Can a popular online game have a flawless technical launch? | Arrowhead Game Studio’ Helldivers 2

At the Dice Summit, Arrowhead Game Studios won four awards for its Helldivers 2 game. The title is a great multiplayer co-op game where four soldiers land on an alien or robot planet and try to take out as many enemies before being extracted. It was so popular when it debuted on February 8, 2024, that Stockholm, Sweden-based Arrowhead had trouble keeping the game available for the tons of players flooding in. During that time, it was tough to get an interview with a few of Arrowhead Game Studios’ leaders. I was always curious how the team pulled together and stabilized the game amid the huge popularity. The game eventually sold more than 12 million copies. But as the team won four awards at Dice, they came by the green room where I was doing short interviews with the winners. And so I was able to string together these questions as an interview with the winners. They included Johan Pilestedt, chief creative officer at Arrowhead Games, and game music composer Wilbert Roget II. The sub ... Read full article.