Helldivers 2 has been pulled from sale in 177 countries as its PSN linking requirement rolls out
Helldivers 2 has been pulled from sale in 177 countries as its PSN linking requirement rolls out in countries where PSN is not available.
Developer Arrowhead said this linking requirement was made optional when the game released at the beginning of February due to technical issues. However, that initial “grace period” for Helldivers 2 players on Steam is now over, and on Friday, Helldivers 2’s publisher Sony announced that players on Steam will soon be required to link to a PlayStation Network (PSN) account.
Since then, the game has been battered by almost 200,000 negative reviews from Helldivers 2 players on Steam.
As we reported yesterday, Sony’s opaque messaging has further confused things. On the website page that explains how to sign in to PSN when playing a game on PC in the UK, it now says that “some PlayStation games may require you sign in and link to an account for PSN”, but the US version of the same page advises that “signing in to PSN is optional when playing a PlayStation game on PC”.
