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Catherine Lewis

"I have to clarify that I did not cook": Former Helldivers 2 CEO now focusing on the game itself says its new and fabulous patch came from "the team," not his personal kitchen

Helldivers 2.

Helldivers 2's creative director and former Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has clarified that he "did not cook" on the third-person shooter's latest enormous patch, with "the ideas and execution" all down to the rest of the team. 

The long-awaited patch arrived last week, boasting over 100 changes to the game including Stratagem tweaks, alterations to the behavior of Fire Tornadoes (which will, mercifully, no longer hunt you down), visible supply lines on the Galactic War table, and more. As indicated in a recent poll on the Helldivers 2 Discord, the vast majority of players are loving it, but Pilestedt, who recently stepped down from his role as the studio's CEO to become Arrowhead's chief creative officer, has stated that he "merely [gave] a gentle nudge" towards the update.

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