TL;DR: Helldivers 2 was initially planned as a free-to-play PS5 launch title but shifted to a premium $40 game, reflecting Sony's strategy to blend live service microtransactions with AAA content.
GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Helldivers 2 has proven to be one of Sony's few breakthrough live-service titles, especially after it went cross-platform with an Xbox Series X|S ...
Helldivers 2's launch on Xbox culminated in a "substantial uplift" in revenue according to Newzoo, ranking in fourth on the data firm's overall revenue chart for August. The game's August 26 release, ...
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Helldivers 2 was released in February 2024 for PC and PS5, and has remained one of the most successful multiplayer sinks on Sony’s console to date. Arrowhead Game Studios has been extremely proactive ...
Third Person Shooters Arrowhead CEO humbly asks Helldivers 2 fans to "stop s****ing your pants" as servers wobble under the weight of 500,000 concurrent divers following Xbox recruits joining the ...
Arrowhead Game Studios has been riding high on Helldivers 2’s success, and with the Xbox launch bringing in a fresh wave of players, the community’s wishlist is growing louder. One request that keeps ...
Helldivers 2 is on a roll and shows no signs of slowing down. The game just landed on Xbox, received a Halo crossover, and is enjoying its strongest surge in months. It's even being spotlighted on ...
On the Helldivers Discord, Arrowhead CEO, Shams Jorjani, was asked, if HD2 will ever get split-screen, with the user reckoning that it “would probably be too taxing on Xbox and PlayStation but PC ...
Third Person Shooters Repeating it "a bajillion times," Helldivers 2 studio CEO insists Gameguard anticheat isn't behind the game's performance issues: "We see no evidence of it" Third Person Shooters ...
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