Players take lots of distinctive and fascinating names at face worth, however there’s at all times an insightful origin story to be instructed. We spoke with Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Johan Pilestedt about how the title of the studio and Helldivers franchise came to be. Learn on to learn the way a translated final title, WWII airplane, and tongue-in-cheek humor performed into these titles.
Behind the title “Arrowhead Video games”
PlayStation Weblog: How did your group give you the title for Arrowhead Game Studios?
Johan Pilestedt: After we tried to give you a studio title, we had an extended day of throwing concepts round, however finally, solely Arrowhead caught, and with out a lot competitors.
The title “Arrowhead” primarily came out of two principal concepts. One, my final title is Pilestedt, which might be immediately translated to English as “arrow stead.” We additionally appreciated the concept that “Arrowhead” appears like a severe firm. Tip of the arrow. Innovative. You then see the emblem [a person with an arrow comically piercing their head] and the which means adjustments into one thing dumber.
We did, considerably cheekily, determine to name our studio “Arrowhead Game Studios” plural, simply in case we’d develop to embody multiple studio sometime. Now, the title stands as a reminder of our pupil beginnings, once we had been 5 folks in a small room on LTU campus. Even the emblem hasn’t modified a lot since then. We’re nonetheless chasing the identical dream: to change the video games trade with the energy of fantasy-first co-op video games.
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How the “Helldivers” recreation title came
On the floor, “Helldivers” is an ideal title for a recreation about troopers dropping into hostile planets brimming with enemies. What else is there to say about the title’s origins?
Pilestedt: “Helldivers” was a thought on the phrases “struggle is hell” and “diving into struggle.” So Helldivers it turned. Additionally, we needed a reputation that mirrored the exercise that you’d do in the recreation. The “Helldivers” title had additionally lingered in the again of my title since I discovered the title of the World Conflict II period Curtiss SB2C “Helldiver” dive bomber. I’ve at all times needed to do one thing with it.
The Helldivers title match so properly that it truly stayed the identical from the earliest pitches to the remaining product. On an emotional degree, we needed the title “Helldivers” to evoke the feeling of going up in opposition to insurmountable odds and that you just’ll most likely die.
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