Helldivers 2
Cross-Play Verification
This page is our investigation of cross-play feature in game called Helldivers 2. We also want to mention that - we always put manual efforts to find the precise, valid, and what is more important official information about different game features without using AI.
How we group cross-play?
Games can have different cross-play combinations, for example the game can have cross-play between PC, Playstation 5, Xbox X|S, but not between old generations like: Xbox One, Playstation 4, PC. To avoid any misinterpretations, we group them into so called "cross-play variations".
Any store inside the cross-play variation have a cross-play only with a store in the SAME variation. We also want to notice, that we put into variation not platform, but store + platform. That is required because some games, for example, can have cross-play between a Playstation 5 and Steam, but not Playstation 5 and Epic Games.
Variation no. 1:
Initially, Helldiver 2 was released only for PlayStation 5 and Steam, and at the start, it had cross-play only between these two platforms. You can see the screenshot below from the original article on the PlayStation blog website, and check it here by yourself.
Now it is officially announced that on August 26, 2025, Helldivers 2 will be available to play on Xbox X|S. In the same announcement article, Microsoft verified that on release, it will have full cross-play between all current platforms. Check the article here.
