Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Sport Studios has appointed a brand new CEO, however don’t fret; former CEO Johan Pilestedt is not going wherever.
Per GamesIndustry.biz, ex-Paradox and Hooded Horse exec Shams Jorjani will step into the CEO position at Arrowhead, whereas Pilestedt will stay the studio’s CCO (chief inventive officer) and chairman.
Pilestedt says that appointing a brand new CEO will enable him to focus extra on the inventive aspect of sport improvement. He says that having a “reluctant CEO” on the head of Arrowhead wouldn’t “end up that nicely”, and that this resolution was made “for the success of the enterprise but additionally myself”.
In addition to taking care of the well being of Arrowhead, it is doable that Pilestedt’s resolution to nominate a brand new CEO was impressed partially by the current Helldivers 2 PlayStation ID controversy.
If you happen to missed out on that, here is a fast refresher. When Helldivers 2 launched on PC, it was initially meant to require a PlayStation ID linked to your Steam account to play, however that requirement was briefly postponed owing to technical issues.
After a number of months, it was introduced that Arrowhead and Sony would as soon as once more require Helldivers 2 PC gamers to have a PlayStation ID to play, and the neighborhood responded with outrage and fury, overview bombing the sport on Steam in droves.
The requirement was ultimately rescinded, and Helldivers 2’s person evaluations returned to regular, however not earlier than the sport was delisted in a variety of nations that do not enable PSN accounts to be created.
It is doable this incident contributed to spooking Pilestedt into coping with the appointment of a brand new CEO sooner quite than later.
As for Jorjani’s philosophy as Arrowhead’s CEO, he says he desires the corporate to be a “flagship studio” for which individuals aspire to work, akin to From Software program or Blizzard in its prime.
Regardless of that, Jorjani says he would not need Arrowhead to be a “500-person firm”, describing that chance as “fairly painful in plenty of methods”.
As an alternative, Jorjani says he desires development at Arrowhead to be “a method to an finish” and says the studio has no plans to go public. Pilestedt provides that the Arrowhead crew is not operating the studio for revenue, however “the need to simply make nice video games”.
You may take a look at Helldivers 2 proper now on PC and PlayStation 5. Keep tuned for extra on this and no matter Arrowhead decides to do subsequent.
