Helldivers 2 - CEO Steps Down, and is going to be making some big changes!

Finally some good news for Helldivers 2. The CEO is stepping down to take a new role. Hopefully this means he'll be more involved in the future and we'll get a lot more balancing changes.

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0:00 Where Have We Been?
1:00 AH CEO Steps Down
2:00 Pilestedt Responds to Fans
4:07 Arrowhead Not Going Public
4:59 AH Devs Answer Questions
7:26 The Next Patch ETA
9:38 Outro

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Helldivers 2 is a third-person shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game is the sequel to 2015's Helldivers, which was a top-down shooter. It released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on 8 February 2024.

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[SwanyPlaysGames]

I know I said Johan's name wrong throughout this video. I have no idea why, I normally say his name correctly but apparently at 9:00am when I recorded this my brain wasn't awake yet.
But let me know what you guys think of this big change for the company down in the comments!





═════════ Timestamps ════════
0:00 Where Have We Been?
1:00 AH CEO Steps Down
2:00 Pilestedt Responds to Fans
4:07 Arrowhead Not Going Public
4:59 AH Devs Answer Questions
7:26 The Next Patch ETA
9:38 Outro

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Pilestedt just basically said, “Fine, I’ll do it myself.”

[dragonsmith]

*steps off the throne, grabs infinity gauntlet*

"FIne.... I'll do it myself"

[NXDH]

Honestly I have a feeling he wants to just be closer to the developers and community along with having a bigger impact on the detailed part of the game!

[jmcclain]

Respect on not posting fluff or clickbait videos. The other creators (we know who they are) post clickbait “news” and “update” videos. Guess they just care about the clicks.

[jaredfischer]

Absolute legend. He saw that his players were dissatisfied and decided to matters into his own hands. He might be taking a paycut for this too. Good on him.

[HeadCannonPrime]

How cool would it be if we could get Bugs AND Bots on the same planet!!! I think getting caught in a 3 way battle could be a game changer because now you can take just a Bug or Bot loadout, you have to take all comers or just focus.

[MrPWN]

Pile directly saying he want's devs to play the game more to 'see the road in front of them' sounds like we were right about Alexus, destroyer of fun not playing the game he was balancing lmao

[JusuchinPanjirinanu]

That one dude using the incendiary breaker went "shit this is my bug killing loadout".

[Skeptic_Tank]

the smartest decision Arrow Head has made since the release of the game. People in charge right now of game decisions have no idea what the f*** they are doing. The former CEO seems to care and takes in people's feedback. Him behind the reigns is the best move going forward.

[rainbowdashIBP]

We need a armor. Faster reload armor would be so sick

[gimmethislol]

Unsubscribed to everyone making hell divers news you guys are the only one not doing clickbait and we appreciate you

[tsunderemerc]

With the weapon leaks, HD1 does have an acid sprayer weapon, so not surprised if all the weapons from the first game eventually make their way in

[itstotallykyle]

Anyone feeling like they've done everything and looking for a challenge, try reaching out to newer players and taking them on the higher difficulties. Their enthusiasm is infectious and you're now the grizzled veteran whose job is to get them out alive.

[brianshort]

"Making videos just for fluff" *cough* stylosa *cough*

[MrMacavity]

Him wanting to focus more on the game design and creative side sounds like a good idea.

[ShinobiNeon]

Instead of adding new weapons, I'd rather like to see them rebalancing the ones that do exist. There are a few guns that just don't really get used because other guns do what they do, but better. I'd like to see each primary, secondary, grenade, and armor have a unique identity in the game, rather than just a bunch of crap people don't use. So much wasted potential.

[Copenboro]

A loadout video AFTER a Johan balance update would be good.
Hope he brings the fun back to some of the weapons that used to be way fun but we haven't dusted off in months because its a pea shooter.

[eekaygames]

The day we got a free 500kg w/ our loadouts, I played almost all day because it was nice to have another stratagem. They should do more of that. Giving us extra random stratagems to use for a day or two.

[vik]

The balance team ran the game into the ground with nerf patch after nerf patch. We need a spectacular revitalization patch and content to restart the game. They should consider putting the op weapons back and improving all the others as well. QOL changes would also be good like increasing caps on medals and samps. Armor passive variability, weapon attachments, map variability and new enemies. Hopefully HD2 can make a strong comeback sooner than later because it is hard to get players back.