Apr 01 2025 38 mins 21
Helldivers 2 was the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game ever when it launched last year, a feat nobody saw coming. Over the following months, the game saw its audience fall sharply and its Steam user score collapse.
In our exclusive interview with Shams Jorjani, the CEO of Helldivers developer Arrowhead Games, we learn all about the studio's 'summer of pain', how things got so bad, and how the game managed to recover.
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