It looks as if hell has frozen over as Sony has introduced a sport for Xbox. In a primary, a Sony-owned and funded IP is touchdown on a rival platform with Helldivers 2, and it’s out on Sequence X|S faster than you suppose.
Sony-owned Helldivers 2 releases on Xbox this August
Arrowhead Recreation Studios has introduced that Helldivers 2 will liberate on Xbox Sequence X|S on August 26. The hit shooter is a second-party sport as Arrowhead itself isn’t owned through Sony however the IP is.
The one different example we’ve noticed of a Sony-funded IP touchdown on Xbox is Demise Stranding. Alternatively, it’s value noting that Sony offered the IP to developer Kojima Productions, who has lengthy advocated for multiplatform releases.
It’s unclear if Sony plans to do one thing equivalent with Helldivers or now not, however this can be a other case than Demise Stranding as Helldivers 2 is a multiplayer sport. Sony has in the past stated that reside carrier titles get pleasure from multiplatform releases. It’s why first-party multiplayer video games are actually anticipated to release on PC day-and-date.
These days, the one PlayStation-developed sport that releases on Xbox platforms is MLB: The Display sequence, however Sony was once sturdy armed into liberating the video games on Xbox through IP proprietor MLB itself.
Bungie’s Marathon may be anticipated to release on Xbox, however a part of Bungie’s phrases of settlement with Sony on the time of its acquisition was once that its video games will stay multiplatform — once more, a unique case.
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