Arrowhead is staffing up after Helldivers 2 success to ‘beef up’ its content plans

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has said it’s planning to staff up in response to the success of the title.

Studio CEO and game director Johan Pilestedt said the company wants to recruit more developers to “beef up” its content plans for the Sony-published shooter, which is available for PS5 and PC.

Since its release last week, the co-op game has attracted over 200,000 concurrent players on Steam alone, making it Sony’s biggest PC launch to date.

“With the success of Helldivers 2, we are going to start looking for more amazing developers that can help us accelerate and beef up our content plans,” Pilestedt said.

“Jobs will be going up soon, but if you are a senior dev there’s always the “open application”. Enlist today with Arrowhead Game Studios.”

Sweden-based Arrowhead currently employs over 100 people, according to its website.

Arrowhead released a new Helldivers 2 patch today to improve general stability and matchmaking, which is detailed below.

Helldivers 2 patch 01.000.006

• Fixed crash when application was closed shortly after start
• Game no longer crashes during extraction cutscene.
• User profile with too many friends no longer causes crash.
• Fixed crash when using text-to-speech during extraction cutscene
• Game no longer crashes when users disconnect during the joining cutscene.
• Operation Status in Mission Summary no longer causes crash.
• Fixed crashes caused by leftover visual effects from disconnected players.
• Game no longer crashes when using ADS.
• Repaired instability in game data packing that caused increased patch sizes.
• Improved backend connectivity, reduces likelihood of disconnecting in missions.
• Improved matchmaking experience and likelihood of success.