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An animated video ofHelldivers 2gameplay has been circulating on the internet, and fans wonder when Arrowhead Game Studios released such a version of the game. However, it turns out that the video was an imaginative idea of an animator fan who modeled it after Genndy Tartakovsky’sStar Wars: Clone Wars. The video had fans almost convinced for a second that the new video game got itself an animated remake.
Helldivers 2, a sequel to the 2015 game, was released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on June 03, 2025. The game was an immediate success, selling over a million copies in the first three days of its release. Unlike its previous top-down shooter format, the sequel is a third-person shooter game.
Fan RecreatesHelldivers 2In The Style Of Genndy Tartakovsky’sStar Wars: Clone Wars
Five-time Emmy award winnerGenndy Tartakovskydeveloped and directed the animated television series,Star Wars: Clone Wars, for Cartoon Network. Lucasfilm was involved in the production of thisStar Warsproject, set in between the events of the prequel trilogy films,Attack of the Clones,andRevenge of the Sith. The cartoon series explored theClone Warsfor the first time and involved some amazing animated action sequences involving the Jedis and the Clone Troopers.
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One such action sequence from the animated series influenced an animator to recreate the scene involvingHelldivers. One X user,@BNBaku2, who calls himself the“Angry Australian Animator Guy,”put some effort into recreating the scene with Helldivers and Automatons from theHelldivers 2video game. The animator revealed that he created all the animated models using Goo-engine, a custom-built version of Blender for animation purposes.
The idea came to the user after seeing an X meme that comparedHelldivers 2gameplay with a scene fromStar Wars: Clone Wars. Fans were very impressed by the animated video and shared their positive comments about the work. One fan shared that the video almost convinced them that it was an animated remake ofHelldivers 2. Another fan praised the animator for his animation style, which stood close to Tartakovsky’s work.
Several fans thought of theClone Warssequences while playing the new game, and they were happy to see their thoughts translated into visual format. When @CultureCrave reposted the video side-by-side with theClone Warssequence, one fan shared that it took way too long to figure out which was theHelldiversone.
Average Helldivers 2 gameplay but it’s animated in the style of Genndy Tartakovskys 2003 Clone Wars.
All models made in blender by myself with Goo-engine, down to the weapons and automatons.https://t.co/bOOrOuvW8hpic.twitter.com/nEhJuN2VBG
— BNBaku (@BNBaku2)August 17, 2025
you’re able to say it’s a remake of Helldiverse2
— Muhammad Saqib Solangi (@msaqib_solangi)June 26, 2025
Signature animation style by@BNBaku2pic.twitter.com/5PMYeWh3j5
— Darren Pearson (@DarrenPearson)August 20, 2025
Dude! I’m so happy you made this! I was just thinking about that scene from the animated clone wars, and thought it would fit perfectly with hell divers 2! Keep up the great work!
— Elosan (@TheMightyElosan)June 08, 2025
BRO holy shit knocking it outta the park with this one
— Greatdictator (@GreatDictat0r)June 15, 2025
Took me way too long to figure out which was the hell divers remake and now I feel a little slow.pic.twitter.com/z5WuKHPJog
— Gnik Sivart (@GnikJSivart)August 11, 2025
While the prequel trilogy ofStar Warswas a divisive set of movies, fans unanimously loved Genndy Tartakovsky’s version ofStar Wars: Clone Wars. The fan love for the series is surely reflected in this animated video ofHelldivers 2, which is already getting a positive response from the gaming community. Years after its debut on Cartoon Network, the series finally began streaming on Disney+ in 2021.
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Helldivers 2Received Favorable Reviews Despite Running Into Issues
Helldivers 2received favorable reviews from critics, as revealed by the review aggregator website Metacritic. The game received a good 82/100 for bothPCandPS5versions.The sequel to the 2015 gamegenerated a buzz among gamers, and there was a huge influx of players when the game was released on June 02, 2025.
The servers were unable to accommodate such a massive number of players at once, and it led to several issues. In the first two weeks, several players were unable to log in and play the game. Gamers also complained about crashes while playing the game. However, Arrowhead quickly responded to the issues and sorted out several issues during the game’s third week. According toIGN, the number of concurrent users increased to a whopping 700,000 in its third week.
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According to anotherIGNreport, the game sold over 3 million copies as of June 11, 2025.
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