"It may be counterintuitive but, you know, if we spent enough money to make the big game you know the chance of success felt increased because everybody wanted to play bigger games [with] more beautiful graphics and more realistic-looking characters, more gameplay hours," he said.

Arrowhead Game Studios’ Helldivers 2 will make the jump to the Xbox Series X and S consoles on August 26th, costing $39.99. This is the first PlayStation-published title to launch on Xbox. The title will ship with cross play between all platforms.

It’s not something I personally thought we’d see happen but it’s been confirmed that Helldivers 2 is coming to the Xbox Series X|S on August 26th. It will be published by PlayStation Studios and available digitally.