Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt has taken to X/Twitter to seemingly share a primary take a look at the cape design that was impressed by the assessment bombing on Steam following the PSN account linking fiasco.
The picture, which you’ll see beneath, is barely a small tease of what is to come back as we solely get a take a look at the underside proper of the cape. Nevertheless, that hasn’t stopped followers from getting very excited.
— Pilestedt (@Pilestedt) May 11, 2024
@MadeByKoobi was one of many many who cannot await this cape, and so they shared the always-wonderful Jurassic Park meme of Dr. Ian Malcolm saying, ‘You probably did it. You loopy son of a bitch, you probably did it.”
https://t.co/Pzc75EC1VU pic.twitter.com/4zMtA2t60a
— Elevate KOOBI 🔜 Manchester Main (@MadeByKOOBI) May 11, 2024
Numerous others praised the group for really making this a actuality, and this primary look follows design-out-of-steam-reviews”>many designs created by followers themselves after Sony reversed course and determined to not pressure gamers to hyperlink a PSN account to play Helldivers 2.
The capes from each the group and Arrowhead are impressed by the horrifying red line of negative reviews that appeared on Steam following the announcement of this deliberate requirement, and it seems it’ll quickly reside perpetually in Helldivers 2 as a humorous reminder of the tough patch for the sport that has in any other case been a giant hit throughout.
Helldivers 2 acquired over 14,000 unfavourable critiques right this moment on account of an replace that may require PSN accounts subsequent week.
In case you missed it, SteamDB now has each day critiques on the charts web page. pic.twitter.com/qRzeZjcLWy
— SteamDB (@SteamDB) May 3, 2024
Talking of that tough patch, it additionally led to Helldivers 2 being pulled from 177 countries because of the PSN linking requirement, which clearly brought on an enormous headache for everybody inside and outside of the studio.
Fortunately, Sony modified course and all is true in Helldivers 2 in the intervening time. Effectively, apart from the fixed menace of enemies at each flip doing their finest to cease us from spreading democracy.
“Helldivers followers — we’ve heard your suggestions on the Helldivers 2 account linking replace. The Could 6 replace, which might have required Steam and PlayStation Community account linking for brand new gamers and for present gamers starting Could 30, won’t be transferring ahead,” PlayStation wrote on its official account.
“We’re nonetheless studying what’s finest for PC gamers and your suggestions has been invaluable. Thanks once more in your continued assist of Helldivers 2 and we’ll maintain you up to date on future plans.”
For extra, try how players can unlock a new stratagem if they kill two billion Automatons in five days and how Arrowhead will discuss frequent balance patches sooner or later as they’ve generally gone “too far.”
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