With PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds now firmly at the top of Steam's most played games list, there is only two records left to beat - all-time peak player count and total hours played. While the former will fall in due time, the later record is just around the corner.
Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead on the success of its game, what comes next and dealing with toxic players
Not yet, but they can grow. Sounds like that's the plan. They have a new CEO this week as well. I can see they pushing helldivers 2 to other consoles, Mac and even high end mobile devices. The game could become a global force and sony can rack up their MAUs.
Sure for Helldivers. Surprised Sony doesn't put Helldivers 1 on mobile.... but in reality, I think Arrowhead is talking about creating original IPs that they own. What I question is how they will do this (while remaining multiplatform) without expanding. For HD2, Sony contributed a lot. If they do this by themselves, they are going to hire more people (which isn't a bad thing as long as its sustainable). I love that they are trying to 'stay small' but even when looking at HD2, you get the feeling that they were woefully underprepared to deal with the success they had. Even to today, it takes too long to get bugs addressed.
Another story said that players had stopped playing because of lack of new content. We have know about the new factions since launch but one doubts that they have the internal resources to get new content added at the pace they need to. If they are looking for the kind of success they claim, they need to invest in the resources that will allow them to attract and keep as many players as possible.
Amazon Games has announced the opening of a brand new studio in Bucharest, and it's headed up by an ex-Ubisoft executive.
Unicorn Overlord developer Vanillaware is currently working on a brand new action RPG that features an online component.
Wonder if this game will do better than the new Call of Duty, Battlefield 5, and Star Wars Battlefront 2 on consoles?
Yeah, but will it be able to maintain it's user base as long as DOTA 2 has?
Does N4G have a marketing deal with Bluehole?
PUBG will find success on console but it will never reach COD-level success. Overwatch is a perfect example of this. Extremely popular on PC but on consoles it’s still way behind games like COD or Destiny.
Games like PUBG, which are made with PC-first, they never find extraordinary success elsewhere. Games on console needs be designed around console controllers and large TV screens. I’m sure Microsoft will help PUBG adapt but it will still be an uphill battle for the devs.
Glad to see a game like this succeed. It is a fun, tense game. Looking forward to playing some more, and I will be getting the Xbox version as well.