Tag Archives: Arrowhead

There’s no denying that Arrowhead Studios have been highly proactive in adding new content to Helldivers II. One of the main ways they have done so is through the release of premium Warbonds – essentially battle passes which can be purchased with real money, or through in-game currencies. Fortunately for …

Helldivers 2 has already had a certain amount of Star Wars flavour embedded into it, but modders are looking to take that to a new level. A new mod revealed this week aims to turn Helldivers into Star Wars: Battlefront, with various assets replaced with new ones from the Star …

The sci-fi shooter from Arrowhead is one of PlayStation's fastest selling games ever, but also faces controversy over PSN account linking and delisting.

The team at Arrowhead had quite the weekend, after scrambling to reverse a crucial decision from the game's publisher, Sony. In the immediate aftermath of PSN account linking being announced, it came to light that thousands of people had bought Helldivers 2 in countries where PSN is unavailable. To fix …

Helldivers 2 has made plenty of headlines since launch but it was finding itself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons last week. On Friday, Arrowhead and Sony announced plans to require PSN accounts in the PC version of the game, despite the fact that the game was sold …

The community at large turned against Sony over the weekend, after it was announced that PSN accounts would soon be enforced in the PC version of Helldivers 2. While creating a free account sounds easy at first, it quickly came to light that the game had been sold to thousands …

It tends to take a lot for gamers to 'forgive' a studio after messing up a launch, for instance CD Projekt Red had to spend three additional years developing Cyberpunk 2077 before many were willing to give the game another shot. In the case of Helldivers 2, despite the game having some rough server issues at launch, the game turned out to be so good that many players simply waited things out, without leaving a trail of negative reviews. Now, a case of incredibly poor communication and a poorly thought-out plan from the game's publisher, Sony, has put Helldivers 2 in jeopardy, with the game being removed from over 170 countries. 

Back in February, Arrowhead Studios hit it big with Helldivers 2, reaching the top of both the Steam and PlayStation charts. In the months since, the team have continuously updated the game with new and free content. It therefore comes as little surprise that Helldivers 2 has already become the …

Since its release (and surprising success) earlier this year, the team at Arrowhead Studios have been continuously updating and supporting Helldivers 2 with all manner of new content, as well as major balance tweaks. The latest update for the game is available now, and brings with it a very long …

Helldivers 2 has been a huge hit over the past couple of months, maintaining a massive playerbase eager to stay up to date on new content across PS5 and PlayStation. Currently, the game is a PS5 console exclusive, but recent rumours suggest that may change.  Xbox Era's Nick Baker has …

Helldivers 2 has taken the industry by storm since its release back in February, with the co-op shooter far exceeding Arrowhead Game Studios’ expectations. Despite this, the team have been keeping up with a rapid rate of post-launch patches and updates – the latest of which is now live. Making …

We already knew that Helldivers 2 has been a huge success so far. One look at the game's high concurrent player counts on Steam proves that. The story got more impressive when we learned that sales of the game were growing week to week, avoiding the usual decline many other …

We already knew that Helldivers 2 has been a huge success so far. One look at the game's high concurrent player counts on Steam proves that. However, the story has gotten all the more impressive this week, with Helldivers 2 being crowned as the best-selling game in the UK.  In …

Helldivers 2 is one of the biggest surprise success stories of 2024 so far, with the sequel to what was a niche PS3/Vita title blowing up on both Steam and PS5 upon its launch last month. In the wake of the game’s most recent patch, the team have now teased …

As much as I've been enjoying Helldivers 2 recently, there are some improvements that can be made. The server situation is finally starting to clear up, but on the visual side, we are still limited to what appears to be FSR 1.0 for upscaling. In our review of the game, …

Helldivers II has been suffering from success, with the game’s overwhelming and unexpected popularity leading to extended waiting times for eager fans of the game. Fortunately, the team have now managed to increase the game’s server capacity – allowing for up to 800,000 concurrent players. Over the course of the …

Arrowhead recently patched Helldivers 2 to lay the groundwork for the addition of extra servers. In the meantime, many players have been hogging up the limited server space by logging in and leaving the game running idle for hours on end until they could finally play. To put a stop …

Helldivers 2 just launched for PC and PS5, delivering one of the most fun co-op shooters we've seen in years. Right now, the game is focused on PvE only and if you were wondering if that might change in the future, then look no further.  Following the success of Helldivers …

Helldivers II is the next major first-party release from PlayStation Studios, with the co-op focused 3rd person shooter set to arrive later this week. Ahead of launch, the team have released a story recap for the first game – alongside promises of free post-launch support, Making the announcement via the …