PlayStation’s ‘Helldivers 2’ Coming to Xbox in August

The crossplatform walls are slowly but surely coming down more and more, as Sony Interactive Entertainment’s “Helldivers 2” makes its way to Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console this August.

Formerly a PlayStation and PC exclusive title, the third-person co-op shooter developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and published by PlayStation will launch for Xbox Series X and S on Aug. 26.

“Helldivers 2” is a described as a “cooperative, third-person feast of destruction where players and up to three squadmates step into the boots of an elite class of soldiers whose mission is to spread peace, liberty, and Managed Democracy using the biggest, baddest, and most explosive tools in the galaxy.”

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The game launched for PlayStation and PC in February 2024 and was a critical and commercial hit.

“We know gamers have been asking for this for some time and we are so excited to bring more Helldivers into our game,” “Helldivers 2” game director Mikeal Eriksson said in a statement Thursday. “We have so much more in store for the future months and years – and the more players we have the more stories we can tell! The fight for Super Earth has only just begun.”

“Helldivers 2” is coming to Xbox on the heels of Xbox’s releasing one of its current hottest titles on PlayStation: “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.” Microsoft really kicked off industry-wide conversations surrounding breaking down the barriers for console-exclusive titles early last year and has continued to tease future developments with PlayStation and Switch 2 since. But we have yet to see much movement from the PlayStation and Nintendo direction, with the “Helldivers 2” release on Xbox marking a significant moment.

Watch Thursday’s “Helldivers 2” announcement trailer in the video below.