Arrowhead Video games Studio CEO Johan Pilestedt has revealed the studio is working to reverse the Helldivers 2 delists that occurred on Steam following the reintroduction of the necessity for a PSN account to play the sport. The sport was faraway from sale in 177 nations the place PSN isn’t out there and is but to return.
Arrowhead is working with PlayStation and Valve to reverse the choice
Helldivers Alerts noticed that Pilestedt instructed the sport’s involved gamers on Discord that he’s working with PlayStation and Valve to undo Helldivers 2’s delisting on Steam in 177 nations. The developer “received’t relaxation in my need to have it out there all over the place.”
On the finish of final week, Sony tried to reinstate the requirement that present PC gamers would wish a PSN account to play the sport after June 4. As PSN isn’t out there in numerous nations through which the sport had already been offered, it was faraway from the Steam market in these areas.
Since then, Sony has reversed course, and the replace that will have added the PSN requirement “is not going to be transferring ahead.” On the time, Pilestedt thanked PlayStation for “shortly and successfully making the choice” however admitted it had been “a herculean effort.”
Neither Sony nor Valve have commented on the sport’s delisting and Pilestedt has hinted the choice might not be all the way down to him. He beforehand instructed gamers “I don’t have the ultimate say” when it got here to reversing the PSN requirement, and it’s honest to imagine the identical will be mentioned for reversing the delistings.
Regardless of the controversy, in the present day’s replace has added the brand new premium Polar Patriots Warbond that includes new armors, capes, main weapons, secondary weapons/utilities, capes, banners, and victory poses. The replace went forward with blessing of the Helldivers 2 neighborhood following a ballot to find out whether or not it was “tone deaf to launch a brand new (paid) Warbond this quickly.”
