Helldivers 2 PC gamers will quickly have to sign up to the sport with a PlayStation Community account, making an non-compulsory a part of the sport obligatory for everybody transferring ahead. This requirement was initially deliberate for Helldivers 2 when it first launched, however as a result of technical points and the early success of the sport, developer Arrowhead postponed implementing it.
In line with the developer on its Discord channel, linking accounts is certainly one of its essential strategies for safeguarding gamers from griefing and abuse by extra poisonous components of the neighborhood, whereas additionally permitting banned gamers the proper to attraction.
“As of Could 6, all new Helldivers 2 gamers on Steam can be required to attach their Steam account to a PlayStation Community account,” Arrowhead defined. “Present gamers on Steam will begin to see the obligatory login from Could 30 and can be required to have linked a Steam and PlayStation Community account by June 4.”
Not lengthy after this information broke, the Steam storefront web page for Helldivers 2 was flooded with thousands of negative user reviews. Some gamers are involved about potential safety dangers and knowledge harvesting, whereas others have identified that they could not have the ability to play the sport because of the PlayStation Community not being obtainable of their area. Whereas it is not uncommon for a Steam recreation to drive gamers to hyperlink an account–Xbox video games like Sea of Thieves do this–Helldivers 2 is at the moment the one PlayStation Studios PC port with this requirement.
In different information from the Helldivers 2 entrance, a current patch has nerfed a number of of the extra common weapons within the recreation and the following Warbond, Polar Patriots, has been revealed. This new collection of winter-themed weapons and armor will go dwell on Could 9 and features a high-damage assault rifle, incendiary influence grenades, and new armor units.