The PlayStation household will not be rising with the addition of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead, it appears. The developer’s CEO, Johan Pilestedt, shot down rumors his firm was being acquired by Sony.
Noticed by Eurogamer, Pilestedt responded on X (previously often called Twitter) to somebody asking if Arrowhead Recreation Studios may be becoming a member of PlayStation as a first-party developer. The Helldivers 2 artistic director outright denied the scuttlebutt: “That is faux,” he mentioned. Pilestedt even replied to another person who claimed Arrowhead “offered out to Sony,” saying, “this could be the primary hear I about it.”
That is faux… Except I’ve missed one thing 🤔
Additionally, a very shitty outdated brand from 2008 or so once we simply began the studio.— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) March 6, 2024
Sony has revealed two of Arrowhead’s 5 video games: Helldivers and Helldivers 2. The sequel has been extraordinarily well-liked, even smashing GTA 5’s concurrent participant document on Steam. Folks even really need Helldivers 2 on Xbox, because it’s presently solely obtainable on PC and PS5.
Final month, over 900 folks misplaced their jobs at PlayStation as cuts had been made at Insomniac and Naughty Canine, amongst others. Video games had been additionally canned, together with a Twisted Steel live-service undertaking.
At the moment, Helldivers 2 is teasing the upcoming launch of mechs to the co-op sport. The EXO-45 Patriot exosuit is the primary mech deliberate for the sport and must be arriving quickly. Whereas ready, you may all the time be part of others in discovering Starship Troopers.
For extra, try GameSpot’s Helldivers 2 evaluation.