PC Helldivers 2 Players Will Be Required to Link a PlayStation Account

Gamers who’ve been spreading managed democracy throughout the fictional videogame galaxy of Helldivers 2 on their PC have a brand new Main Order: hyperlink a PlayStation Community account. Recreation writer Sony Interactive Leisure had been permitting gamers to play with out such an account, however that is about to finish.

“As of Might sixth, all new Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam will probably be required to attach their Steam account to a PlayStation Community account,” Sony stated in a post on X and on Steam.

Current gamers will probably be prompted to hyperlink beginning Might 30, they usually’ll have till June 4 to take action. Presumably, the sport will not be playable after that with out linking. A consultant for Sony didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

The put up says the rationale for the requirement is “to guard gamers from griefing and abuse by enabling the banning of gamers that interact in that kind of conduct.” Banned gamers will probably be allowed to attraction. 

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Whereas PlayStation 5 console gamers should pay a payment to play on-line video games equivalent to Helldivers 2 with a PlayStation Plus subscription, making a PlayStation Community account is free. Sony offered a hyperlink for gamers to create a brand new account, and the method can be performed by way of the PlayStation cellular app. An electronic mail deal with is required and the account have to be verified utilizing that deal with.

Beforehand, gamers of Helldivers 2 had the choice of linking to their PlayStation account so as to allow crossplay, during which PC and PlayStation 5 Helldivers can play in the identical video games. There may be presently no Xbox console model of the sport, nevertheless it’s been rumored to be a chance. 

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Dialogue on-line concerning the change was swift: A Reddit thread on the subject drew nearly 10,000 upvotes in 12 hours, with some posters declaring that there are international locations the place gamers cannot create PSN accounts. Johan Pilestedt, the CEO of Arrowhead Studios, the studio behind the sport, stated the corporate is looking into solutions for that. 

On X, the announcement post had greater than 8,600 responses, with some suggesting that Steam customers uninstall the sport and ask for refunds. 

Home windows Central reported that gamers are review-bombing the sport on Steam, which means posting quite a few adverse critiques of the sport, as a result of new requirement. Current critiques on Steam are listed as “Blended,” with one high evaluation joking that Automatons, the robotic villains from the sport, have taken over Sony headquarters.