Helldivers 2 Was Almost Free-to-Play and Nearly a PlayStation 5 Launch Title

NewsSource: Arrowhead Game Studios, PlayStation Publishing LLC

Translated with AI from the Russian original.

Under certain circumstances, the game's format could have been completely different.

Currently, Helldivers 2 is a premium cooperative shooter, but initially, the developers considered a different distribution model, and the release could have happened much earlier.

Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani continues to answer community questions, and recently, during a conversation with fans inDiscord*, he shared a bit about the evolution of Helldivers 2:

"HD2 started as an AA game, then the scope expanded - it turned into a launch game for PS5, then switched to the f2p [free-to-play] model, and then returned to the premium model (I may have mixed up the order of events) - so the goal changed several times, and the foundation of this large tower was laid for a small bungalow on the beach. All of this = technical debt = for us, performance remains at an average level."

  • *(violates the requirements of the legislation of the Russian Federation)

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