Helldivers
2
is
riding
a
high
right
now
as
a
recent
update
and
the
upcoming
release
of
its
next
Warbond
has
resulted
in
a
surge
of
players.
But
what
about
developer
Arrowhead’s
next
game?

Despite

Helldivers
2
being
a
Sony
backed
title,
Arrowhead
is
actually
an
independent
developer.
Considering
the
success
of
Helldivers
2,
though,
you
might
think
that
Arrowhead
would
want
to
jump
straight
back
into
bed
with
Sony,
but
that
is
not
the
case,
apparently.

As
reported
by
Bloomberg,
Arrowhead
CEO
Shams
Jorjani spoke
on
Discord,
explaining
that
the
immense
success
of
Helldivers
2
means
they
have
the
freedom
to
fully
fund
their
next
game,
giving
them
creative
control.

“The
wonderful
thing
is
that
thanks
to
the
amazing
support
of
you
FINE
people
Arrowhead’s
future
is
quite
bright
and
we
have
the
freedom
to
explore
some
really
cool
concepts
that
we
couldn’t
have
otherwise,”
said
Shams.
“Game
6
(our
next
project)
will
happen
the
way
it
will
happen
thanks
to
you.
The
next
game
is
100%
funded
by
ourselves
so
we’ll
call
100%
of
those
shots.”

One
user
questioned
whether
there
was
some
sort
of
bad
blood
between
Sony
and
Arrowhead,
but
Shams
was
quick
to
dismiss
such
ideas:
“No
way.

Playstation
are
great.
there
would
be
no
Helldivers
if
it
wasn’t
for
them.
We’re
open
to
working
with
them
again
in
the
future.
they
are
incredibly
game/dev
oriented.
solid
partners.
and
this
is
me
just
saying
it
like
it
is.
not
blowing
smoke
up
their
asses.”

The
real
surprise,
to
my
mind,
is
that

Sony
hasn’t
attempted
to
buy
Arrowhead
after
how
well
Helldivers
2
has
performed.
Perhaps
that
isn’t
for
a
lack
of
trying,
though,
because
Arrowhead
seems
content
to
remain
an
independent
studio
that
can
remain
creatively
true
to
itself.