A brand new trailer for the upcoming Xbox Collection X/S model of Helldivers 2 has seemingly teased a Halo crossover.
The trailer is designed to advertise the truth that the PlayStation Studios title is coming to Xbox consoles on August 26.
Nonetheless, the trailer additionally ends with a shot of a Helldivers 2 metropolis within the pouring rain.
A single Hellpod lands within the background, whereas saxophone music performs. Whereas at this this seems to be an arbitrary scene, the saxophone music has been taken from the Halo ODST soundtrack.
The implication, then, is {that a} Halo crossover is deliberate for Helldivers 2, to rejoice the sport’s launch on Xbox consoles.
It stays to be seen whether or not this crossover content material may also carry over to the PS5 model of the sport, permitting Xbox’s Halo characters to seem on a PlayStation console. The sport can have full cross-platform multiplayer so it’s doable.
Ought to this be the case, it wouldn’t be the primary time this has occurred. Grasp Chief is a playable character in Fortnite, showing in all variations of the sport together with PlayStation consoles.
It additionally wouldn’t be the primary crossover in Helldivers 2, which featured a crossover occasion with PlayStation IP Killzone final yr.
Saying the upcoming Xbox model of the sport final month, sport director Mikael Eriksson stated: “We all know avid gamers have been asking for this for a while and we’re so excited to convey extra Helldivers into our sport.
“We’ve got a lot extra in retailer for the longer term months and years – and the extra gamers now we have the extra tales we will inform. The battle for Tremendous Earth has solely simply begun.”
Helldivers 2 was Sony‘s largest hit of final yr, turning into PlayStation’s fastest-selling sport launch ever, with gross sales “far exceeding expectations” at 12 million copies offered throughout PC and PS5 in its first 12 weeks and 15 million by November 2024.
