Apple is increasingly focusing on building its own devices and expanding its ecosystem by taking steps towards a more native experience for users and relying less on third-party accessories. While the Cupertino-based tech giant's HomePod and AppleTV have left quite the mark in the smart home category, it generally relies more on outsourcing cameras and other hardware for smart homes. Now, a new report suggests that the company intends to create a fully integrated experience by developing its own smart home accessories. Gurman hints about Apple working on making smart home products like security cameras for a more integrated experience […]
We’re continuing our Best of Black Friday posts today with a look at the best current deals on power stations and their respective bundle options. Folks across the country and beyond have been steadily investing more and more in the industry for a vari...
Blizzard has announced that two decades after its release, World of Warcraft is finally going to let players build a home and live in it. The feature has long been requested by WoW players and now it’s finally coming in the game’s next expansion.Read m...
Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds will receive the Godspawn update, adding a new 50-player boss battle, a new 10-player raid, and a legendary spear. Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds is getting the first major update "Godspawn" on November 19th, expanding the story with new story chapters The MMORPG Guild Wars 2 by ArenaNet is receiving its first major update for the Janthir Wilds expansion soon. It's the first of three major updates, and it'll land on November 19. The update will add new content to the game for the players. The Janthir Wilds expansion DLC was released in August this year, […]
The narrative of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 has taken unpredictable twists and turns that have kept its community on its toes since it launched, but no surprise has been greater than the reverence for Malevelon Creek. The embattled planet, often re...
Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studio's highly successful sequel to 2015's Helldivers, was the highest-growing title on PC and PS5 in the US and UK in February 2024. That's what leading gaming market research firm Newzoo writes in a new article on its blog. A lot has been said and written about the success of Arrowhead's game with recent claims that the game has sold way over 5 million copies across both PC and PS5 since its launch last month, and topping sales charts. In the new article from Newzoo, the research firm has shared some interesting (estimated) figures, monthly active […]
Helldivers 2 has a bug problem. No, not that one, but a literal bug problem. The Terminids, a species of huge, homicidal bugs, have plagued the game since the very beginning. They’re the first enemies in Super Earth’s ongoing galactic war, and players ...
Some of our posts include links to retailers. If you buy something from clicking on one, G/O Media may earn a commission. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content.A new patch hit Hel...
The most fascinating thing about Helldivers 2’s ongoing story is how effectively its momentum and beats are used to not just make the player base feel immersed in an ongoing, evolving conflict, but to mobilize them in specific directions. We know that ...
Helldivers 2 has only been out for about a month and has already evolved so much. At first, players were only laying waste to bugs, but now there are also killer robots to fight on the other side of the galaxy. Planets have been liberated, while others...
In the past couple of years, there’s been a growing trend of big gaming companies acquiring studios. One studio that won’t be getting acquired any time soon, however, is Arrowhead Game Studios. The developer of 2024’s multiplayer hit Helldivers 2 recen...
No, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios isn't being purchased by PlayStation. That's what Arrowhead's CEO and Creative Director on Helldivers 2, Johan Pilestedt, has confirmed on X just now. Yesterday, rumors about Sony purchasing the Swedish independent developer surfaced after a 'leaker' claimed that the studio has already been bought by Sony. In addition, the leaker claimed that an announcement would follow shortly. This 'leaker' is the same person who initially claimed that Sony would soon be confirming the PC version of Ghost of Tsushima - a claim that was later backed by insider Shpeshal Nick. On X, however, Pilestedt has […]
Arrowhead's hit title Helldivers 2 has a 'Game Master' feature in which a single developer at the studio is controlling the galactic war. On X, Arrowhead's Creative Director and CEO Johan Pilestedt has provided additional details. Last month, Arrowhead and Sony revealed that the Helldivers sequel featured a game master feature, allowing for co-op fights to be coordinated in real-time. In a new interview with PCGamer, CEO Johan Pilestedt talked about this feature, revealing that there's an actual person (called Joel) at Arrowhead controlling the war - the feature takes a lot of inspiration from the dungeon master as seen […]
Arrowhead Game Studios has rolled out a new Helldivers 2 patch (version 1.000.13), which improves the login speed on PlayStation 5, and more. Another day, another patch for Arrowhead's hit title it would seem. Without a doubt, the developer is hard at work to further improve the co-op sci-fi shooter on both PS5 and PC - recently a patch already increased the server cap to 700K players. Today's update not only improves login speed on PlayStation 5, but should also reduce the amount of error messages on Sony's console. In addition, this new patch addresses an issue where Super Credits […]
Helldivers 2 is the game of the moment, garnering massive attention but also buckling under the weight of its soaring player counts. Arrowhead Game Studios prepared the third-person, live-service shooter for a busy weekend as more folks drop into the g...
