“And games should be a pure pursuit of amazing moments.” “How would DEI have benefited Helldivers 2?” asked another user. Pilestedt responded, “I don’t like labels. But mankind is ...

Helldivers 2 creative director, Johan Pilestedt, believes DEI should only be included in games if it enhances the experience. Pilestedt's comments drew mixed reactions from the community.

Comments about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) made by the CCO of Helldivers 2 dev have caused quite a stir. Johan Pilestedt of Arrowhead Game Studios was responding to a fan on X when he ...

CI Games refuses to add diversity, equity and inclusion to its titles because the company considers doing so a "high risk" to ...

“DEI,” diversity, equity and inclusion, is another buzzword thrown around, and now it’s back in the form of the director of Helldivers 2 responding to a question about it. The exchange ...

"It is clear that many players do not appreciate this, and as a result, we have seen a number of high profile releases underperforming commercially" ...

the chief creative officer at the studio behind Helldivers 2 weighs in on 'DEI' in games From our time with The Last of Us Part II Remastered in January to December's Sonic 3 review, we've put 53 ...

Johan Pilestedt, the creative director of Helldivers 2 and CCO of Arrowhead Studios, recently stirred the gaming community by sharing his thoughts on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in video ...

Nvidia, AMD and Arm Helldivers 2 proved new live service games can still be enormously successful—and it did so by eschewing the usual approaches to roadmaps, battle passes, and more I don't ...