Previously couple of years, there’s been a rising pattern of huge gaming firms buying studios. One studio that received’t be getting acquired any time quickly, nonetheless, is Arrowhead Sport Studios. The developer of 2024’s multiplayer hit Helldivers 2 lately needed to tackle rising rumors on social media that the studio was being acquired by none apart from PlayStation, which is decidedly not occurring.
The rumor that PlayStation can be buying Arrowhead originated on March 5 from a publish on X (previously Twitter) by consumer @NextGenPlayer declaring, “Arrowhead has been acquired by Sony says new rumors,” and that an official announcement was “supposedly” on the way in which. It was accompanied by a picture of the PlayStation Studios and Arrowhead Sport Studios logos subsequent to one another with the textual content, “Welcome to the household.” Some folks discovered this declare doable contemplating that PlayStation is the writer behind each Helldivers video games. Johan Pilestedt, CEO of Arrowhead, responded to the declare saying that it was faux, “except I’ve missed one thing.” Pilestedt additionally humorously identified the faux picture used a “shitty” model of the studio brand from 2008. In response to extra posts concerning the faux declare, Pilestedt continued to say that is the primary he had heard of it, which is an efficient indication it isn’t true.
With PlayStation publishing Helldivers 2, many followers have gotten the impression that Arrowhead might be or has already been acquired. Simply in the future earlier than the faux picture asserting an acquisition, one consumer on social media claimed the sport was made by a Sony-owned studio and wouldn’t come to Xbox. Pilestedt responded to this by reiterating that the studio is independently owned by its founders and nobody else, together with Sony. In the meantime, Helldivers 2 is barely getting higher after launch. The most recent information from Arrowhead is that mechs might be becoming a member of the battlefield within the close to future, which can certainly solely add to the chaos of the co-op shooter.