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Fear not, obedient citizens of Super Earth, Helldivers 2 support isn't stopping anytime soon; following the news that lead dev (and former Arrowhead CEO) Johan Pilestedt is going on sabbatical, players trained to take direction from authority figures began to get concerned. CEO Shams Jorjani has taken to the game's official Discord server (thanks, GamesRadar+) to calm the masses, explaining that the game isn't going anywhere before diving into Pilestedt's leave-taking habits, specifically, and that of Swedes in general:
"Johan is just on an extended vacation. He's never been on a proper vacation since the company was founded [in 2008]. We get six weeks of vacation annually—most Swedes take four weeks off in the summer. He's never done that. He's got about 65 days saved up or something. He's just beat. When he's back, he'll keep being the grandfather and sounding board for Helldivers and get going with a new project in due time."
That established, Jorjani goes on to say that a theoretical Helldivers 3 might not even be necessary at this stage, considering how far the second game has come since launch: "As long as people play, pay, and we can build a business case around it, we'll support it to hell and back. If we can keep it going for 10 years, we will. Compare Helldivers today to when it launched. It's so, so much more. Now imagine Helldivers in three years. Tell me how that's different from a hypothetical 'Helldivers 3'."
Do you miss the firm, guiding hand of chief creative officer Johan Pilestedt already? In your opinion, does Helldivers 3 make sense for the studio? What would you like to see Arrowhead do next? Confirm receipt of this information in the comments section below.
[source gamesradar.com]
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I want to keep supporting it because they've been doing such a good job listening to feedback but I just don't care to come back. If there was more to progress and we had other stuff to spend our req points on like skins or weapon parts I would happily play more of it. Other than that I feel like I've pretty much done everything.
I think Helldivers 3 would be better actually. Get premium sales again and we eventually get a close to the galactic war and then a new one. I’d rather pay $70 on the PS6 than have more MTs put in the game:
Nah, it’s alright to take an indefinite break and relish your merits after success - but make a helldivers 3, they shouldn’t get cocky. & i think 10 years is too long, GTA5 is a literal exception to the rule and usually when devs wait so long to release a third game, the third usually sucks.
Also make sure to release it again on PC, it’s crazy how popular this game is on PC & i think it has more players than PS5 **cough** maybe because of the free online**cough**
i couldn’t help myself, haha 😂😂
Helldivers 1 did receive a lot of content throughout it's life so I can definitely see the second game continue to receive content for a few years still.
@Deadlyblack Amazingly you can still play the first game cross platform online between PS4, PS3 and Vita!
Cool, now that it's almost a year old. can we get some serious gameplay additions? I dunno like a raid mode or something?
Oh and the one thing I keep fantasising about - subterranean missions where you deep dive to take out a mega nest with some super-boss at the end? I'll keep dreaming.
@nomither6 PS need to make a move back to free online. PS3s only edge in the early days was the free online component of PS+. I like the extra games and streaming but if I wasn't forced to pay for that just to play online I really wouldn't.
Not saying it's bad value but it is like going to a shop with the intention of getting carrots, but to get said carrots, you have to pay for parking, then an access fee to the shop which gives you free granola that you didn't care about, but damn the granola tastes good, oh and I can now order the granola from my house? Oh wait, there's also ice cream and pizza. Now I'm getting fat and lazy. All because I wanted carrots. See what you've done, Sony.
@ProfessorNiggle they will never go back to free when that happen we got hacked could not use PSN for almost a month so make their servers more secure they had to charge us
Eventually is will come to plus, maybe even this year which would increase the player base. Maybe ports to switch 2 and mobile as well. I think ultimately it will become free to play where it will get a lot more players.
Pilestedt has more than earned his time away.
I'm certainly happy for them to support Helldivers 2 for a while, but definitely would want a 3 or a new game before too long; if for nothing else than to ditch the game engine.
This is all great... BUT, where are new ship upgrades for example? It's been aeons since last ones. I have basically everything in game maxed and a ton of SuperCredits and nothing to do. Funny story, I've once called my friend a lunatic for having 100 Purple Samples, and now I have them also
I want a Helldivers 3. HD2 is great, and I have the Plat and 200+ hours in it. However, just like Destiny 2, it's going to be bogged down with the source tech. HD3 could be even more expansive, with larger cities and more players, imagine a 16+ player mission happening in real time. HD3 would allow them to move off the current engine.
@Deadlyblack that's right. we are yet to see weapons, armor and vehicle customizations.
HD2 will be a totally different game in a year than it was on release.
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