"A lot of Helldivers will die," Arrowhead CEO says of the next Helldivers 2 major update, and the updated roadmap is still in progress

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Not giving players much to go on but at least giving them a healthy sense of dread, Arrowhead Game Studios CEO Shams Jorjani says the next major update for Helldivers 2 is going to be a doozy.

Asked for a "tiny little hint" by a Discord user during his latest impromptu Q&A session, Jorjani simply said, "A lot of Helldivers will die." This is, of course, a fairly fitting description for basically every update in Helldivers 2's history, major or minor, meaning it doesn't actually tell us much about what's coming. Heck, I probably could've told you that. Jorjani did, however, have some other interesting things to say about future ideas.

Asked about Arrowhead's planning with Major Orders and significant narrative beats – with one user claiming the current MO is "mathematically impossible" – Jorjani said, "I'm not 100% familiar with the mission design - but [as far as I know] we've never had an order that was mathematically impossible. Some have been designed to be VERY hard. And sometimes the community has rallied and surprised quite a bit."

"[If I remember correctly] we run like you would any roleplaying game as a dungeon master," Jorjani said. "You plan for different outcomes along a rough campaign. We know roughly where you're gonna end up as we head into the next big update – but not the exact details. It's very hard trying to keep development open-ended."

Austin Wood
Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.

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