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John Helldiver is Arrowhead canon thanks to Helldivers 2 players: "Named by the community"

Arrowhead seems pretty proud of what it calls "our John Helldiver character"

GamesRadar · Feb 9

"'Yes, I will gladly die for Super Earth'": Helldivers 2 writer had only 7 days to find unofficial face of the franchise John Helldiver, "the cheesiest, most insincere" man in the galaxy

"Sorry to all the Johns out there"

GamesRadar · Feb 2

'We need to get the funniest person we can possibly find': Helldivers 2's lead writer had seven days to cast John Helldiver, the face of the game's beloved intro cinematic

"I never could have imagined the reaction to this friggin' game."

PC Gamer · Feb 1

Helldivers 2's D&D campaign was set up "about halfway through development" to support over 10 million people "all collaborating on a story"

A live service role-playing session

GamesRadar · May 11, 2024

Former Helldivers 2 lead writer didn't think anyone at Arrowhead "was expecting Malevelon Creek to be a thing" before it turned into the Galactic War's deadliest battleground

Improv helped the team react to players without breaking the in-universe immersion

GamesRadar · May 10, 2024

Helldivers 2 veterans are making a Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG complete with "horny" romance thanks to Baldur's Gate 3 and Hades 2

"I definitely want the game to be horny"

GamesRadar · May 10, 2024

Former Helldivers 2 lead writer praises the shooter's community for uniting against the PSN mandate: "We trained them to fight together. And then they fought together"

The writer also hopes the community sees the fascism role-play behind the "surface level"

GamesRadar · May 10, 2024