Arrowhead Games’ CCO Johan Pilestedt doesn’t wantHelldivers 2to crossover with other IPs, but he sure has a nice list of IPs prepared — just in case.
Replying to a post on X about potential crossovers, Pilestedt wrote that doing one withHelldivers 2would “dilute the IP” and make it a “not helldivers” experience. In the same breath, he dropped a list of 11 IPs he’d want to crossover with the game.
“Yeah, but these are just musings, if we were to do all of them, it would dilute the IP and make it a ‘not helldivers experience’,”Pilestedt wrote on Xbefore revealing his secret headcanon ideas.
0 Days have passed since referencingThe Predatorin aHelldivers 2post
Some IPs in the list, likeWarhammer 40KandStarship Troopers, are obvious picks. A few of his choices are a bit out of left field, but I can see them work. I mean, I’d pay any amount of money to watchKorben Dallas and Leelootake on a horde of Automatons. Wouldn’t anyone?
Helldivers 2is already rich in references. Its clearest influence isStarship Troopers, but the game also nods toWarhammer 40KandStar Warswithits armor designs. As far as crossovers go, those are a shoo-in. But some have wondered about game crossovers, such as withDeep Rock Galactic. It hasn’t been too long since theHelldivers 2X account dropped a cryptic message that seemed to reference the intergalactic dwarf game. Both communities share asense of goodwill; it could be a welcome crossover.
Pilestedt’s other picks includeTerminator,The Predator,Blade Runner,Mutant Chronicles,The Fifth Element, and more. I can certainly seeThe Predatorworking since we already have to deal with invisible hunters thatstalkdivers on Terminid planets —I hate those bastards. A fan already mashed upHelldivers 2withThe Predatorin a video, and it all blended quite nicely. So long as the crossover gifts us with a minigun Stratagem at last, I’ll be there.
