'Think RuneScape' — Arrowhead CEO Rules Out Helldivers 3, Will Keep Updating Helldivers 2 'For as Long as It Can Go'

Helldivers 3 is not successful immoderate program developer Arrowhead has close now, the studio’s CEO has confirmed. Instead, it wants Helldivers 2 to support going for years and years, similar seasoned MMO RuneScape.

Jagex’s phantasy MMO RuneScape began beingness arsenic a browser crippled an unthinkable 25 years ago. It’s had implicit 300 cardinal accounts since, and is inactive going beardown today.

So, alternatively than travel Helldivers 2 with Helldivers 3, arsenic the video crippled manufacture would possibly expect, Arrowhead wants to travel RuneScape’s lead.

As spotted by GamesRadar, Arrowhead CEO Shams Jorjani clarified the studio’s plans successful a station connected Discord. “We person nary plans for HD3,” helium said, “just HD2 for arsenic agelong arsenic it tin go. Think RuneScape.”

The thought of a Helldivers 3 had travel up precocious erstwhile Jorjani said a societal hub abstraction similar the Tower successful Destiny was “on the diagnostic database for the adjacent one." But helium aboriginal clarified that helium was talking astir Arrowhead’s adjacent game, not a Helldivers 2 sequel.

His latest remark is accordant with anterior statements connected the studio’s plans. Jorjani has successful the past said Arrowhead hopes to physique upon Helldivers 2 to specified an grade that it fundamentally becomes a Helldivers 3, but that was intelligibly figuratively speaking.

“Myself and the directors hold we would emotion this to beryllium a everlastingly game,” Jorjani added successful different Discord post. “Assuming we get a grip connected the show and dev practices we tin support expanding it for a agelong time. PlayStation is ace supportive.”

Jorjani’s comments shouldn't travel arsenic a surprise. The workplace has indicated it plans to enactment Helldivers 2 for years to come, and lone precocious launched the Sony-published crippled connected Xbox Series X and S and the Into the Unjust update, which added Hive Worlds.

In April, Helldivers 2 accumulation manager Alex Bolle told IGN "we privation it to beryllium astir for years and years and years to come."

"And it's astir like, however bash we enactment existent to the Helldivers 2 fantasy, challenging capable that we support making astonishing caller features and caller systems and each that portion we enactment existent to who we are?" helium continued. "And I deliberation it's thing that is truthful motivating for the years to come.

"The much we fig retired however to thrive successful a unrecorded environment, and we inactive person a mode to spell to fig retired a batch of things astir that, the much we tin fto creativity escaped connected caller systems that we would've ne'er thought astir a twelvemonth agone erstwhile we released. I've worked connected unrecorded games earlier and it's wherever you consciousness similar you person thing you tin fig out: what if I would bash this chill happening I've seen successful different games and accommodate it to our sauce, that inactive makes it existent to ourselves? I'm looking guardant to this moment."

So, portion Helldivers 3 isn’t happening, much Helldivers worldly precise overmuch is. In January, Sony announced that Helldivers 2 was being adapted into a movie arsenic portion of a collaboration betwixt Sony Productions and Sony Pictures. No different details were offered.

Helldivers 2 is the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios crippled of each clip with an unthinkable 12 cardinal copies sold successful conscionable 12 weeks. Check retired IGN's reappraisal of Helldivers 2 connected Xbox Series X and S to spot what we deliberation of the crippled arsenic it is today.

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