Valve Pulls Fake Steam Helldivers 2 Video games, but Devs Express Concern They Appeared in the First Place

Fortunately, Valve has now pulled the pretend Helldivers 2 listings, per an replace this morning from Twinbeard: “All pretend retailer pages now appear to have been taken down by Valve, who acted very swiftly after we reached out. We´ll assess every thing in due time. Additionally, a giant THANK YOU to everybody who DM:ed or pinged me/us about the pretend pages and video games. Collectively we stand.”

Whereas Valve moved shortly to stamp out the rip-off Helldivers 2 pages, it seems the drawback will not be remoted to Arrowhead’s shooter. Palworld neighborhood chief Bucky tweeted to say there had been a “wave” of pretend video games that all of a sudden appeared on Steam at present, a improvement they known as “fairly regarding.” In line with Bucky, Steam took down a pretend Palworld itemizing nearly instantly after developer Pocketpair bought in contact. “Hope nobody was tricked into shopping for it!” Bucky stated.

Valve is now dealing with questions over how these listings have been capable of make it onto Steam in the first place. The hope is in fact that the high-profile nature of the pretend Helldivers 2 Steam listings will trigger Valve to shut no matter loophole was exploited right here.

In the meantime, there’s lots to be getting on with in the world of Helldivers 2, together with the ongoing galactic conflict in opposition to the bugs and bots. As revealed this week, Arrowhead employs a “sport grasp” who runs the Helldivers 2 marketing campaign like a D&D dungeon grasp. Gameplay leaks have supplied followers a more in-depth take a look at the upcoming mechs, too.

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