Everything we know about the Helldivers 2 x Halo: ODST crossover

Ahead of the PlayStation Studios title landing on Xbox this week, Arrowhead Games is launching a Helldivers 2 x Halo: ODST crossover in the shape of a Legendary Warbond.

Arrowhead Games said that the Obedient Democracy Support Troopers are the unit “every Super Earth citizen had on their school lunch box as a kid,” in a homage to Xbox’s most recognisable franchise. The ODST, obvious inspiration for the Helldivers, will be released in the form of their iconic armour, capes, and weaponry.

Launching on August 26, 2025, at 5am PT / 1pm BST, here’s everything you need to know about the Helldivers 2 and Halo: ODST crossover.

The Helldivers 2 x Halo: ODST Legendary Warbond is new content for Helljumpers to dig into, but far beyond that, it’s also an important milestone in an age-old gaming rivalry. Despite rumours of Halo remakes landing on PlayStation consoles, we’ve yet to see that come to fruition. Instead, Helldivers 2’s crossover marks (one of) the first instances that Halo’s IP has been on PlayStation.

There was a Master Chief skin in Fortnite, though the gravitas of the event is far from the scale of this.

This means that this Legendary Warbond is the first major appearance of Halo on PlayStation. It’s especially fitting as PlayStation Studios’ hugely successful Helldivers franchise will be committing itself to Xbox consoles the same day the Warbond launches.

The MA5C is a nod to Halo’s iconic assault rifle; fully automatic, mid-range and solid accuracy. It appears to strike a balance between the Liberator and the Breaker.

The M7S on the other hand, an SMG, appears to offer more parity with the stealth loadouts that ODST will herald.

The same can be said for the M6C/SOCOM pistol, for the first time in Helldivers – a pistol equipped with a suppressor.

Both of the armour sets, the A-9 Helljumper and A-35 Recon set, are equipped with the Feet First passive, which grants the following buffs:

There are also vehicle patterns for your FRV, exosuit, shuttle, and hellpod. These can all be paired with Halo-themed player banners and a player title.

However, this does all come at a price. The Helldivers 2 x Halo: ODST Legendary Warbond is going to set players back 1,500 Super Credits, an increase of 500 over typical warbonds. The full cost of this Warbond roughly equates to £12 in the UK or $14 in the US. The increased price is likely to cover the licensing costs of bridging Xbox with its biggest rival, though it is significantly more expensive.

Another caveat is the fact that Legendary Warbonds are not compatible with the new Premium Warbond Tokens that are launching on August 26. Only Super Credits can be used to purchase this, so upgrades granted by the Super Citizen Earth Edition won’t be valid.

The first real crossover between Halo and PlayStation has had fans labelling it as the “end of the console war era,” with others wittily remarking that it’s occurring with “both sides in immense shitstorms, very romantic.”

In reference to the discussion between Xbox and PlayStation cementing this crossover, one fan said that it would have been “30 minutes of awkward silence before some rookie intern showed them a graph of how much money they could actually make.”

There’s no reason to believe that this won’t be an extremely commercially successful event for both publishers, too. This Legendary Warbond is 50% more expensive than typical warbonds, and fans seem perfectly happy to front the cost of this.

Some have even said that the price is “not bad at all, I thought it would be like 3,000 or something”, while others have said that it’s so good that they would be prepared to start playing the game again entirely.

In fact, the crossover’s announcement saw player counts on Steam rise to their highest in the last two weeks, though the actual Warbond launch will likely surpass this. 

Helldivers 2 has, quite naturally, been seeing a gradual decline in its player base. It’s currently averaging its lowest sum since it launched. That does seem quite likely to change with the new Halo crossover and huge flood of Xbox players picking it up for the first time.

One thing that fans have noted in comments left on the PlayStation Blog announcement is that the game now “[needs] more PlayStation characters stuff.” The only other major crossover is the Killzone event, also a PlayStation game, though unlike the Legendary Warbond, that event is no longer available to anyone who wasn’t playing at the time.

The crossover between Helldivers 2 and Halo: ODST in the form of a Legendary Warbond has been incredibly well-received by fans. Likewise, the introduction of more baked-in recon and stealth builds is going to offer new ways to play the game. As we approach the launch on August 26, alongside the Xbox launch, we’re anticipating a huge spike in players returning to Arrowhead’s breakout success.