After years in the making, Helldivers 2 has crash-landed onto platforms with more multiplayer mayhem and alien annihilation, so let’s see if Xbox is one of them.
At launch, Helldivers 2 quickly became the best-selling Steam game in the platform’s top sellers, overtaking the seemingly indomitable Palworld and becoming PSN’s most pre-ordered title in the U.S. The attention has been on the PlayStation and PC versions, leaving many to wonder if you can even buy Helldivers 2 on Xbox.
Is Helldivers 2 coming to Xbox?
Helldivers 2 is not available to buy on Xbox—either the Xbox Series X|S or last-gen Xbox One consoles—and can only be procured on PlayStation 5 or PC.
This is a huge blow for fans of Xbox, more so when you consider it harbors the sanctity of four-person multiplayer gaming. Helldivers 2 excels in tight-knit squad gameplay as you look to take down swarms of aliens, staggeringly big bugs, and humanoids.
Evidence would suggest this might not change, either. All of Arrowhead Game Studios’ previous projects, including the first Helldivers, Gauntlet, The Showdown Effect, and Magicka have been PlayStation and PC releases too. Both the original and Helldivers 2 are published by PlayStation Studios, so all in all, I’d say we might have to depart this planet of possibility in search of fresh pursuits.
Despite this, there’s still plenty of demand for Helldivers 2 to be ported to Xbox, with thousands signing a petition asking Sony to do just that. It’s unlikely this will convince Sony to change its mind, though. Aside from PC, Sony has yet to show any real interest in bringing its console exclusives to other platforms. Compare this to Microsoft, which has become more lenient with releasing Xbox exclusives, such as Sea of Thieves and Hi-Fi Rush, on rival platforms, including PlayStation.
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