Johan Pilestedt, who recently announced that he has stepped down from CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios to focus on his role as chief creative officer, has revealed that the Helldivers 2 developer has no interest in being acquired by another company, instead wanting to remain independent.
Speaking with Games Industry.biz, Pilestedt, who has been a major public face Arrowhead Game Studios across the release of Helldivers 2, engaging with fans on social media over the months, revealed “we pride ourself on being an independent studio.”
We have to see what the future holds, but there’s nothing in the plans where we want to be acquired by somebody. I want to see how high we can fly. And bringing [new CEO] Shams [Jorjani] on board, we have a good potential to realise that future of turning into the next From Software or Blizzard.
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Helldivers 2 has been a huge success for Arrowhead Game Studios, having sold over 12 million copies worldwide since its February release and becoming the fastest-selling PlayStation game launch of all time. Arrowhead Game Studios recently said that future updates for Helldivers 2 will not arrive as frequently as before in order to focus on maintaining quality.
[Source – Games Industry.biz]