Johan Pilestedt, CCO of Arrowhead Games—and formerly its CEO, before stepping down so he could get his mitts more on the creative process—had some similar thoughts at GDC, during a talk about ...

Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt says the game industry has a "convergence problem" because everyone is chasing the same "big next thing," a type of risk aversion he believes has the ...

Helldivers 2 boss, Johan Pilestedt, explained that it is impossible for multiplayer video games to avoid server crashes at ...

Despite reaching a low user score of 19 percent, Helldivers CEO took inspiration from games like No Man's Sky to regain popularity with its fans.

Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt has spoken out about the "ridiculous" state of the video game industry, which regularly endures "cycles of death and rebirth" which has become ...

Johan Pilestedt, the creative director of Helldivers 2 and CCO of Arrowhead Game Studios, the developer behind the PlayStation game, has responded to claims the PS5 and PC title is a psy-op ...

Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt has slammed the current spate of video games industry layoffs as "unnecessarily brutal" and said that companies needed to learn lessons to avoid the ...

Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, has publicly spoken up about layoffs in the gaming industry. In an interview on April 1, 2025, he showed much frustration with executives whose ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt has commented on the current state of the video game industry, saying it's "caught in a vicious ...

Rest assured, all imagery and advice is unique and original. Check out how we test and review games here Johan Pilestedt, one of the main creators behind Helldivers 2, has blasted the modern games ...

Check out how we test and review games here At the Game Developers Conference 2025, Arrowhead CCO, Johan Pilestedt, discussed the ironic and self-aware tone of Helldivers 2. As relayed by PC Gamer ...

Johan Pilestedt warns that Helldivers 2 took 4 more years than planned because Arrowhead skipped pre-production and dove right in: 'Always do your homework before you start spending millions and ...