Helldivers 2 Dev Pours Cold Water on PlayStation Acquisition Rumours | Push Square
Earlier today, rumours started swirling that PlayStation was moments away from announcing its acquisition of Arrowhead Game Studios, the Swedish team behind the wildly successful Helldivers 2. While the two parties already have a strong relationship – Sony has published both of the Helldivers titles – founder Johan Pilestedt was quick to pour cold water on the reports.
“This is fake, unless I’ve missed something,” he jokingly wrote on Twitter. While it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Arrowhead could eventually be acquired, it doesn’t look like anything of that nature is afoot right now.
Indeed, Sony recently laid off a whopping 900 employees across its various first-party teams last week, and shuttered London Studio in the process. As such, we can’t imagine this is the right time to announce expensive corporate buyouts.
As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.
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