Not enough to get me to stop playing - I'm only level 75 and still gotta unlock two more ship modules! - but it'd be nice if their next game was a little less rough around the edges.
@Markatron84 yeah unreal engine or if it's with PlayStation maybe decima, but the engine they used with helldivers 2 has really held it back.
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