Arrowhead Games

The ballooning popularity of Helldivers 2 has been both a blessing and a curse for Arrowhead. On the one hand, it has allowed the game to sell over a million copies already. Unfortunately, it has also put the studio’s servers under intense stress. Arrowhead has taken a rather honest and commendable approach to the problem. On Twitter, the CEO suggests that players who are strapped for cash shouldn’t buy the game just yet. Instead, he advises them to wait for server issues to be resolved and the game can handle the…

A week and a half ago, Helldivers 2 dropped on PC and PS5, and it’s been gaining quite a reputation. While studio Arrowhead Games recently said it needed to cap servers at 450,000 players, it looks as though the game is close to reaching that limit. According to the latest figures from SteamDB, the game reached 409,367 concurrent players yesterday, with around 180,000 playing at the time of writing. To put that into perspective, Starfield reached 330,723 when it was released a few months back, so Helldivers 2 is already…

Helldivers 2 is a somewhat unexpected success, currently sitting at the top of the PSN charts and taking over the hearts and minds of gaming everywhere. Unfortunately, it may be taking over too many hearts and minds, as developer Arrowhead Game Studios has found out with a slew of crashes and server instability issues. It’s a good problem to have, but a problem nonetheless, which is why the devs have taken a drastic step to fix the problem. Helldivers 2 caps player count at 450k Announced in the official…

How does some bonus XP sound, divers? Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios announced via Twitter that a bonus XP weekend will be in effect for the frantic third-person shooter effective immediately. The bonus XP will last through the end of February 18 and will grant all players XP and Requisition at a 50% multiplier on top of your base mission score. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXddWD88jeI A true Hell According to Deputy Game Director Sagar Beroshi, a current problem is causing some player rewards to…

It seems as though, since releasing at the tail end of last week, Helldivers 2 has become the new flavor of the month (Palworld, who?). Evidently, Arrowhead Studios’ new third-person shooter must be doing something right, judging by where it is on the Steam charts. A quick look at the Top Sellers list shows that Helldivers 2 is currently at the number one spot. This might not be much of a surprise, considering it’s new and popular. However, the fact that it’s knocked the Steam Deck off the spot is pretty interesting.…