Helldivers 2 Dev Arrowhead is Self-Funding Its Next Game - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 May 2025 / 2,775 Views
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios will be self-funding its next game and won't be working with an external publisher.
This did spark some concerns by fans that the studio would be moving away from Helldivers 2, however, Jorjani stated they are still focused on the game.
"Nah. It's ALL Helldivers 2 for now," he said. "A very, very small team will spin up something later this year and go at it sloowly. Helldivers is our main focus and will be for a loooong time."
Jorjani added, "As long as you folks keep playing [Helldivers 2] and buying Super Credits we can keep it going. Last summer we were kinda screwing the pooch so it looked like we wouldn't be able to keep the train going for a long time - but we turned the ship around, you support us a lot so it's looking bright."
On the next game from the studio Jorjani stated, "The next game is 100% funded by ourselves so we'll call 100% of those shots."
Jorjani hopes the development on Arrowhead's next game will differ from Helldivers 2, which was described as "rough." He wants the studio to nail the "core s**t" early on.
"For the most part of the development cycle games plain suck," Jorjani said. "Very seldom are they truly fun from the get-go. And for Helldivers taking eight years to make it was rough for the longest time. But it came together in the end. The ONLY way to know is to playtest playtest playtest.
"For our next game we're doing things in a much smarter way and nailing a lot of the core s**t early on (as you should) then make the rest."
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Sony doesn't need them. Marathon is gonna make billions.
LMAO, this comment is gold
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Factions 3 will be the real gold mine
Marathon looks so bad that it might be next concord
Good news for arrowhead, although it's unlikely Helldivers 3 will never see the light of day. The IP is owned by Sony
Sony put em in the map and then after that they just throw em out like trash lol
The last 5 years most PlayStation studios where mismanaged. I would not want my studio to be part of them either anymore. The only PS studio's that hit par where, Insomniac, Adobi, Housemarque, PD and Santa Monica. Most likely Sucker Punch can be added down the line too. But that's only a 50 percent success rate.
Last year at the game awards Sony published games won GOTY, best Multiplayer and best ongoing game.
In 6 of the last 12 years a Sony published game won the most GOTY awards that year.
Well they got their recources to make Helldivers II but Sony also mistreated them by being only PS/PC and the whole PSN requirments on steam so like half the world could not play/buy the game anymore (ok maybe not half not sure how much in % but it also has hurt their reputation)
True, Playstation is perhaps the worst big publisher on pc. Doesn't help most if their games run like shit at launch to these days. They started out pretty decent, but the quality of their ports is worse than Ubisoft. Both SM2 and TLOU 2 where a huge letdown performance wise on pc.
Sony’s Major games on PC and their steam rating as an idea of how actual PC gamers feel about them:
God of War - 96%
Spider-man - 96%
Ghost of Tsushima - 93%
Spider-man: Miles Morales - 93%
Days gone - 92%
The Last of us II - 89%
Horizon: Forbidden West - 89%
Uncharted: LOF Collection - 89%
Ratchet and Clank - 89%
Horizon: Zero Dawn - 87%
God of War: Ragnarok - 87%(91% Recent Reviews)
Sackboy - 84%
Returnal - 81%
The Last of Us 79% (95% Recent)
Until Dawn - 79%
Helldivers II - 77% (87% Recent Reviews)
Spider-man 2 - 76% (86% Recent)
That’s a lot of very highly rated games, and even the games on the lower end are not that low and mostly on the rise(Sony Games also got review bombed recently over the PSN issue, which is why some of them are so low like Ragnarok, GoT, Forbidden West). The bad ports got largely fixed(the Last of us, Spider-man 2, Horizon:ZD) and some games like Until Dawn and Returnal still have some issues and both have stuttering issues(both Unreal Engine games) but for PC ports in the 21st century they are on the lower end end of the bad ports scale.
Compare that to the game libraries of companies like Capcom, Microsoft, EA, Take-Two etc. etc. None of those can compare with that consistency of title. There’s tons of terrible ports that just never got fixed(Capcom games, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Rise of the Ronin etc. etc.) but some people want to fixate on the fact a few Sony games launched in a bad state(which is unacceptable I agree) but got fixed within a fairly short timeframe.
Absolute rubbish, the majority of Sony games on PC run exceptionally well. There was like 3 games out of 20 that were bad, and they got fixed.
Most PC ports are rubbish these days. Capcom last 2 major games both run poorly and have never been fixed.
Sony games are among the most highest rated games on Steam ratings. The majority are 90%+ with games at 96% and 95%.
Some people on this website live in alternative reality.
If they want to be delusional and believe Sony and their games are failing just let them. Their last financial report was excellent. Look at all the downvotes my comments get just for trying to remind people Sony is actually vey successful in this space
BTW The last of us pt.II is at 89% on Steam(implying the port is not bad at all, as technical reasons are the biggest reason to tank a score). Spider-man 2 is 76% but it’s 86% over recent reviews(previous month) implying it has greatly improved.
Compare that to Capcom:
Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 61%(65% recent)
Monster Hunter Wilds - 63%(58% recent)
Some of Microsoft’s finest:
Forza Motorsport - 47%(63% recent)
Starfield - 58%(54% recent)
Oblivion Remake an 82% because people have such low expectations of Bethesda now but Digital Foundry said it is one of the worst ports of the generation. Then there’s a game like Redfall that was a complete mess on every platform(like Oblivion) if you overlook the fact the game was just terrible anyway.
Saying Sony are one of the worst publishers on PC is absolutely ludicrous and completely out of touch with reality.
Only a tiny portion of Sony's catalog is available on PC. That's the problem, not the quality of their games. We know their games are good. But, it doesn't matter if they don't release them.
They're just being haters. Angry with Sony's success
Wtf is this? Lmao. This is incredibly fanboyish, a studio doesn't owe lifetime allegiance to a publisher just because they worked with that publisher once, they want to go and make something they fully own, that's perfectly okay, JFC. Lol.
So? They don’t owe Sony anything nor does Sony own the studio. This is business lol
Arrowhead, from what I can tell, isn’t acting out of spite here. It seems they’re just seeking some extra freedom in how they manage business. Nothing wrong with that! I’m excited to see what they pump out.
Sony almost killed Helldivers 2 with their forced psn push
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