CEO of Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Sport Studios, Johan Pilestedt, has taken to social media platform X (previously Twitter) to disclose that the sport was constructed utilizing a now-obsolete sport engine. The title was constructed utilizing an outdated engine named Bitsquid—renamed to Stingray after its acquisition by Autodesk in 2014.
Help for Autodesk Stingray, nevertheless, has been discontinued since 2018. Regardless of this, there are nonetheless fairly just a few titles that use the engine. For context, alongside Helldivers 2, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide is one other fashionable sport that also makes use of the engine.
“The undertaking began earlier than it was discontinued,” mentioned Pilestedt on X, referring to the discontinuation of assist for the Stringray engine. “Our loopy engineers needed to do every little thing, with no assist to construct the sport to parity with different engines.”
It’s price noting that altering sport engines isn’t actually a choice {that a} studio could make on a whim, because it requires an unbelievable stage of engineering to transition tasks between totally different engines. Arrowhead Sport Studios itself was additionally fairly acquainted with Autodesk Stingray, which possible performed a component in preserving Helldivers 2 on the outdated engine.
Pilestedt’s assertion was in response to a report by 80lv, which initially revealed that Helldivers 2 was developed utilizing the identical engine as its predecessor.
For context, most fashionable online game releases are usually constructed on common third-party sport engines, like Unreal Engine, Unity, and even indie-centric engines like GameMaker Studio or Godot.
Helldivers 2 is presently accessible on PC and PS5. The sport has been extremely profitable, resulting in a number of server points confronted by the studio, with the CEO finally telling gamers to attend for the problems to get mounted earlier than shopping for the sport. Take a look at our Helldivers 2 overview for extra particulars.
That is true. Our loopy engineers needed to do every little thing, with no assist to construct the sport to parity with different engines.
And sure. The undertaking began earlier than it was discontinued.
https://t.co/mz61TnYNGN— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) February 21, 2024
