Helldivers 2 Took Almost 8 Years To Develop, Reveals Arrowhead CEO

Arrowhead Game Studios' CEO Johan Pilestedt has revealed that Helldivers 2 took 7 years and 11 months to make.

[Jin_Sakai]

That’s a long development time. Glad the game is doing well!

[italiangamer]

I guess Sony was fairly confident of the developers!

[TwoPicklesGood]

Almost 8 years and only two factions and low variety of enemies?! Really, that’s my only gripe besides no jump button and only a few biomes. I’m enjoying the game and looking forward to the possibilities of all they can expand on. Well worth the money.

[rakentaja]

They started developing the game with 35 people. Now they have around 100 people (still a small studio). Also their first AAA game. Probably not supported by other studios. Considering all this, it makes sense that it took 8 years to develop. Arrowhead isn't Sony's first party studio.

[Flawlessmic]

Exactly, the game is fucking awesome and for it to come from such a small team they deserve massive props!!

[MrNinosan]

Did anyone say Arrowhead was a Sony first party studio?

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

That does make more sense now, after watching reviews and gameplay, I find it hard to believe it took 8 years, but a smaller team and less experience in the AAA space explains it.

[MrNinosan]

How often do you jump around in your daily life?
During my 40 years alive, I rarely see people going around jumping.

Helldivers 2 doesn't need a jump button. The dive button is great, and the climbing works fine.

[ravens52]

You see a lot of people dive 🤔 lol. 😜

[MrNinosan]

@ravens52
When I was doing military, yes.
We did lots of diving but never went around jumping.

[Ironmike]

That's in real life in a video game I like the option to jump but ure right the dive is fine in this game

[Crows90]

I don't care how long something takes to make...I care if I like the end product. I also don't judge based on team sizes. A game is either fun to me or it isn't. Team size and length of development is irrelevant.

[hombreacabado]

i miss games like warhawk. that genre was severely lacking on the playstation. glad helldivers 2 came out to take its place. i was #1 player on warhawk back in the day when it launched. i miss those days.

[Flenter]

Warhawk and Starhawk were both outstanding games!!

[hombreacabado]

me too wish sony would bring it back! helldivers 2 is going to get vehicles and planes sooon too. if they add a competitive element it could very well turn into a warhawk like game. i dig the coop tho having fun with a group of friends is awesome.

[frostypants]

Warhawk on PS3 (not to be confused with the PS1 original) was so much damn fun. It was Battlefield for console before Battlefield came to console.

[VincentVanBro]

I've been democratizing the galaxy as a Super Citizen since Friday and loving every moment of it

[Trilithon]

what engine did they start and end with

[jimbo676]

8 years and the amount of bugs and crashes is embarassing.

[Snookies12]

Not sure if you're on PC or PS5, but on PC I only had a single crash during the first hour it was available to play. After that, I haven't had any issues whatsoever. Zero glitches/bugs on my end as well. So, nothing embarrassing about what I've been playing.

[Ethereal]

So damn good. I know there are some hiccups on the sever front but I hope this game has a bright future. Something really special here.

[GoodGuy09]

And it's only $40? Wow. Man video game development is just insane these days.