The studio behind co-op shooter Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Recreation Studios, seemingly has no plans to start engaged on a sequel simply but. As caught by GamesRadar, studio CEO Shams Jorjani spoke on the sport’s official Discord server about how, relatively than engaged on a Helldivers 3, he would like to show Helldivers 2 right into a “endlessly sport”. He even referenced basic MMORPG RuneScape, which remains to be fairly fashionable in its Previous-College RuneScape incarnation.
Responding to a query about the way forward for the Helldivers franchise, Jorjani mentioned that the studio has “no plans for [Helldivers 3] – simply [Helldivers 2] for so long as it may go”. He requested gamers to “assume RuneScape” to know what he means. He additionally famous that PlayStation was supportive of this concept of constant to work on Helldivers 2 relatively than a sequel.
“Myself and the administrators agree we’d love this to be a endlessly sport,” Jorjani wrote. “Assuming we get a grip on the efficiency and dev practices we are able to maintain increasing it for a very long time. PlayStation is tremendous supportive.”
Whereas the studio will not be engaged on a sequel to Helldivers 2 for now, that doesn’t imply that the thought is totally inconceivable. Earlier this month, Jorjani had taken to the Discord to write down about potential concepts for a Helldivers sequel. One in all these concepts, he famous, included a Future-styled social hub the place gamers may hang around collectively with out essentially having to be in the identical group.
The closest factor Helldivers 2 at present has to a social hub is the participant’s personal spaceship the place they will hang around with their co-op buddies in between missions. Other than this, nonetheless, the sport doesn’t actually function the rest in the way in which of social areas the place gamers can meet up and hang around with out being in the identical group.
Arrowhead Recreation Studios has been working laborious at bringing extra content material to Helldivers 2, whereas additionally interspersing main content material updates with smaller patches targeted on bettering efficiency. Earlier this month, the studio had launched an replace to repair some crashes that may occur if there have been too many particle results in a struggle. The replace additionally introduced in some stability adjustments to weapons and instruments just like the S-11 Speargun and the MS-11 Solo Silo.
This performance-oriented replace was a follow-up to a a lot bigger replace launched in the beginning of September. Dubbed Into the Unjust, the massive replace launched underground environments to Helldivers 2. As a part of the replace, gamers should tackle Terminid on their Hive Worlds, which includes taking place into their underground nests. Missions on these Hive Worlds contain descending underground into procedurally-generated caverns that additionally function harmful terrain, and loads of darkish corners the place Terminid ambushes could be ready.
Helldivers 2 additionally expanded its participant base in a serious means by lastly popping out on the Xbox Collection X/S simply final month. This launch was accompanied with a brand new Legendary Warbond that includes weapons, armour, tools and cosmetics impressed by Halo 3: ODST. Take a look at our overview of the Xbox Collection X/S model of Helldivers 2 for extra particulars.
