Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has a new CEO.
Earlier today, it was announced that Shams Jorjani – who was previously part of the team that published Arrowhead’s game, Magicka – will take over the leadership role at the company, replacing founder Johan Pilestedt.
Pilestedt will remain in a leadership position following this change, and will now serve as Arrowhead’s chief creative officer and chairman.
“We were both at a stage where we’re wondering what’s next in our careers,” Jorjani told Eurogamer’s sister-site GamesIndustry.biz today. “And we realised we probably couldn’t quite get to those places if we didn’t have the other one to help us get there.”
Pilestedt added: “When it comes to the overall direction of the organisation, I am still the chairman. So me and Shams are still going to have strategic conversations on how we are going to take Arrowhead into the future.”
The pair likened themselves to Frodo and Sam from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy making their way to Mordor. “The oblivious approach of ‘we’ll take one step at a time, and then we will solve the issues as they come’,” Pilestedt said, adding the “strength of Arrowhead is the camaraderie that we share amongst the team, and the desire to help each other”.