Helldivers 2 dropped its first live-service twist final night time, as its robotic automaton faction abruptly invaded a number of human planets, forcing gamers to heel-turn away from the Terminid frontline to undertake defensive missions midway throughout the galaxy. It is probably this occasion has been deliberate by builders Arrowhead Sport Studios for some time, however in response to the studio’s CEO Johan Pilestedt, the longer-term way forward for Helldivers 2 may be very completely different from what Arrowhead initially deliberate.
Pilestedt has been posting often on Twitter about varied topics regarding Helldivers 2, and final night time he took stock of the game’s launch week, stating how he was “fully exhausted” by the success of Helldivers, including “So is the staff.” Nonetheless, he’s “very, very happy” at how the launch has gone.
In response to this, a person who goes by Mario requested “Any information concerning the roadmap?” to which Pilestedt replied. “Our staff is engaged on it. Our outdated roadmap may be very old-fashioned compared to what we now wish to do.” This was adopted by the hashtag “#extra”.
A few of this roadmap adjustment is probably going as a result of developer’s frantic scramble to maintain the sport working following its outsize launch. It is a problem Pilestedt addresses in the identical thread, working down precisely what the studio’s been via to get the sport the place it must be. “Many, many late nights, on-calls, emergency conferences, discussions round server capability, shards, capability models, CPU utilization, login charges and CCU,” Pilestedt wrote. However the end result must be a way more secure expertise this weekend. “And now, standing on the brink of the weekend, with fingers crossed beginning intently on the CCU graph and the icons for varied subsystems glowing with a vibrant inexperienced ‘OK’. Final weekend, loads of them have been in vivid pink ‘NOT OK.’
So, a little bit of a retro of this week.I’m fully exhausted by the success. So is the staff, many, many late nights, on-calls, emergency conferences, discussions round server capability, shards, capability models, CPU utilization, login charges and CCU.Drained, however very, very happy.February 16, 2024
Clearly although, Pilestedt’s feedback relating to the roadmap discuss with concepts past upkeep and technical help. He does not go into what these are, nevertheless it probably pertains to the sport’s live-service Galactic Struggle. A lot of the dialogue round Helldivers’ live-service has been reduction at how little it impacts upon participant expertise. However as a long-running live-service sceptic, the potential of its real-time Galactic Struggle is probably the most excited I’ve ever been for a live-service recreation. The truth that different participant actions are ever current on the periphery of your personal recreation actually makes you’re feeling like half of a bigger, creating narrative, and the automaton invasion is only a style of what Arrowhead might do to twist the story, from incursions by new alien races into Managed Democracy’s territory, to growth of the struggle into new, unusual uncharted areas of house. Such concepts have been probably kicking round already, so for Arrowhead to now have even greater plans has me genuinely fairly giddy.
For now although, Pilestedt’s foremost hope is a enjoyable weekend for gamers, and a quiet one for him and his staff. “Whereas I dread this weekend from a technical perspective, the staff has completed a fantast job in ironing out the kinks and I hope you all will be capable to have a good time enjoying the sport.”
