PlayStation 5 and Steam hit Helldivers 2 was constructed on an engine that was discontinued after work on the sport started.
(*2*) reported that Arrowhead constructed Helldivers 2 utilizing the Autodesk Stingray engine, as soon as known as Bitsquid — the identical engine used to create the unique Helldivers recreation that first launched on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita in 2015.
Whereas utilizing the identical engine to construct the sequel wouldn’t essentially elevate eyebrows in of itself, Autodesk Stingray was discontinued in 2018, six years earlier than Helldivers 2 got here out. And in a tweet, Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt confirmed work on Helldivers 2 started earlier than Autodesk Stingray was discontinued.
“That is true,” Pilestedt mentioned. “Our loopy engineers had to do all the things, with no help to construct the sport to parity with different engines. And sure. The mission began earlier than it was discontinued.”
Arrowhead is not the one developer to use Autodesk Stingray to construct its video games. Fellow Swedish studio Fatshark used it to construct Warhammer: Finish Occasions – Vermintide, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, and the lately launched Warhammer 40,000: Darktide.
Helldivers 2 is Sony’s greatest PC recreation launch of all time, with a peak concurrent participant determine of 457,649 on Steam. Helldivers 2’s success has even sparked renewed curiosity in Starship Troopers, the movie from which it attracts fairly a little bit of inspiration.
IGN’s Helldivers 2 assessment returned a 9/10. “Helldivers 2’s fight feels implausible, its missions keep recent and fascinating, and its good development system doesn’t nickel and dime you,” we mentioned.
Nevertheless, Helldivers 2 has suffered vital server points, rendering it unplayable at instances for a lot of who’ve struggled to login. This week, Arrowhead launched a vital replace geared toward easing Helldivers 2’s issues, though the developer has mentioned there’s extra work to be completed.
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