Helldivers 2 boss says crossovers would ‘dilute’ it, shares list of IPs he’d want to crossover with anyway

Arrowhead Games’ CCO Johan Pilestedt doesn’t want Helldivers 2 to 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 with Helldivers 2 would “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 X before revealing his secret headcanon ideas.

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Some IPs in the list, like Warhammer 40K and Starship 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 watch Korben Dallas and Leeloo take on a horde of Automatons. Wouldn’t anyone?

Helldivers 2 is already rich in references. Its clearest influence is Starship Troopers, but the game also nods to Warhammer 40K and Star Wars with its armor designs. As far as crossovers go, those are a shoo-in. But some have wondered about game crossovers, such as with Deep Rock Galactic. It hasn’t been too long since the Helldivers 2 X account dropped a cryptic message that seemed to reference the intergalactic dwarf game. Both communities share a sense of goodwill; it could be a welcome crossover.

Pilestedt’s other picks include Terminator, The Predator, Blade Runner, Mutant Chronicles, The Fifth Element, and more. I can certainly see The Predator working since we already have to deal with invisible hunters that stalk divers on Terminid planets — I hate those bastards. A fan already mashed up Helldivers 2 with The Predator in 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.