• Sun. Oct 5th, 2025

Helldivers 2 devs want to avoid big, common live-service game mistake

Helldivers 2 devs want to avoid big, common live-service game mistake

In late February, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios revealed that a real person named Joel holds the position of ‘Game Master’ for the entire online shooter. This Dungeons and Dragons-inspired role was devised to observe players’ behavior and manipulate in-game events to keep things spicy. Now, Katherine Baskin, Arrowhead’s community manager, offers further details about the studio’s “divisive” strategy to avoid live-service game pitfalls.

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