Arrowhead has a steady line it needs to walk with Helldivers 2. The developer needs to ensure it both fixes any bugs (not Terminids, the glitchy kind) while also adding new featurs and content to the game in order to “stay relevant”.
That’s coming from Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt, who replied to a post on reddit (thanks IGN) saying the “competitiveness of this industry” meant the team had to ensure it did both to ensure the longevity of its game.
“Arrowhead is independently owned by people working at the studio and not swayed by shareholders in the traditional sense,” the Helldivers 2 head said. “Of course we are in a great partnership with Sony where we agree on targets to hit etc. But there isn’t a forcing function or requirement per se.
