{"id":818456,"date":"2025-12-08T22:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sUtnuGxBkyX9Q5ugxmRA8F"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:31:54","slug":"the-wild-successes-of-helldivers-2-and-baldurs-gate-3-send-a-clear-message-let-devs-cook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-wild-successes-of-helldivers-2-and-baldurs-gate-3-send-a-clear-message-let-devs-cook\/","title":{"rendered":"The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur’s Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Like many at PC Gamer, I've been enjoying a healthy amount of Helldiving the last two months. Whether I'm shoulders-deep in pulped bug biomass or cowering beneath a storm of automaton energy bolts, Helldivers 2 has been a refreshing surprise. I expected Helldivers 2 to be good, but not “unforeseeable appeal that knocks out back-end servers and leaves players in a weeks-long login purgatory” good\u2014similar to how I couldn't imagine Baldur's Gate 3 consuming the entire gaming consciousness for the tail end of last year.<\/p>\n

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Helldivers 2 isn’t an anomaly. It’s the product of 13 years spent honing the craft of creating jolly, gratuitous meat grinders<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

While Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 might look like sudden jackpot successes, they're testaments to what can be achieved through continued, devoted iteration. They're the products of development teams honing their collective craft across a decade or more. Arrowhead and Larian are studios who had the willingness\u2014and all-too-rare freedom\u2014to gamble on chasing a singular creative vision until the bet finally paid off, even if that sometimes meant risking bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

Oh, and they held onto the devs making their games. That probably helps. Who knew?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arrowhead: The house Magicka built<\/h2>\n
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