Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Sport Studios has a brand new CEO, although founder Johan Pilestedt isn’t going away. As an alternative, he’s transitioning to a extra creative-focused management place whereas the brand new CEO oversees the enterprise facet.
Arrowhead Founder is now the studio’s Chief Artistic Officer
Pilestedt introduced the shake-up on Twitter, saying he’d employed former Paradox Interactive govt Shams Jorjani as CEO. Pilestedt, in the meantime, will transition to the position of Arrowhead’s Chief Artistic Officer. In response to the Helldivers 2 director, this can allow him to spend extra time with the event workforce and focus extra on the workforce and group. He additionally stays the corporate’s Chairman.
Because the identify implies, the Chief Artistic Officer is the highest-ranking media firm’s inventive workforce. Whereas each firm is totally different, they’re sometimes in command of advertising, branding, managing IP, and overseeing the remainder of the inventive workforce. In the meantime, the CEO oversees the complete firm, although their precise position can fluctuate.
Arrowhead Sport Studios was a comparatively obscure sport developer till Helldivers 2 turned a breakout hit. As such, there have been some rising pains, resembling the sport struggling server points shortly after launch. The corporate has additionally struggled to discover a steadiness relating to spacing out Helldiver’s 2 updates.
Nonetheless, its most vital controversy was the current pushback in opposition to Sony requiring PC gamers to join a PlayStation Community account. The controversy really led to the firing of Helldivers 2’s group supervisor for incoming followers to depart unfavourable Steam evaluations. Whereas Sony walked the PSN requirement again, the sport remained delisted in lots of nations.