Helldivers 2 is coming to Xbox on August 26

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 highest number ever amongst PlayStation video games launched for the PC. In truth, there have been so many gamers on-line that Sony briefly attempted to mandate PlayStation Community account linking, which set off a wave of detrimental evaluations from annoyed avid gamers. The coverage was ultimately reversed.

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

It is a uncommon occasion of a Sony-published recreation coming to Xbox methods, following the MLB: The Show collection. Time will inform if that is simply one other uncommon exception, or the beginning of a brand new development by Sony permitting their games to reach more players. 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 might be launched.

Correction, July 3, 2025, 2:02PM ET: This story initially said that Helldivers 2 was a first-party PlayStation recreation. Whereas it was printed by Sony Interactive, the corporate would not personal Arrowhead.