Helldivers 2 players might not have gotten the big update some of them were hoping for this week, but their latest mission at least looks like it's coming with some pretty lofty Galactic War stakes. If you're sick of the purple Meridian death ball destroying planets, here's a chance to stop it.
Arrowhead Games Studio CEO Shams Jorjani has criticised other games industry executives for letting rank-and-file developers take the fall for what he styles "very unsound business decisions" over the past two years.
Good news. And also very bad news. Helldivers 2 players have successfully defended the infamous Malevelon Creek from yet another threat, but they've also lost another planet to the insatiable maw of the Meridian Singularity in the process. They don't seem too bothered though, as they're all more interested in seeing if Arrowhead follows the community's latest big update theory.
I'm not sure I've seen people swing back and forth on a game so rapidly like they have with Helldivers 2. It's had a few hiccoughs here and there, which has made for some tough times for developer Arrowhead, at least in terms of battling the accursed "mixed" rating on Steam (and lower). In a recent interview with The Game Business, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani quite accurately noted that it's been "one heck of a roller coaster year" for Helldivers 2, and also went on to speak about what it was like clawing its way back from low ratings - all the while having to explain to Sony about summer holidays in Sweden.