In July of last year, Arrowhead Studio sold 15.75% of its shares to Tencent, according to Di Digital. According to their information, the deal valued the market worth of the creators of Helldivers 2 at 5.1 billion Swedish kronor or 533 million dollars at the current exchange rate.

Johan Pilestedt, the creative director of Arrowhead studio, delivered a speech at the GDC 2025 conference. Specifically, he discussed the current crisis in the gaming industry.

At the 2024 Golden Joystick Awards ceremony, Sony and Arrowhead announced that Helldivers 2 has been played by over 15 million people across all platforms since its release.

There are changes in the guide of the development studio Helldivers 2. Johan Pilestedt, who held the position of CEO, stepped down.

During the presentation of the financial report to investors, Sony announced that Helldivers 2 surpassed all other games published by it in terms of the number of copies sold in the three months since its release.

Players in Helldivers 2 will still not necessarily have to link Steam and PlayStation Network (PSN) accounts. Sony has announced that it has listened to the community and lifted this requirement.

The analytical company Newzoo studied the success of the cooperative shooter Helldivers 2 in February. We share the main conclusions from the report.

In January 2018, Autodesk stopped supporting the Autodesk Stingray engine, formerly known as Bitsquid. However, the instrument continues to live. Developer Andy Touch noticed that it was used by the authors of the popular shooter Helldivers 2.

The Helldivers 2 cooperative shooter continues to grow online on Steam. On February 19, it simultaneously attracted 409,367 people, becoming one of the most popular games in the history of the platform.