{"id":1110149,"date":"2026-01-29T03:14:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/c9wNbSou7eNNNDFLgJpsyL"},"modified":"2026-01-29T03:14:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T03:14:24","slug":"arrowhead-ceo-reassures-helldivers-2-players-in-the-wake-of-johan-pilestedts-sabbatical-that-if-they-can-keep-the-game-going-for-10-years-we-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arrowhead-ceo-reassures-helldivers-2-players-in-the-wake-of-johan-pilestedts-sabbatical-that-if-they-can-keep-the-game-going-for-10-years-we-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrowhead CEO reassures Helldivers 2 players in the wake of Johan Pilestedt&#8217;s sabbatical that if they can keep the game &#8216;going for 10 years, we will&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Helldiver&#8217;s 2&#8217;s former CEO, now CCO, made headlines earlier this week\u2014including ours\u2014by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/johan-pilestedt-is-taking-a-sabbatical-from-helldivers-2-after-working-around-the-clock-for-11-years-will-move-on-to-the-next-arrowhead-game-when-he-returns\/\">announcing he&#8217;d be on a sabbatical<\/a> following years of hard work.<\/p>\n<p>As for why that&#8217;s a big deal, well, Pilestedt has been particularly vocal as far as creative leads and directors go, speaking directly to the people on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/arrowhead-ceo-says-helldivers-2-balancing-patches-have-gone-too-far-recently-it-feels-like-every-time-someone-finds-something-fun-the-fun-is-removed\/\">game balance<\/a>, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/ouch-right-in-the-review-score-arrowhead-ceo-reacts-to-helldivers-2-review-bombing-apologizes-for-psn-mandate-communication\/\">review controversies<\/a>, and early-day spats between <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/helldivers-2-boss-apologizes-for-horrible-dev-comments-says-arrowhead-has-taken-action-internally-to-educate-our-developers\/\">developers<\/a> and players. He&#8217;s also been a bit of a scamp, leaning into the setting&#8217;s appetite for propaganda by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/helldivers-2-boss-who-proudly-proclaimed-bugs-cant-fly-issues-an-important-update-i-have-always-believed-there-to-be-a-possibility-of-flying-bugs\/\">denying the existence of flying bugs and the like<\/a> even as players get turned into democratic mincemeat by them.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, he&#8217;s become a bit of a central figure in the fanbase, and folks are sad to see him go, even on a temporary basis. The game&#8217;s current CEO, Shams Jorjani, has been quick to reassure players that it&#8217;s not going to be forever, responding to players on the game&#8217;s Discord server (thanks, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gamesradar.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/arrowhead-ceo-assures-helldivers-2-fans-the-online-shooter-will-stay-live-as-long-as-people-play-it-if-we-can-keep-it-going-for-10-years-we-will\/\" target=\"_blank\">GamesRadar<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Johan is just on an extended vacation. He&#8217;s never been on a proper vacation since the company was founded,&#8221; Jorjani explains. &#8220;We get 6 weeks of vacation per year\u2014most swedes take 4 weeks off in the summer. He&#8217;s never done that. He&#8217;s got like 65 days saved up or something. He&#8217;s just beat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other words\u2014he&#8217;s just taking a bit of a holiday, and everybody can relax: &#8220;When he&#8217;s back he&#8217;ll keep being the grandfather and sounding board for Helldivers, and get going with a new project in due time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for supporting the game, Jorjani says it&#8217;s mostly up to the player&#8217;s interest, but as long as folks want to shoot bugs in the face, they&#8217;ll keep inventing new ways to do just that. &#8220;As long as people play, pay, and we can build a business case around it, we&#8217;ll support it to hell and back. If we can keep it going for 10 years we will.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, Jorjani seems pretty insistent that\u2014given the time, funding, and legacy\u2014a third game might not even be necessary. When asked whether supporting Helldivers 2 would mean canning a Helldivers 3, Jorjani writes: &#8220;Compare Helldivers today to when it launched. It&#8217;s so, so much more. Now imagine Helldivers in three years. Tell me how that&#8217;s different from a hypothetical &#8216;Helldivers 3&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The man has a point, sort of\u2014the leap from Helldivers to its sequel was mainly notable because of the perspective change, flipping from an isometric shooter to a third-person bombfest. There&#8217;s really no other ways to shake things up that&#8217;d justify a sequel, in my opinion, other than some revolutionary leap in 4D technology so I can feel what it&#8217;s like to get killed by my mate&#8217;s laser drone in real life.<\/p>\n<p>Helldivers 2 <em>has <\/em><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/action\/crashing-servers-flame-wars-and-a-60-day-path-to-redemption-the-utterly-chaotic-first-year-of-helldivers-2-has-been-a-democratic-doozy\/\">had an impressive first year<\/a>, too: A bunch of new weapons to muck around with, some revolutionary balance changes, new enemy types, and a whole new faction to turn into liberty mulch. If Arrowhead manages to keep that momentum for another three, I&#8217;m not even sure what I&#8217;d be looking at. <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rhythm\/hatsune-miku-is-the-icon-for-fortnite-festival-season-7-and-it-might-be-the-collab-that-finally-convinces-me-to-become-a-rockstar\/\">Maybe Hatsune Miku will be there<\/a>, anything&#8217;s possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"6ba8c209-9cb2-4e25-947c-5747246b1b05\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/arrowhead-ceo-reassures-helldivers-2-players-in-the-wake-of-johan-pilestedts-sabbatical-that-if-they-can-keep-the-game-going-for-10-years-we-will.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"6ba8c209-9cb2-4e25-947c-5747246b1b05\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/third-person-shooter\/arrowhead-ceo-reassures-helldivers-2-players-in-the-wake-of-johan-pilestedts-sabbatical-that-if-they-can-keep-the-game-going-for-10-years-we-will\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helldiver&#8217;s 2&#8217;s former CEO, now CCO, made headlines earlier this week\u2014including ours\u2014by announcing he&#8217;d be on a sabbatical following years of hard work. As for why that&#8217;s a big deal, well, Pilestedt has been particularly vocal as far as creative leads and directors go, speaking directly to the people on game balance, review controversies, and early-day spats between developers and players. He&#8217;s also been a bit of a scamp, leaning into the setting&#8217;s appetite for propaganda by denying the existence of flying bugs and the like even as players get turned into democratic mincemeat by them. Essentially, he&#8217;s become a bit of a central figure in the fanbase, and folks are sad to see him go, even on a temporary basis. The game&#8217;s current CEO,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/arrowhead-ceo-reassures-helldivers-2-players-in-the-wake-of-johan-pilestedts-sabbatical-that-if-they-can-keep-the-game-going-for-10-years-we-will\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1110150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,787],"class_list":["post-1110149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-third-person-shooter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arrowhead CEO reassures Helldivers 2 players in the wake of Johan Pilestedt&#039;s sabbatical that if they can keep the game &#039;going for 10 years, we 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