Helldivers 2 boss already planning next game as he reveals cancelled Star Fox-style project
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Arrowhead is working on its follow-up to Helldivers 2, as the studio’s boss asks players to bring their suggestions to the table. With the unexpected success of Helldivers 2, the next game from developer Arrowhead has to overcome the pressures of heightened expectation.
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The co-op shooter’s popularity may have wobbled since it launched last year, with some fans bemoaning recent updates, but it’s still one of the big success stories of 2024 – especially considering how so few people had even heard of the first game.
If Helldivers 2 had the element of surprise on its side, Arrowhead’s next game has a more difficult road in living up to the added anticipation. While the former hasn’t even been out a year, the studio’s creative director, Johan Pilestedt, has already confirmed plans are afoot for the team’s next project.
In a post on X ahead of New Year’s Day, Pilestedt asked players for their ‘expectations and desires’ for the studio’s next game. ‘I am working on the high concept, but I would love to hear your speculation,’ he added. While he stopped short of revealing any details about the concept, Pilestedt did rule out several suggestions that were previously pitched within the studio. After one fan suggested a ‘Star Fox-style game’, the Arrowhead boss responded by sharing old concept art for a space combat title, named Eagles Of Democracy, that the studio ‘wanted to make’.
