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Bad news if you were looking forward to executing your friends in the name of managed democracy:Helldivers 2creative director and Arrowhead studio CEO Johan Pilestedt says the game will “‘never’ add a PvP mode,” and that you’d be better off looking elsewhere to get your fix of player-vs-player mayhem. For instance, maybe you’ve heard of a little game called Escape from Tarkov?
Pilestedt was responding to a request on Twitter that Helldivers 2 add in a more murdery player-on-player mode to complement its co-op, and to be honest, he’s got a pretty good reason for refusing.Pilestedt saysHelldivers won’t be getting PvP in order to “reduce toxic elements from the community,” which, hey, any of us who have ever spent more than five seconds in an online PvP mode can say is definitely a real thing. “We want an environment that’s supportive, fun, and where we all are fighting on the same side!” said Pilestedt.
Ina later tweet, Pilestedt clarified, quite reasonably, that Arrowhead was “not scared” of adding in a PvP mode, and that players who wanted that kind of gameplay had plenty of options to choose from. “There are plenty, actually most, games that provide PvP,” and that Arrowhead makes “games for people that just want to have a challenging time with friends but in a PVE setting.”
Plus, it’s not as if Arrowhead doesn’t have plans for the game. Inan earlier tweet, Pilestedt said the studio “will do our best to build Helldivers 2 into a long lasting and successful game and a beloved IP. But it hasn’t happened overnight. This is just the beginning.”
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