Satirical sci-fi shooter sequelHelldivers 2is off to a flying start, and now its creatorArrowhead Game Studioshas put out a call for fresh development talent so it can “accelerate and beef up” its post-launch content plans.
Despite someearly technical woes, which Arrowhead has been hard at work trying resolve since Friday’s release on PlayStation 5 and PC, Helldivers 2 has enjoyed a positive critical reception and strong player numbers, even becomingPlayStation Studios' biggest Steam launch to dateas it amassed over 150,000 concurrents this weekend.
Amid that early success, Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers 2 creative director Johan Pilestedt hastaken to social mediaon a recruitment drive, seeking out “more amazing developers” who can “help [the studio] accelerate and beef up our content plans”.
Pilestedt added that specific job listings will be shared onArrowhead’s recruitment sitesoon, but noted, “If you are a senior dev there’s always the ‘open program’”.
Currently, Arrowhead is focused on providing fixes for Helldivers 2’s initial technical issues - with logins, server capacity, progression, and rewards allreceiving attentionin patches earlier this week - and the studio is yet to detail its future content plans.
However, it recently addressed the status of its development roadmap onHelldivers' official Discord, saying, “It’s coming”.
The good news is Helldivers 2 is already a “wonderfully slapstick co-op experience”, as Eurogamer contributor Emma Kent put it in herfour out of five review.
“Unexpected and memorable events seem to occur in nearly every battle,” she wrote, “and I already have a stock of ludicrous stories from my first week with the game.”
