Arrowhead creative lead agrees with Helldivers 2 players, calls the game "a never-ending ping pong between 'it's so over' and 'we're so back,'" but says "we're trying to get better with each update"

Helldivers 2.

Former Arrowhead CEO and Helldivers head honcho Johan Pilestedt, who's now leading a new project at the studio as creative lead, reckons the Helldivers 2 community got this one right: the game really is a cycle of "it's so over" and "we're so back."

Speaking with GamesRadar+ at the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, where Helldivers 2 was nominated for the "Still Playing Award" as the hit shooter approaches the end of its second year, Pilestedt comments on the rhythm the game has followed and the work that led to this point.