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Helldivers 2 PSN workaround sparks concern over ban risk

The Helldivers 2 community is on fire right now. After Sony and Arrowhead announced that all Steam players must link a PlayStation Network (PSN) account to play, many have been leaving furiously negative Steam reviews and attempting to ask for refunds. A Sony FAQ tells players who live in countries without PSN support to make an account in another region, while its own terms of service can ban you for doing just that.


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Новость об обязательной привязке аккаунта Steam к PSN для игры в Helldivers 2 вызвала массовое недовольство среди ПК-геймеров

Компания Sony Interactive Entertainment объявила днём 3 мая, что для дальнейшей игры в Helldivers 2 на ПК необходимо привязать профиль Steam к аккаунту PSN.

Helldivers 2 is being review bombed after big player account change

Helldivers 2 is one of the biggest successes of 2024 so far. A weighty co-op shooter with a superb overarching story, Arrowhead's sequel feels like a new benchmark for multiplayer games. Right now, however, the winds of goodwill and player sentiment are changing. As Sony confirms that all Helldivers 2 Steam players must link their accounts to the PlayStation Network, HD2 faces severe review bombing on Valve's storefront. Thousands of negative ratings are flooding in, marking the biggest downturn in reviews since server capacity problems affected Helldivers 2 back in February.


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Helldivers 2 suffers Steam review bombing following controversial PSN account linking announcement

Helldivers 2 is now racking up a barrage of negative Steam reviews following an announcement from Sony that linking your Steam account to a PSN one is set to become a mandatory requirement to play the game soon. Obviously, this is something a whole load of PC players - those being the ones affected by this - aren't fans of, hence the aggressive thumbs downing.

If you're out of the loop, Sony said in the announcement that it's set to end a "grace period" during which not linking the two accounts was optional due to some technical issues around the game's launch. The new state of play is this: "as of May 6, all new Helldivers 2 players on Steam will be required to connect their Steam account to a PlayStation Network account. Current players on Steam will start to see the mandatory login from May 30 and will be required to have linked a Steam and PlayStation Network account by June 4."

Since that bombshell dropped this morning, the game has been hit by a slew of negative reviews from folks frustrated with the fact that the linking is becoming mandatory - even if it has been listed as requirement on the Helldivers 2's Steam page since launch.

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Your Helldivers 2 Steam account needs to be linked, deadline is soon

Whether or not you also play on PS5, your Helldivers 2 Steam account must now be linked to the PlayStation Network, and the deadline to make the change will arrive soon. Until now, Arrowhead and Sony have allowed players to access the PC version of HD2 without any linking, but now confirm that the initial "grace period" for Helldivers 2 Steam accounts is coming to a close. If you want to access the co-op space shooter without any problems, you need to act soon.


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