Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox on August 26

Sony Interactive’s Helldivers 2, the third-person co-op shooter developed by Arrowhead Recreation Studios, is lastly coming to Xbox on August 26. The sequel to the 2015 top-down shooter was launched for PlayStation 5 and Home windows in early 2024 and helps cross-platform play.

After launch, Helldivers 2 was an enormous success, promoting over 15 million copies and reaching 450,000 concurrent gamers on Steam, the amongst PlayStation video games launched for the PC. In truth, there have been so many gamers on-line that Sony PlayStation Community account linking, which set off a wave of adverse critiques from pissed off players. The coverage was ultimately reversed.

Within the of the sport’s Xbox launch, Recreation Director Mikael Eriksson mentioned, “we all know players have been asking for this for a while and we’re so excited to convey extra Helldivers into our recreation. We have now a lot extra in retailer for the long run months and years – and the extra gamers we’ve got the extra tales we will inform! The battle for Tremendous Earth has solely simply begun.”

It is notable that this marks solely the second time that Sony will publish one in all its first-party titles on Xbox, after . Time will inform if that is simply one other uncommon exception, or the beginning of a brand new pattern by Sony permitting their . Gamers can pre-order digital copies of each the usual version and the Tremendous Citizen Version for Helldivers 2 now. It is unclear if a bodily copy of the sport can be launched.