Sony-owned live-service game Helldivers 2 has been officially confirmed to release on Xbox in the coming months. The shock announcement comes over a year after rumors of an Xbox port of Helldivers 2 first began surfacing online.
Developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and launched in early 2024, Helldivers 2 is PlayStation's most successful live-service game to date. The third-person co-op shooter garnered a massive amount of popularity from PS5 and PC players, with Helldivers 2 having sold over 12 million copies across both platforms in its first four months. Expectedly, many Xbox players expressed their desire to get in on Helldivers 2's frenetic co-op action on Series X/S, but the prospect seemed too far-fetched due to Sony's ownership of the Helldivers IP, and even Arrowhead admitted that the decision lays with the gaming giant.
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Still, Xbox fans kept voicing demand for a Helldivers 2 Xbox port via a Change.org petition, which has accumulated over 134,000 signatures at the time of writing. Their longstanding requests have now been answered, as Helldivers 2 is officially coming to Xbox Series X/S on August 26, 2025. Pre-orders for Helldivers 2 are already live for Xbox users, with the popular live-service co-op shooter priced at $39.99 on Series X/S - effectively matching PS5 and PC pricing. The Helldivers 2 Xbox port has been developed by Sony's in-house porting experts Nixxes Software and published under the PlayStation Publishing label.
After Being Rumored for More Than a Year, the Helldivers 2 Xbox Port is Finally Happening
Interestingly, industry insider Shpeshal Nick was the first to report "preliminary discussions" surrounding an Xbox Series X/S port of Helldivers 2 all the way back in April 2024 - just over three months after the game launched. At the time, the possibility of Sony voluntarily bringing a PlayStation-owned IP to Xbox, the brand's direct rival, seemed unthinkable. Fast-forward one year, though, and times have clearly changed. Xbox has adopted a multiplatform strategy and ported major games like Forza Horizon 5 and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to PS5, and now, it appears Sony may be dipping its toes into the same waters with Helldivers 2.
Notably, Helldivers 2 is launching on Series X/S the same day Gears of War: Reloaded comes to PS5, almost as if PlayStation and Xbox are facilitating an exchange of action-packed third-person shooters. Either way, Xbox fans have cause for celebration over this announcement, and with such strong demand exhibited via the Change.org petition, Helldivers 2 might just catch a huge second wind thanks to none other than PlayStation's direct competitor.
Helldivers 2
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 83 /100 Critics Rec: 91%
- Released
- February 8, 2024
- ESRB
- Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- Arrowhead Game Studios, Nixxes
- Publisher(s)
- Sony Interactive Entertainment, PlayStation Publishing
WHERE TO PLAY
- Engine
- bitsquid
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, Extraction Shooter, Action, Science Fiction