Helldivers 2 continues to sell well. The game had surpassed one million units sold just four days after its February 8 launch. Arrowhead Creative Director Johan Pilestedt has now confirmed it is around three million units just over two weeks after the release. As noted by GamesIndustry's Chris Dring, Helldivers 2 improved its sales in Europe by 40% from the first to the second week, which is very rare (usually, games start very strong on their launch weeks and then continue to drop off from there). Dring also said over 60% of the sales are on PC. There's a downside […]
The narrative of the co-op shooter Helldivers 2 has taken unpredictable twists and turns that have kept its community on its toes since it launched, but no surprise has been greater than the reverence for Malevelon Creek. The embattled planet, often re...
Helldivers 2, Arrowhead Game Studio's highly successful sequel to 2015's Helldivers, was the highest-growing title on PC and PS5 in the US and UK in February 2024. That's what leading gaming market research firm Newzoo writes in a new article on its blog. A lot has been said and written about the success of Arrowhead's game with recent claims that the game has sold way over 5 million copies across both PC and PS5 since its launch last month, and topping sales charts. In the new article from Newzoo, the research firm has shared some interesting (estimated) figures, monthly active […]
Helldivers 2 has a bug problem. No, not that one, but a literal bug problem. The Terminids, a species of huge, homicidal bugs, have plagued the game since the very beginning. They’re the first enemies in Super Earth’s ongoing galactic war, and players ...
Some of our posts include links to retailers. If you buy something from clicking on one, G/O Media may earn a commission. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content.A new patch hit Hel...
The most fascinating thing about Helldivers 2’s ongoing story is how effectively its momentum and beats are used to not just make the player base feel immersed in an ongoing, evolving conflict, but to mobilize them in specific directions. We know that ...
Helldivers 2 has only been out for about a month and has already evolved so much. At first, players were only laying waste to bugs, but now there are also killer robots to fight on the other side of the galaxy. Planets have been liberated, while others...
In the past couple of years, there’s been a growing trend of big gaming companies acquiring studios. One studio that won’t be getting acquired any time soon, however, is Arrowhead Game Studios. The developer of 2024’s multiplayer hit Helldivers 2 recen...
No, Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios isn't being purchased by PlayStation. That's what Arrowhead's CEO and Creative Director on Helldivers 2, Johan Pilestedt, has confirmed on X just now. Yesterday, rumors about Sony purchasing the Swedish independent developer surfaced after a 'leaker' claimed that the studio has already been bought by Sony. In addition, the leaker claimed that an announcement would follow shortly. This 'leaker' is the same person who initially claimed that Sony would soon be confirming the PC version of Ghost of Tsushima - a claim that was later backed by insider Shpeshal Nick. On X, however, Pilestedt has […]
Arrowhead's hit title Helldivers 2 has a 'Game Master' feature in which a single developer at the studio is controlling the galactic war. On X, Arrowhead's Creative Director and CEO Johan Pilestedt has provided additional details. Last month, Arrowhead and Sony revealed that the Helldivers sequel featured a game master feature, allowing for co-op fights to be coordinated in real-time. In a new interview with PCGamer, CEO Johan Pilestedt talked about this feature, revealing that there's an actual person (called Joel) at Arrowhead controlling the war - the feature takes a lot of inspiration from the dungeon master as seen […]
Arrowhead Game Studios has rolled out a new Helldivers 2 patch (version 1.000.13), which improves the login speed on PlayStation 5, and more. Another day, another patch for Arrowhead's hit title it would seem. Without a doubt, the developer is hard at work to further improve the co-op sci-fi shooter on both PS5 and PC - recently a patch already increased the server cap to 700K players. Today's update not only improves login speed on PlayStation 5, but should also reduce the amount of error messages on Sony's console. In addition, this new patch addresses an issue where Super Credits […]
Helldivers 2 is the game of the moment, garnering massive attention but also buckling under the weight of its soaring player counts. Arrowhead Game Studios prepared the third-person, live-service shooter for a busy weekend as more folks drop into the g...
Helldivers 2 continues to sell well. The game had surpassed one million units sold just four days after its February 8 launch. Arrowhead Creative Director Johan Pilestedt has now confirmed it is around three million units just over two weeks after the release. As noted by GamesIndustry's Chris Dring, Helldivers 2 improved its sales in Europe by 40% from the first to the second week, which is very rare (usually, games start very strong on their launch weeks and then continue to drop off from there). Dring also said over 60% of the sales are on PC. There's a downside […]