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 | Gaming

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Arrowhead boss Johan Pilestedt is taking a break. The chief creative officer, who has been the face of Helldivers 2 through the ups and downs of its first year, will be on a sabbatical from the studio for “a while,” and when he returns, he’ll be working on a different game.

“I know a lot of you are going to think ‘por qué?’ Pilestedt posted on X earlier today. “Well, while you have enjoyed Helldivers 2 for almost a year, I have been living it since early 2016, and with Helldivers [overall]—its since 2013.”

Helldivers 2’s lengthy development might surprise some fans—the Sony-backed co-op shooter was not on the radar of most PC gamers before its release in February 2025, but the story of Helldivers dates back to the 2015 original, a top-down shooter made at a much smaller scale…more

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