Helldivers 2 Teases Halo: ODST Crossover Ahead of Xbox Release

Helldivers 2 looks acceptable for an improbable Halo crossover aft a caller trailer teased the accomplishment of the ODST.

Arrowhead's hugely palmy PC and PlayStation 5 third-person shooter launches connected Xbox Series X and S connected August 26 arsenic the archetypal Sony-published crippled connected Microsoft’s console. The trailer, below, ends with what looks similar the accomplishment of an ODST connected a rain-drenched battlefield, alongside the iconic euphony from the game. It's each precise ODST!

The Bungie-developed Halo 3: ODST came retired exclusively connected Xbox 360 successful 2009. You play arsenic an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper, oregon ODST, during and aft the events of Halo 2. So, this is not the accidental to play arsenic what would beryllium an over-powered Master Chief successful Helldivers 2, alternatively a beauteous almighty modular soldier.

The adjacent evident question is whether this ODST crossover volition travel alongside different Halo items, specified arsenic its iconic battle firearm and possibly adjacent the Warthog. Helldivers 2 seems peculiarly suited to a Halo crossover of this kind, truthful it volition beryllium absorbing to spot conscionable however acold it goes.

Arrowhead announced Helldivers 2’s Xbox merchandise day past period (bizarrely, it comes retired the aforesaid time arsenic Microsoft releases Gears of War: Reloaded connected PlayStation 5). In a station connected Xbox Wire, Helldivers 2 Game Director Mikael Eriksson commented connected what this motorboat means to the studio.

“We cognize gamers person been asking for this for immoderate clip and we are truthful excited to bring much Helldivers into our game," helium said. "We person truthful overmuch much successful store for the aboriginal months and years – and the much players we person the much stories we tin tell! The combat for Super Earth has lone conscionable begun.”

Crossplay crossed each platforms is confirmed, which means PC, PlayStation, and Xbox players volition beryllium capable to play together.

Helldivers 2 launched connected PC and PS5 successful February 2024 and was a uncommon unrecorded work smash deed for Sony. It is the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios crippled of each time, shifting an unthinkable 12 cardinal copies successful 12 weeks. While subordinate numbers connected Steam, which Valve makes public, stay steadfast a year-and-a-half connected from the record-breaking launch, the Xbox merchandise volition no-doubt boost the subordinate excavation adjacent further.

The timing of Halo successful Helldivers 2 coincides with Halo besides being featured successful Fortnite, during a bug-infested play that immoderate Arrowhead developers person said is fundamentally a Helldivers-themed Fortnite. "Hmmm... it's giving 'we person Helldivers astatine home,'" assemblage manager Katherine Baskin wrote connected the game's Discord, earlier adding: "I'm not worried."

As for Halo, Microsoft has teased much connected what's to travel successful October.

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