Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 lead says Helldivers 2 "legitimizes what we're making" by showing "people like multiplayer co-op games where you can just blow s**t up"

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Saber Interactive) Saber Interactive chief creative officer Tim Willits has said the success ofHelldivers 2"legitimizes" Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Although the seismic momentum that propelled Helldivers 2 to ubiquity when it launched earlier this year has slowed somewhat, it’s still a massively popular game that exceeded all reasonable expectation. Withthe game’s creative director back on Discord after months of silence doing damage control after backlash toward controversial balancing changes, it might look like Helldivers 2’s time in the spotlight is over, but the game’s Steam data - although platform-specific and thus incomprehensive - paints a starkly different picture. Talking toPCGamesN, Willits said the success of games like Helldivers 2 and DayZ are proof of a large public appetite for the kind of multiplayer game where …