Helldivers 2 roadmap is ‘very out of date in comparison to what we now want to do’ according to Arrowhead’s CEO, as the game’s stratospheric launch brings new ideas and ambition to the studio

Helldivers 2 dropped its first live-service twist last night, as its robotic automaton faction abruptly invaded several human planets, forcing players to heel-turn away from the Terminid frontline to undertake defensive missions halfway across the galaxy. It’s likely this event has been planned by developers Arrowhead  Game Studios for a while, but according to the…

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‘We don’t have shareholders, but we also don’t think about them,’ Larian Studios uses its stage time at the DICE Awards to speak out against a brutal industry climate

Baldur’s Gate 3 walked away from the DICE Awards with another handful of trophies: Outstanding Achievement in Story, RPG of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, and Game of the Year—adding to an already massive list of well-deserved accolades. Its developers, however, devoted much of their speech time to…

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