With Helldivers 2 nonetheless going sturdy, regardless of having to navigate some troublesome moments since its launch final yr, the highest canine at developer Arrowhead has revealed that it’s now exploring some “cool ideas” for its subsequent recreation, which can even be “100%” funded by the Swedish studio. This confirms that Arrowhead will not be persevering with its partnership with Sony and Ps for its subsequent mission, though “there could be no Helldivers if it wasn’t for them.”
Helldivers 2 is a superb and massively profitable co-op recreation, and the partnership between Arrowhead and Ps has, on the entire, labored out a deal with. From Arrowhead’s perspective, the Ps advertising machine and backing helped elevate Helldivers 2 to a spot it possibly would not have gotten to with out it. From Sony’s facet, having Helldivers 2 in its slate helped spare its blushes in what was a tough time for its dwell service endeavors.
Nonetheless, it has brought on some obstacles – most notably the notorious assessment bombing that occurred after Sony tried to power Steam gamers into creating and linking Ps account, one thing that was not solely disliked however noticed the sport delisted from Valve’s storefront in dozens of nations attributable to them not having PSN help. This low level has fueled a story in some circles that Arrowhead would’ve been higher off with out Sony. However though the studio’s head honcho has at the moment confirmed it will not be partnering with Sony (or anybody else, for that matter) within the growth of its subsequent recreation, it stays filled with reward and gratitude.
As was noticed by Forbes, a put up within the Helldivers 2 Discord server by CEO Shams Jorjani reads: “The fantastic factor is that due to the wonderful help of you advantageous folks Arrowhead’s future is kind of brilliant and we have now the liberty to discover some actually cool ideas that we could not have in any other case. Sport 6 (our subsequent mission) will occur the way in which it is going to occur due to you.” He provides that Arrowhead’s subsequent recreation “is 100% funded by ourselves so we’ll name 100% of these pictures.”
Making clear his admiration for Sony, Jorjani additionally says that “Ps are nice. There could be no Helldivers if it wasn’t for them. We’re open to working with them once more sooner or later. They’re extremely recreation/dev oriented. Strong companions. And that is me simply saying it like it’s. Not blowing smoke up their asses.”
I am excited to see what Arrowhead can do outdoors of the Helldivers universe, which I am guessing is the route it is moving into seeing as Sony is not on board for its subsequent recreation. It is proven it is adept at constructing wonderful, dynamic recreation worlds, so I might definitely see it tapping into that much more for future tasks. Alternatively, provided that Jorjani talks of getting actual “freedom” now, it might be one thing utterly surprising and in contrast to something it is carried out earlier than.
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