Helldivers 2 Is Getting a Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond

Helldivers 2 is getting a Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond aboriginal this year, which yet makes 1 of its most-requested crossovers a reality.

Ever since Helldivers 2’s explosive launch, fans of Warhammer 40,000 person wondered astir a crossover. And it’s casual to spot wherefore — Helldivers 2 is the cleanable acceptable for, let’s say, a squad of 4 Guardsmen of the Astra Militarum pushing backmost against the alien forces of the Automatons (Necrons) and the Terminids (Tyranids). I mean, Helldivers 2 and Warhammer 40,000 some revolve astir cannon fodder doing the soiled enactment of a fascist regime, right?

In the video, below, Helldivers 2 crippled manager Mikael Eriksson said the 2 worlds “fit perfectly together,” and that Arrowhead is “full of dice hard Warhammer fans.” We don’t cognize precisely what to expect from the Warbond, but we’re promised much accusation aboriginal this year.

Warhammer 40,000 is thing Arrowhead is often asked astir successful interviews, and by that I mean that I person asked the squad astir it successful interviews. In April past year, I asked Alex Bolle, accumulation manager connected Helldivers 2, astir a Warhammer 40,000 collab, and helium said determination was discussions being had. "Obviously Warhammer 40,000 is thing that a batch of guys internally emotion to death," helium said astatine the time. "So the devs are discussing, the devs are proposing stuff, and the hype is building. So these are discussions internally that we are having. Warhammer 40,000, I can't truly archer you. Maybe. Who knows? We'll see!"

Indeed, successful 2024, Arrowhead's Johan Pilestedt published an extended database of IPs helium “really would emotion to bash a instrumentality on," and Warhammer 40,000 was close up determination alongside the likes of Aliens, Starship Troopers, and Terminator.

Be definite to cheque retired everything announced astatine Warhammer Skulls 2026, wherever the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 crossover was revealed, to find retired what other fans tin expect.

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