Helldivers 2 director shuts down rumors that the studio has been acquired by Sony
"This is the first I hear of this"

Shocking absolutely no one, 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Helldivers 2's game director has confirmed that developer Arrowhead Game Studios is not being acquired by Sony.
Yesterday, March 5, Twitter users began speculating that Arrowhead was on the cusp of being acquired by Sony, seemingly stemming from various NeoGAF and Reddit forum posts. Helldivers 2 game diꦦrector and Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt quickly and definitively quashed the speculation with the tweet below, putting the entire thing to bed.
This is the first I hear of this...š And that's a good indication that it's fake.Also, very old logo.
Yes, the fact that this is the first the ą²studio head is hearing of his studio potentially being acquired is a very good indiācation that the entire thing is fake. Elsewhere, Pilestedt added that the logo used above for Arrowhead is a "really shitty old logo from 2008 or so when we just started the studio."
In fact, earlier this week before the entire silly speculation first kicked into gear, Pilestedt took a moment to remind everyone that Arrowhead is a firmly independent game developer, via the two tweets below. Arrowhead is owned, but it's owned by šthe very developers that first founded the company itself over 15 years ago.
I mean... We are owned, but only ļ·½by the founders (including me) of the studio.
Let this be a very good reminder not to believe everything you read on the internet. It's also a good reminder not to speculate about potential acquisitions likāØe they're fantasy football transactioš¦©ns - these are studios potentially comprised of hundreds of developers, who probably get a little bit nervous when folk start promoting baseless rumors about their company being acquired online.
In other Helldivers 2 news, Arrowhead recently confirmed that the 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Helldivers 2 mechs are coming soon, after 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:unveilinź¦g the EXO-45 Patriot Exosuit yesterday. We've seen and heard rumors of the gigantic mech over the past few years, and some players even got the towering vehicles working in Helldivers 2, but now we know they'āre finally real, and arriving soon.
Catch up on everything we know so far about the 澳擲幸čæ5å¼å„å·ē åå²ę„询:Helldivers 2 Illuminate faction, because it could well be the next force vying for control of Super Earth.
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