Is Helldivers 2 crossplay? Multiplayer across platforms explained
Helldivers 2 pits four players together in a galactic battle for supremacy, as the Terminid Brood and Automaton faction threaten the expansion of Super Earth — and we’ve got the multiplayer platforms explained to answer the burning question, «Is Helldivers 2 crossplay?»
It won’t be just you and three friends saving (or destroying) the galaxy, as players across lobbies will be contributing to a massive war effort that seeks to squash the bugs and robots out of existence, so it makes sense to wonder if we can combine our efforts to do so.
If you’re getting whiffs of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 film adaptation of Starship Troopers, then you’d be spot on — as Helldivers 2 takes great inspiration from the satirical war film, and has imbued much of the same ironic pastiche of imperialism.
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But with regards to the Helldivers 2 crossplay situation: Would you like to know more?
Yes, Helldivers 2 is crossplay — with PS5 and PC players able to play together.
This is no doubt owing to the fact that is it a cooperative four-player game, something confirmed as much by Arrowhead Game Studios community manager Katherine Baskin in a PlayStation blog post.
«Community and teamwork are the most important pillars of Helldivers 2, and so it is essential to ensure players can work together regardless of the system they choose to use,» it reads.
«Together we can celebrate victories, mourn losses and liberate the galaxy without platform boundaries.»
Having a shared pool of players will give Helldivers 2 much longer legs over the course of its lifespan, as the community will be united as opposed to stuck in two camps.
If the player count were to fall to small enough numbers on each platform, the online servers may be pulled. This greatly negates the risk of this, or at the very least delays it for many years to come.
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